Comparison

Speed Reading UpRead vs ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo

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

Head to head
About

Speed Reading UpRead

Enhance your reading speed and comprehension with a science-backed approach. Effortlessly process web articles, PDFs, and documents at an accelerated pace. Customize your reading experience with adjustable speed, fonts, and colors for improved productivity and time savings.

Highlights
  • Read faster without special training
  • Reduce reading effort
  • Read web articles and documents
  • Save content for offline reading
  • Customize reading speed, font, and color
Features
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Read faster. Without effort nor any special training. Sounds like a dream? It’s not, thanks to science: the approach we use has been tested by neuro-scientists and proved effective over a wide range of studies. We made it available on iOS and iPadOS with a sleek design and some nice advanced features that will make it a pleasure to use. With UpRead you will be able to: - Read faster, in a matter of minutes. No kidding - Reduce reading effort so that you can read longer - Read articles from the web, imported from Safari or other apps - Read PDF files and other text documents - Save your content and read it later, offline - Customise the reading experience by setting speed, font and color. You’ll be much more effective, process more information and save time. Your professional and personal life will both have a nice boost from using just one little app. There’s no price for this. Since we’re sure you’ll love the app, you can try UpRead for free for a limited time. If you’re still (slowly) reading this, it’s time to press that GET button and start the download. Try the app, it’s worth more than a thousand words. Here’s a few reviews about us: > Magnifique application qui accélère la lecture tout en améliorant l'attention. Indispensable. — Manitoo, Switzerland, Sep 2019 > This app is the one thing I never knew I needed so desperately. […] For my fellow columnist hounds, UpRead is absolutely essential. — dfe1998, USA, Sep 2019 > I have used every flash reader I could Get my hands on. […] The back end works somehow where the others fail. [… ] You will surprise yourself by how fast you can go over time. Now friends who see me reading something look at how fast the words go and tell me that they just see flashing gobbledygook. I thought the same thing but the learning curve is painless! […] Thank you to the UpRead team!!! Finally! An app worthy of my bottom bar! — eightyanthony, USA, Aug 2019 > It's not a free app but it's worth your money! Simple to use very intuitive, I am reading more than ever! Highly recommended. — dhernz1, Honduras, Jul 2019 We’re really happy to receive feedback from our users. We seriously try to make the app better and better based on what you tell us. Please, try the app and let us know your opinion too. Feel free to contact us by visiting https://crazyhorseapps.com/support. Terms of service: https://crazyhorseapps.com/apps/terms-of-service

About

ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo

Build better habits and manage your daily tasks with this comprehensive planner. Set reminders, track your progress with a calendar view, and stay motivated with quotes and analysis tools. Customize your experience with themes and icons.

Highlights
  • Habit tracking
  • Daily task planning
  • Customizable reminders
  • Progress analysis
  • Focus timer
  • Dark/light mode
Features
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ProActive is an ad-free, easy to use and free Habit Tracker and Daily Planner that helps you become a better version of yourself, build & track good habits, never miss anything important and get things done on time. All you can do in just one app. Why download ProActive? - Create & track habits with our easy to use interface - Reminders – Once or multiple times in a day, repeating within time intervals - Mark the days on calendar every time you perform a habit - Timer to help you stay focused on your time-based habits or tasks - Customize your experience as you like - For each habit/task select color, icon as you like - Dark mode/light mode - Motivational quotes What you repeatedly do is the person you become. ProActive has everything you need to build a road map towards a healthy & successful life. Foaming a new habit is easy with recommended habits like drink enough water, eat fruits & veggies, Learn something new, exercise, go for walk, read, meditate, take medicines regularly etc. Reminders, quotes, and notifications to keep you motivated, custom or interval reminder, timer, customize your experience as you like with dark/light mode, color & icons and the best thing is analysis - track your progress & motivate yourself to achieve new heights every day with ProActive. Try it now, we are sure you will find it useful. Premium Subscription: - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - An account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. Link for more info: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4098 - Link to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy can be found below: https://proactivehabit.yolasite.com/Terms-and-Privacy.php - Attribution: Icons made by Freepik - https://www.flaticon.com/authors/freepik from  stories.freepik.com Icons made by Stories - https://www.flaticon.com/authors/Stories from www.flaticon.com Icons made by Pixel Perfect - https://www.flaticon.com/authors/pixel-perfect from www.flaticon.com Icons made by Those Icons - https://www.flaticon.com/authors/those-icons from www.flaticon.com * Prices are equal to the value that "Apple's App Store Pricing Matrix" determines as the equivalent of the subscription price in $ USD

Screenshots

Speed Reading UpRead4 screens
ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo at 95% against Speed Reading UpRead's 54%. ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Speed Reading UpRead's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Speed Reading UpRead sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 116 and 73 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Speed Reading UpRead's written reviews are positive against 95% of ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speed Reading UpRead ships an update every 2 months, ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Speed Reading UpRead versus ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeed Reading UpReadProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (116 ratings)4.6 (73 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.7% of reviews95.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings116 — better73
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlain caltieriAjay Odedra

Customer experience

Speed Reading UpRead

All ratings116 ratings
Positive79.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative16.4%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive53.7%
Neutral12.2%
Negative34.1%

ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo

All ratings73 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral4.1%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive95.2%
Neutral3.6%
Negative1.2%

Bugs and requests

Speed Reading UpRead

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Notifications show at incorrect times
  • App icon color setting not working
  • Week start day setting not persisting
  • Duplicate notifications for same habit
  • Inconsistent alert delivery
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  • Notifications don't open to specific tasks

Requested features

8 requests
  • App widget for quick reminders
  • Apple Watch integration
  • More color and icon options
  • Chronological task view for daily page
  • Ability to rearrange and edit subtasks
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  • Strike-through completion option
  • Improved notification clarity and targeting
  • Dark mode option

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Speed Reading UpRead

Subscriptions4
  • Speed reading, weekly7 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Speed reading, monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • UpRead Speed Reading Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Speed reading, yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Speed reading, lifetime$54.99
3 purchases

ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo

Subscriptions2
  • All Access Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • All Access Yearly7 Days trial$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Habits$14.99

Questions

Is Speed Reading UpRead free?
Speed Reading UpRead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo free?
ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Speed Reading UpRead or ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo?
ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo is rated higher. Speed Reading UpRead averages 4.2 out of 5 from 116 ratings, while ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo averages 4.6 from 73 ratings.
Do Speed Reading UpRead or ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo have ads?
Neither Speed Reading UpRead nor ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speed Reading UpRead or ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo?
Speed Reading UpRead ships an update every 2 months, and ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo every 3 weeks. Most recently, Speed Reading UpRead was updated on September 12, 2026 and ProActive Habit Tracker & ToDo on September 17, 2026.

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