READsquared vs Good Inside
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.
Good Inside
This app provides daily, personalized parenting support in just 5 minutes. It offers age-based strategies, a chatbot for instant answers, and timely reminders to help parents feel more confident and connected with their children.
- Personalized 5-minute daily decks
- Parenting chatbot for instant answers
- Timely reminders for chaos moments
- On-the-go audio workshops
- Exclusive expert workshops and events
- Private community with coaches
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Parenting can feel overwhelming, lonely, and impossible to prepare for. The Good Inside app gives you practical, compassionate support for the moments that matter most - from tantrums and bedtime battles to sibling fights, anxiety, adolescence, and everything in between. Built around Dr. Becky’s science-backed parenting philosophy, Good Inside helps you raise resilient kids while becoming the parent you want to be. Because parenting support shouldn’t just sound good in theory - it should actually help in real life. Inside the app, you’ll get: Daily, Personalized Parenting Support Get age-based guidance tailored to your child - from baby and toddler to kid, tween, and teen. Our short daily resources fit into real life, helping you navigate everyday challenges with more confidence, connection, and calm. Instant Answers with GiGi - The Good Inside Trained Chatbot Need help in the moment? Ask a parenting question anytime and get fast, thoughtful guidance grounded in the Good Inside approach. Whether it’s a public meltdown, a tough conversation, sleep struggles, or school refusal, support is always within reach. Expert Scripts and Strategies Learn exactly what to say in hard parenting moments. Get practical scripts on sturdy parenting, boundaries, emotional regulation tools, and actionable strategies you can start using right away. Support for Every Stage From feeding, sleep, and separation anxiety in the baby years to friendship struggles, emotional outbursts, independence, and teen communication - Good Inside grows with your family. Workshops, Courses, and Audio Content Access a robust library of parenting workshops, expert conversations, and deep-dive content on the topics parents care about most. Personalized Reminders and Tools Save your favorite scripts and strategies, set reminders for the moments you need support most, and keep parenting tools close at hand during tough moments. A Supportive Parent Community Connect with other parents inside our private community spaces led by Good Inside parent coaches. The Good Inside approach has helped millions of parents: • Raise emotionally healthy, resilient kids • Set boundaries without shame or punishment • Handle big feelings and challenging behavior • Feel less reactive and more connected • Break cycles and parent differently Whether you’re parenting a newborn, toddler, big kid, or teenager, Good Inside gives you the tools, support, and confidence to navigate parenting one moment at a time. -- SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS: The Good Inside App offers an auto-renewing 3-month and annual subscription - both of which give you full access to the entire library of content and app features for as long as you maintain an active subscription. Payment will be charged to your Apple account at the time of initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless you cancel your subscription at least 24 hours before the current subscription period ends. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period end date. You may cancel your subscription at any time by going to your Account Settings and tapping on "Manage Membership" after the purchase. You can read more about our terms of use here: https://www.goodinside.com/terms-of-use/ You can read more about our privacy policy here: https://www.goodinside.com/privacy-policy/ [:mav: 2.50.1]
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Good Inside at 85% against READsquared's 17%. Good Inside also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). READsquared's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Good Inside sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $84.00 per 3 months. READsquared asks for nothing beyond the download.
Good Inside holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Good Inside has 14K 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 85% of Good Inside's.
READsquared ships an update every 2 months, Good Inside every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | READsquared | Good Inside |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (16 ratings) | 4.9 (14K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.2% of reviews | 85.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 14K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Best chart rank | — | #167 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 125 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Systems Technology Group Incorporated | Good Inside |
Customer experience
READsquared
Good Inside
Bugs and requests
READsquared
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Good Inside
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Downloadable workshops for offline access
- Family account option for multiple users
- Save/continue workshop option from the landing page
- Dark mode option
In-app purchases
READsquared
No in-app purchases
Good Inside
- 3 Month Membership$84.003 Months
- Annual Membership$279.001 Year
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