Comparison

Quick Reads vs Tormento

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Quick Reads

Discover and enjoy a curated collection of short stories with an intuitive interface. Listen to stories with audio narration to improve reading speed and dictation. Engage with a community of readers by sharing comments and ratings.

Highlights
  • Curated short stories
  • Audio narration option
  • Story summaries and author bios
  • User profiles for comments and ratings
  • Offline story access
  • Reading time and rating information
Features
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A great story fits any moment. Quick Reads makes it easy to discover short fiction for the time you have. Find a familiar classic, stumble upon a hidden gem, or settle into a story you’ve been meaning to read. From Mark Twain and Edgar Allan Poe to Oscar Wilde and H. G. Wells, explore distinctive voices, surprising ideas and memorable characters. FIND YOUR NEXT STORY Explore Today’s Pick, Hidden Gems, Short but Brilliant and other collections. Search for writers, stories and themes, or browse by estimated reading time to find something that fits your break, commute or quiet evening. READ YOUR WAY Enjoy an elegant reader with adjustable fonts and text size. Choose Light, Dark or Sepia, follow your reading progress and return to where you left off. KEEP YOUR STORIES CLOSE Save stories to My Library for offline reading. Keep your saved stories, current reads and finished stories organized in one place. LISTEN, TOO Use built-in read-aloud to listen to a story when you’d rather hear it. MEET THE WRITERS Discover the people behind the stories through author biographies and other works from the same writer. Browse the collections before signing in and choose one story to read as a guest. Create a free account to read more and save stories to your library. Make a little room for a good story.

About

Tormento

Experience a gripping narrative set within the dark web, presented as a simulated social networking app. Immerse yourself in a criminal underworld through messages and a feed, feeling as though you're accessing another user's account. This is a fictional story.

Highlights
  • Dark web narrative
  • Simulated social network
  • Message-based storytelling
  • Feed interactions
  • Immersive experience
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A story based on the dark web, told as a social networking app interaction (messages, feed, and more), as if you were using someone's social network account. *** Story Background: Tormento was a rising criminal social network in the dark web. It attracted the worst kinds of people in the world. For some reason you joined Tormento. And there's no going back. *** Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

Screenshots

Quick Reads4 screens
Tormento2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quick Reads at none against Tormento's 1. Tormento's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.9) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tormento sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Quick Reads asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tormento holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tormento has 166 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 67% and 67% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Reads ships an update every 2 months, Tormento daily. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Quick Reads versus Tormento: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick ReadsTormento
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (8 ratings)4.3 (166 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings8166 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB11 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperLeftlane Group LLCLong Sang Chan

Customer experience

Quick Reads

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

Tormento

All ratings166 ratings
Positive78.9%
Neutral10.2%
Negative10.8%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Quick Reads

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tormento

One-time1
  • 200 Credits$0.99

Questions

Is Quick Reads free?
Quick Reads is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tormento free?
Tormento is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quick Reads or Tormento?
Tormento is rated higher. Quick Reads averages 3.9 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Tormento averages 4.3 from 166 ratings.
Do Quick Reads or Tormento have ads?
Neither Quick Reads nor Tormento shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Reads or Tormento?
Quick Reads ships an update every 2 months, and Tormento daily. Most recently, Quick Reads was updated on November 2, 2026 and Tormento on November 3, 2026.

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