Away Messages vs Read AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Away Messages
Easily generate professional-looking away messages for various situations like vacations or being out of office. While it doesn't send messages automatically due to iOS limitations, it streamlines the creation process, saving you valuable time.
- Create professional away messages
- Set message end dates
- Preset and custom message reasons
- Select alternative contacts
- Save previous settings
- Manage custom messages
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Whether you are on vacation, out of office, sick or just don't want to be bothered you can now easily create a professional looking away message. ****This app does not send messages automatically for you. Apple's iOS doesn't allow messages to be sent from an app. Apps can only populate the text field and the user still has to press the send button. If Apple removes this limitation in the future, the app will be updated to send messages automatically.**** This app on the other hand does the next best thing and makes generating an away message super easy and efficient saving you time, when you need it most, during your time off!**** It's simple and easy to use! You just: 1.) Set your away message end date 2.) Pick a reason why you are out (can be custom) 3.) Pick an alternative contact while you are out 4.) Hit the create message button 5.) Send the created Away Message All your previous settings will be saved, so next time you went to send a message, you just open Away Messages and tap the create button and you are done! Also you can create and manage your custom Away Messages. Away Messages saves you time when you need it most, during your time off. Features: * Simple UI * Set end date for your away message * Preset messages for most common reasons to be out of the office * Create endless amount of custom away messages * Use your address book to pick an alternative contact while you are out * Previous settings are saved, to save you time on your next away message Feel free to contact me with questions, comments, or feedback by using the app support page or be using my contact form: https://wildmazz.wordpress.com/contact/
Read AI
This app records audio from your device and generates real-time AI-powered transcripts and summaries. It's ideal for capturing lectures, meetings, or brainstorming sessions, providing comprehensive reports that can be shared or kept private.
- Live transcription and summaries
- Speaker detection
- In-person meeting recording
- Integration with communication channels
- Cross-platform sync
- Meeting notifications
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Record any in-person conversation and get a transcript, summary, and action items when you're done. Read AI turns your iPhone into an AI notetaker for client meetings, interviews, lectures, and brainstorms. Open Read AI, tap record, and stay in the conversation. Read transcribes and summarizes in real time, then builds a full report you can keep private or share with others. Your in-person notes appear next to your Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams meeting reports, so everything you discussed lives in one place. Key Features: Live Transcription and Summaries Follow along with a real-time transcript and get a concise summary at the end, so you never have to ask what was decided. Speaker Detection Read AI tells speakers apart, so you can see who said what. Built for In-Person Meetings Record face-to-face meetings, classes, and brainstorming sessions without opening a laptop. Easy Sharing Send your notes to Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Teams, and your CRM to share and review them. Sync Across Devices Access your notes and summaries on any device, alongside your Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams meetings. Meeting Reminders Get notified before upcoming meetings, when a new report is ready, and with a recap before recurring meetings, so you never forget to record.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Read AI at 68% against Away Messages's 13%. Read AI also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.9 vs 1.5). Away Messages's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Read AI is free to download; Away Messages costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Read AI holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Read AI has 1K ratings behind it against 121, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Away Messages's written reviews are positive against 68% of Read AI's.
Away Messages ships an update weekly, Read AI every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Away Messages | Read AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.5 (121 ratings) | 4.9 (1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | 68.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 121 | 1K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Wildermuth | Read AI |
Customer experience
Away Messages
Read AI
User reviews
Away Messages
From 121 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Saves time for common messages
- 👍 Easy to use for some users
- 👍 Good for sales professionals
- 👍 Useful for out-of-office replies
Room to improve
- 👎 Does not auto-reply
- 👎 Misleading advertisement
- 👎 App not found/no icon
- 👎 Manual sending required
- 👎 Waste of money/time
Read AI
From 1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Productivity booster
- 👍 Great app
- 👍 Useful features
- 👍 Convenient mobile access
- 👍 Helpful for in-person meetings
Room to improve
- 🔒 Privacy concerns
- 🐛 Buggy with playback and other functions
- 🐛 App loading issues
Bugs and requests
Away Messages
Reported bugs
11 issues- App does not show up on phone
- App does not send messages automatically
- Cannot find the app after purchase
- App stalls on a message and doesn't re-open
- App only auto-populates message into text field, not automatic reply
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- No way to create or save custom responses
- App only opens from App Store
- App only opens to the last contact texted
- App not working for iMessage on iPhone X
- Cannot access app or get support
- Cannot delete the app
Requested features
4 requests- Implement true automatic replies
- Allow developers to access text message functionality for auto-sending
- Add a dark mode option
- Provide advanced analytics dashboard
Read AI
Reported bugs
1 issue- Uploading issues causing lost recordings
Requested features
4 requests- Chromecast and AirPlay support
- Full-screen video playback
- Cloud sync for transcripts and summaries
- Better mobile support and file format compatibility
In-app purchases
Away Messages
No in-app purchases
Read AI
No in-app purchases









