READsquared vs Reader Zone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
READsquared
This app enables users to participate in library reading programs by tracking reading and logging activity. Earn digital badges, play learning games, and receive incentives from your library. Parents can manage all family accounts, viewing reading progress and statistics.
- Track reading and activity
- Log reading for family members
- Unlock digital badges
- Play learning games
- Receive library incentives
- Manage family accounts
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For libraries offering ReadSquared, participate in reading programs by tracking reading and logging activity for all your readers. Unlock digital badges, learning games, and other incentives as provided by your library. Parents have full access to all family accounts, reading, activity and statistics while allowing family members to have individual accounts. One-click logging provides parents with an easy way to log reading for all family members.
Reader Zone
Revolutionize reading programs for schools and libraries. Create custom, goal-based reading challenges or join existing ones. Easily log reading progress in minutes, pages, or books, and track achievements in real-time. Organizers can manage unlimited groups and export data for incentives.
- Create goal-based reading programs
- Join existing reading programs
- Log reading progress (minutes, pages, books)
- Real-time goal tracking
- Manage unlimited reading groups
- Export reading data
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Reader Zone helps schools and libraries build cultures of reading. The app allows students and patrons of all ages to join reading programs and track their reading. Use the app to log daily reading in minutes, pages, books, etc. The app allows readers to see how they're doing with reading objectives in real time. Reading program organizers create programs for readers from toddlers to advanced adult readers. Reading programs can have an unlimited number of reading groups, each with its own objective. It’s simple to view and export reading data for incentive programs and to monitor the reading progress of participants. Reader Zone is a powerful tool for parents and educators. It's easy to use and provides actionable data that educators and parents need to develop individual readers and cultures of reading in school and library communities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Reader Zone at 63% against READsquared's 17%. Reader Zone also leads on rating (3.4 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (82 vs 16). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Reader Zone holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reader Zone has 82 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of READsquared's written reviews are positive against 63% of Reader Zone's.
READsquared ships an update every 2 months, Reader Zone every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 24, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | READsquared | Reader Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (16 ratings) | 3.4 (82 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.5% of reviews | 62.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 82 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Systems Technology Group Incorporated | Childrensbookstore.com |
Customer experience
READsquared
Reader Zone
Bugs and requests
READsquared
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Reader Zone
Reported bugs
13 issues- App crashes when adding books
- App freezes on loading screen
- Barcode scanner not working
- App goes black on opening
- Progress deleted after updates
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- Cannot add new books
- App dies after adding a book
- App crashes when viewing progress
- Scan feature vibrates phone
- App kicks user off when selecting reader
- App not showing added books
- Duplicate books listed
- Badges not lighting up
Requested features
9 requests- Fix app crashes
- Improve search functionality
- Allow re-reading of books
- Better support/contact options
- Add dark mode
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- Count seconds towards total time
- View group total minute count
- Make app more intuitive
- Allow editing reading history
In-app purchases
READsquared
No in-app purchases
Reader Zone
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is READsquared free?
Is Reader Zone free?
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Do READsquared or Reader Zone have ads?
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