Comparison

Matter vs SME Today

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

SME Today

Features
Read full description

Stay ahead in business. SME Today is the UK's digital magazine for entrepreneurs, start-ups and small and medium-sized companies - the news, advice and expert insight that matters to your company, free. WHAT YOU GET Breaking UK business news, updated through the day, in a fast feed with a featured selection at the top. In-depth features and expert comment across the sections SME Today publishes: News, In Profile, Finance, Legal, Technology, Events, Features, Wellbeing & Mental Health, Marketing, HR & Recruitment, and Transport, Travel & Tourism. In Profile interviews with the people running UK businesses, in their own words. BROWSE BY SECTION Go straight to the subject you need. Tap a section and the feed filters to it, so a question about employment law or late payment is two taps away instead of a long scroll. FIND IT AGAIN Search the archive by keyword and open a result straight into the reader. SAVE AND READ OFFLINE Save any article with one tap and read it later with no connection at all. Useful on a commute, on a train, or anywhere the signal gives up. BUILT FOR READING A clean reading view with real typography, three text sizes, and a full dark theme that follows your phone's own setting. Nothing between you and the words. FREE, AND NO ACCOUNT SME Today is free to download and free to read. There is no account to create, no paywall and no subscription. PUBLISHED BY SME TODAY SME Today is a UK business title covering the news, finance, legal, technology, marketing, people and wellbeing questions that small and medium-sized companies actually face, in plain and practical language.

Screenshots

Matter4 screens
SME Today4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SME Today at none against Matter's 10. SME Today also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Matter's advantage is chart position (#169 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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. SME Today asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Matter ships an update weekly, SME Today every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Matter versus SME Today: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatterSME Today
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank#169 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDig Wells, Inc.SME MAGAZINE LIMITED

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

SME Today

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

SME Today

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Matter free?
Matter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SME Today free?
SME Today is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Matter or SME Today have ads?
Neither Matter nor SME Today shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Matter or SME Today?
Matter ships an update weekly, and SME Today every 5 days. Most recently, Matter was updated on November 3, 2026 and SME Today on October 31, 2026.

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