Rome AR vs Kortext
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rome AR
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Augmented reality app for the book Great civilizations Rome With this app you will be able to reproduce the augmented reality of the book Great Civilizations Rome. Just focus with your tablet or smartphone to the pages marked with the logo and watch the Augmented reality make it's magic. Dive into an ancient roman forum or discover
Kortext
Access and read eBooks from various publishers with enhanced multimedia. Tools are included to help learners and academics engage with their content, offering features like note-taking, referencing, and text-to-speech.
- Read PDF and EPUB files
- Access 13,000+ free eTextbooks
- Highlight text and create notes
- Add Harvard/APA references
- Read Aloud functionality
- Adjust text size and background
- Search within books
- 500MB free cloud storage
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Kortext provides access to online eBooks from multiple publishers, with enhanced in-built audio and video content, combined with tools to assist learners and academics to make the most of their content. Features include: - Add and read PDF/EPUB files from your iPhone and iPad - Enjoy free access to a collection of over 13,000 eTextbooks - Easy navigation to content, providing quick access to pages - Highlight text in a range of colours and create notes, enabling quick reference of key sections - Add a reference (Harvard or APA), making creation of bibliographies much easier - Read Aloud sections, providing help with accessing content - Increase text size, change font and background of pages making it easier to view content - Search for keywords and phrases within the books directly from your bookshelf, allowing quicker access to relevant content - 500MB of free cloud file storage. Simply upload your study materials and harness the full potential within
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Kortext at every 2 months against Rome AR's every 10 months. Kortext also leads on chart position (#61 vs unranked). Rome AR's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Rome AR ships an update every 10 months, Kortext every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rome AR | Kortext |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.9 (1.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 17.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #61 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 451 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Paidotribo | Kortext |
Bugs and requests
Rome AR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Kortext
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Pages not loading properly
- Highlighting and annotations not saving
- Login issues and inability to access content
Requested features
5 requests- Improved text-to-speech functionality
- Better organization and navigation of content
- Ability to customize text size and layout
- Syncing across multiple devices
- Offline reading mode
In-app purchases
Rome AR
No in-app purchases
Kortext
No in-app purchases
Questions
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