Comparison

Web page text only reader vs SingleFile for Safari

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

Head to head
About

Web page text only reader

Extracts and displays the text content of web pages in a book-like format. Customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts, backgrounds, and page-turning effects. Save and share your notes and highlights.

Highlights
  • Extracts text-only from web pages
  • Book-style reading with page curl
  • Customizable fonts, sizes, and background colors
  • Long tap for notes, highlights, and comments
  • Offline reading of downloaded content
  • Share highlighted text as PDF
  • Reading history and favorites
Features
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Read a web site page from browser in the classic book style, remember where you read? Select background, font for reading, curl the pages page by page? Just open "Action/Share" dialog in Safari, select ReaderView App and read the very text of the selected page! IMPORTANT: To read a website page content in the Reader just click "share by" on the the web browser and select "Reader app". Make sure the Reader is on the list of apps that you permit share content with. Read "text-only" version of any website page, works for majority sites, including flibusta: - Text extracted by "readability" like Safari Reader Mode - Support a Few different methods of extracting text from web site - Use long tap to make notes, highlight text, add comments - You can lock downloaded content for offline read - Read website page text in "book style" with curl flip pagination - You can change fonts, sizes, background color on the flight - Keep history of your readings, save favourites - Share the texts with your highlights as PDF - Share your notes/comments with friends The application is free; however, in-app purchases are available for unlocking the some limits and locked functionality. Please leave a feedback trough the feedback button in "more" tab. We are working on improving the ReaderView to get the correct textual data from majority of the important sites. Feel free to point us to the web sites you need us to deal with first! Note, that some sites are designed the way that prevents text extraction. Feel free to send us the URL over feedback email and we will think how to parse this specific site for you.

About

SingleFile for Safari

Preserve entire webpages as single HTML files, including images, styling, and fonts. This extension maintains original layout and links for offline access, acting like a digital snapshot of the web content.

Highlights
  • Save entire webpages
  • Includes images, styling, fonts
  • Preserves original layout
  • Maintains links
  • Single HTML file output
  • Offline access
Features
Read full description

SingleFile is a Safari extension that helps you to save an entire webpage including images, styling, frames, fonts etc. as a single HTML file. Unlike screenshots or PDFs, SingleFile can preserve the original layout, links, etc. It's like having a digital snapshot that you can easily access offline. Getting started Wait until the page is fully loaded. Click on the SingleFile button in the extension toolbar to process and save the page. You can click again on the button to cancel the action when processing a page.

Screenshots

Web page text only reader4 screens
SingleFile for Safari2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SingleFile for Safari at 74% against Web page text only reader's 0%. SingleFile for Safari also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Web page text only reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SingleFile for Safari asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SingleFile for Safari holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SingleFile for Safari has 61 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Web page text only reader's written reviews are positive against 74% of SingleFile for Safari's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Web page text only reader ships an update every 8 months, SingleFile for Safari every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Web page text only reader versus SingleFile for Safari: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeb page text only readerSingleFile for Safari
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (3 ratings)4.6 (61 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews73.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings361 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVasilisa AkselevichGildas Lormeau

Customer experience

Web page text only reader

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

SingleFile for Safari

All ratings61 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral1.6%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive73.8%
Neutral11.9%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Web page text only reader

One-time1
  • Remove Limits$2.99
None

SingleFile for Safari

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Web page text only reader free?
Web page text only reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SingleFile for Safari free?
SingleFile for Safari is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Web page text only reader or SingleFile for Safari?
SingleFile for Safari is rated higher. Web page text only reader averages 2.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while SingleFile for Safari averages 4.6 from 61 ratings.
Do Web page text only reader or SingleFile for Safari have ads?
Neither Web page text only reader nor SingleFile for Safari shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Web page text only reader or SingleFile for Safari?
Web page text only reader ships an update every 8 months, and SingleFile for Safari every 2 days. Most recently, Web page text only reader was updated on September 9, 2026 and SingleFile for Safari on September 22, 2026.

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