Comparison

Matter vs DGHS Dashboard

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

Head to head
About

Matter

Consolidate articles, newsletters, and PDFs into a single, elegant reading experience. Enjoy features like natural text-to-speech, fluid highlighting, and offline access. Sync your highlights to popular knowledge management tools.

Highlights
  • Save articles, newsletters, PDFs, and YouTube
  • Natural text-to-speech for articles
  • Fluid highlighting and note-taking
  • Sync highlights to Notion, Obsidian, Readwise
  • Send articles to Kindle
  • Unified inbox for subscriptions
  • Offline reading
Features
Currently charting
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Finally, a better reading app. The internet is full of things you want to read – articles, newsletters, Twitter threads, PDFs. Matter brings them together in one place and gives you modern tools, like natural text-to-speech and fluid highlighting, to help you read more comfortably and effectively. "Matter improves vastly on earlier read-later apps like Pocket and Instapaper" – The Wall Street Journal Save anything: - Save full articles if you're within the paywall (eg. Bloomberg, NYT, WSJ) - Podcast transcriptions & synced playback - Save PDFs and YouTube Read across devices, including Kindle: - iPhone, iPad, Web - Send any article to Kindle in 2-taps Unified inbox for your subscriptions: - Sync your newsletters by connecting Gmail - Follow individual writers for their latest posts - Add any RSS feed The most elegant reading experience: - Best-in-class article parsing + readability - Available offline by default - Gorgeous night mode - Human-like text-to-speech - Fluid highlighting and note-taking Export your knowledge: - Sync your highlights to Notion, Obsidian, Roam, Readwise, and others Matter offers a free service and a Premium service. The free version of Matter includes: - Uncapped read-later library - Mobile & web extensions to save all types of content - Best-in-class parsing and readability - Unlimited tags - Full-text search - Customizable themes and fonts In addition to the free features, Matter Premium offers: - HD text-to-speech for all your articles - Seamless AI Co-Reader - Sync your newsletters, subscribe to writers, and add RSS feeds - Unlimited highlighting, note-taking, and integrations - Send to Kindle Payment for Matter Premium will be charged to your iTunes Account when you subscribe. Annual and monthly subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. Manage your Matter Premium subscription by going to Matter's Settings page. Terms of Use: https://hq.getmatter.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://hq.getmatter.com/privacy

About

DGHS Dashboard

Access critical health statistics for Bangladesh, including daily updates on lab tests, confirmed cases, deaths, and recoveries. Visualize trends over time with graphical representations. This initiative aims to inform strategies for improving health services.

Highlights
  • Daily health statistics updates
  • Lab test, case, death, and recovery counts
  • Percentage change from previous day
  • Graphical trend representation
  • Health service improvement initiative
Features
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DGHS Dashboard App is a national dashboard to present critical statistical information on Health in Bangladesh. It is the initiative of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) for making strategy to improve health service in Bangladesh. The initiative is supported by MIS, DGHS; IEDCR; HISP Bangladesh; AIMS Lab, United International University; & UNICEF. This app allows you to directly get all the updated health related statistics on your fingertips. 1. Total no. of Lab tests done, total no. of confirmed cases, total no. of deaths, total no. of recovered patients in past 24 hours as well as till today. 2. Total % change in the past 24 hours from the previous day. 3.Graphical representation of different critical statistics over time.

Screenshots

Matter4 screens
DGHS Dashboard3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Matter at 4.6 against DGHS Dashboard's 4.0. Matter also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 1) and chart position (#155 vs unranked). DGHS Dashboard's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 21) and update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price, ads and device support 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. Matter sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. DGHS Dashboard asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Matter holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Matter has 1.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Matter ships an update weekly, DGHS Dashboard daily. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Matter versus DGHS Dashboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatterDGHS Dashboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.2K ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
Best chart rank#155 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB50 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDig Wells, Inc.CMED Health Ltd

Customer experience

Matter

All ratings1,243 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral2.7%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews368 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral15.5%
Negative30.7%

DGHS Dashboard

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Matter

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Subscription issues and inability to cancel
  • Delayed or missing newsletter delivery
  • Syncing problems across devices
  • Crashes and freezes on certain content

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to manually add blogs and RSS feeds
  • Customizable highlighter colors
  • Offline mode for audio playback
  • Integration with more note-taking apps
  • Improved search and filtering capabilities

DGHS Dashboard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

20 purchases

Matter

Subscriptions18
  • Matter Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Matter Premium (Monthly)$7.991 Month
  • Matter Premium (Monthly)$9.991 Month
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  • Matter Pro (Monthly)$12.991 Month
  • Matter Premium (Monthly)$13.991 Month
  • Matter Premium (Monthly)$14.991 Month
  • Matter Premium (Monthly)$15.991 Month
  • Matter Premium (Monthly)$19.991 Month
  • Matter Pro (Annual)1 Year trial$59.991 Year
  • Matter Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Matter Pro (Annual)$59.991 Year
  • Matter Premium (Annual)$69.991 Year
  • Matter Premium (Annual)$79.991 Year
  • Matter Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Matter Premium1 Month trial2 variants$79.991 Year
  • Matter Pro (Annual)$79.991 Year
  • Matter Premium (Annual)$99.991 Year
  • Matter Premium7 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time2
  • Matter Patron Tier$149.99
  • Matter Premium (3 years)$149.99
None

DGHS Dashboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Matter free?
Matter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DGHS Dashboard free?
DGHS Dashboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Matter or DGHS Dashboard?
Matter is rated higher. Matter averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while DGHS Dashboard averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Matter or DGHS Dashboard have ads?
Neither Matter nor DGHS Dashboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Matter or DGHS Dashboard?
Matter ships an update weekly, and DGHS Dashboard daily. Most recently, Matter was updated on October 27, 2026 and DGHS Dashboard on October 11, 2026.

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