PD SGIV vs Reading Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PD SGIV
Access digital publications from SGIV and receive news updates. This application serves as a reader for digital content and a news aggregator.
- Digital publication reader
- News reception
- SGIV content access
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Aplicación de lectura para publicaciones digitales de la SGIV y recepción de noticias.
Reading Timer
Track your reading sessions, log pages read, and jot down thoughts in a digital book diary. Set reading goals, visualize your progress with calendars and statistics, and manage your personal library. Export your data for further analysis.
- Reading timer and page logging
- Personal book diary and notes
- Bookshelf for current and completed reads
- Reading habit tracking and statistics
- Book information lookup by ISBN
- Data export to CSV
- Dark mode and screen awake options
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How much did you read today? Keep the time, pages, and thoughts together. Reading Timer is a reading log and book tracker for the books you already own. Start the timer, read at your own pace, then enter your ending page. Your session becomes part of your book diary, with time, pages read, and reading speed in one place. KEEP A READING JOURNAL Save a thought after each session, add notes to a book, and revisit what you read. Forgot the timer? Add a reading record manually. SEE YOUR BOOKS MOVE FORWARD Keep current reads and completed books on your bookshelf. Track page progress and view each book’s sessions, average pace, and estimated completion based on your recorded reading. BUILD A READING HABIT YOU CAN SEE Choose a time or page goal for the day, week, month, or year. Check your reading calendar, activity heatmap, and statistics. Optional daily time-goal alerts let you know when you reach that goal while reading. ADD BOOKS YOUR WAY Enter a title and author, or look up book information by ISBN barcode. Check the details before saving; information may be incomplete. Export books and sessions as CSV for use in a spreadsheet. READ AT YOUR OWN PACE Use dark mode or keep the screen awake while timing. Join the optional weekly ranking or share a reading record if you choose. Reading Timer tracks your reading. It does not provide ebooks. OPTIONAL PRO SUBSCRIPTION Reading Timer Pro is a 1-month auto-renewable subscription that removes all ads while active. The price is shown before purchase and may vary by store. Manage or cancel your subscription in your store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hydroponicglass.com/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PD SGIV at none against Reading Timer's 1. PD SGIV also leads on ads (none vs shown). Reading Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (22 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Reading Timer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. PD SGIV asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PD SGIV against 4.9 for Reading Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reading Timer has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PD SGIV ships an update every 2 months, Reading Timer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PD SGIV | Reading Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 88.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VSB Tecnologias Limitada | Seulki Eom |
Customer experience
PD SGIV
Reading Timer
In-app purchases
PD SGIV
No in-app purchases
Reading Timer
- Reading Timer Pro$1.991 Month
