Comparison

Matter vs PCG Resources

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

PCG Resources

Access four church hymnals in multiple languages, along with liturgy and almanac resources. This offline application provides well-structured hymns and other church materials, with more resources planned for future updates.

Highlights
  • Four church hymnals
  • Multiple language support (Ga, Twi, Damgbe, English)
  • Offline access
  • Liturgy in all four languages
  • Almanac included
  • Hymns structured like the hymn book
Features
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The app contains all four hymnals of the church in four languages, Ga, Twi, Damgbe & English and other resources which includes: the Liturgy in all four languages and the Almanac. This version is offline, No adverts, Hymns well structured as in the Hymn Book, other Great resources of the PCG will be added.

Screenshots

Matter4 screens
PCG Resources4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PCG Resources at none against Matter's 10. PCG Resources also leads on iOS requirement (14 vs 26.0). Matter's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 12). On price, rating, 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. PCG Resources asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Matter against 4.7 for PCG Resources. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Matter has 1.2K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Matter ships an update weekly, PCG Resources every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Matter versus PCG Resources: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatterPCG Resources
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.2K ratings)4.7 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better12
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
Best chart rank#190 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.014 — better
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB141 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDig Wells, Inc.Winfred Antwi

Customer experience

Matter

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

PCG Resources

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

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

PCG Resources

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Matter

Subscriptions9
  • Matter Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Matter Premium (Monthly)$7.991 Month
  • Matter Pro (Monthly)$12.991 Month
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  • Matter Premium (Monthly)$14.991 Month
  • Matter Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Matter Premium (Annual)$79.991 Year
  • Matter Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Matter Pro (Annual)$79.991 Year
  • Matter Premium7 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • Matter Patron Tier$149.99
None

PCG Resources

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Matter free?
Matter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PCG Resources free?
PCG Resources is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Matter or PCG Resources?
PCG Resources is rated higher. Matter averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while PCG Resources averages 4.7 from 12 ratings.
Do Matter or PCG Resources have ads?
Neither Matter nor PCG Resources shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Matter or PCG Resources?
Matter ships an update weekly, and PCG Resources every 6 months. Most recently, Matter was updated on November 3, 2026 and PCG Resources on November 1, 2026.

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