Comparison

Later vs Flyleaf

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

Head to head
About

Later

Save articles, videos, and shopping items from across the web to read later on your own terms. This private, ad-free tool offers seamless saving across devices and organizes your content with tags and notes. Enjoy offline access and robust import/export options.

Highlights
  • Private link saving
  • Ad-free experience
  • Save from any app
  • Organize with tags and notes
  • Offline reading
  • Import/export from other services
  • Reminders for links
Features
Read full description

Too many open tabs and links you sent yourself? Later is one calm place for everything you want to read: articles, videos, recipes, anything with a link. Save it in a tap and read it when you're ready, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. No account. No ads. No tracking. Your links live on your devices and in your iCloud, never on our servers. Downloaded over 500,000 times and named one of the Best Read Later Apps by Apple. SAVE FROM ANY APP • Tap Share in any app and choose Later • Save with Siri, Shortcuts or the Action Button • On the Mac, save in one click with the Safari, Chrome and Firefox extensions READ WITHOUT DISTRACTIONS • Reader mode shows just the article: no ads, no pop-ups, no clutter • Keep offline copies for flights, trains and spotty connections • Offline copies sync to all your devices ORGANIZE YOUR WAY • Colorful tags, flags and smart folders • Add a note to remember why you saved something • Set a reminder to read it at the right time • Archive what you've read to keep your Inbox clear • Find any link with search, even from Spotlight PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Trackers are stripped from your links as you save them • Lock Later with Face ID or Touch ID • Daily backups to iCloud Drive BRING YOUR LIBRARY • Import from Pocket, Instapaper, Raindrop or GoodLinks • Export everything anytime. You're never locked in. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://xavimoll.com/legal/privacy-policy

About

Flyleaf

Save articles from the web and read them later in a distraction-free, magazine-like format. Customize your reading experience with themes and typography, and organize your content with tags. Syncs seamlessly across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Save articles from the web
  • Distraction-free reading view
  • Book-like pagination
  • Customizable themes and typography
  • iCloud sync
  • Article tagging
  • Archive.today integration
Features
Read full description

Flyleaf is a “read-later” app that displays saved articles from the web in a meticulously designed reading view, without popups, ads or other distractions. SAVE ARTICLES FROM THE WEB Use the share sheet from anywhere to save interesting links to Flyleaf. There is also an easy-to-use bookmarklet if you need it. READ LATER WITHOUT DISTRACTIONS Flyleaf takes web pages and removes everything inessential, like popups, ads and trackers, to preserve your privacy and sanity. TURN WEBSITES INTO MAGAZINE ARTICLES With Flyleaf's best-in-class book-like pagination, you can read articles page by page instead of scrolling vertically. READ IT YOUR WAY Flyleaf offers many ways to customize your reading experience, such as color themes and in-depth typography settings. DISCOVER WHAT TO READ NEXT Once your list of saved articles grows, it's easy to lose track. Flyleaf helps you to always discover fresh articles from your list. SYNC WITH ICLOUD Flyleaf uses iCloud to securely sync articles and reading progress between your devices – no additional signups needed. STAY ORGANIZED WITH TAGS You can add your own tags to articles to organize your library. READ ANYWHERE YOU GO Enjoy fully native apps for iPhone, iPad, and macOS, lovingly crafted by indie developer Max Melzer. READ IN FULL SCREEN Remove all distractions and focus on the text by entering fullscreen mode. You can still access all the controls you need through an intuitive gesture interface. LOAD ARTICLES FROM ARCHIVE.TODAY IN ONE TAP Sometimes, an article may not be available in your region or without logging in. Flyleaf lets you effortlessly access many of them from a web archive instead. AUTOMATE ACTIONS WITH SHORTCUTS AND SIRI Flyleaf offers a comprehensive list of Shortcuts actions, so you can add URLs via Siri or build Shortcuts to automatically tag articles. Flyleaf is free to use and offers an optional subscription for advanced features such as themes, tags and the archive.today integration. Privacy Policy: https://flyleafapp.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://flyleafapp.com/terms/

Screenshots

Later4 screens
Flyleaf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Flyleaf at 4.9 against Later's 4.5. Flyleaf also leads on review sentiment (99% vs 79%) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Later's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Later sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Flyleaf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flyleaf holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 173 and 94 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Later's written reviews are positive against 99% of Flyleaf's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Later ships an update every 5 days, Flyleaf every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Later versus Flyleaf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLaterFlyleaf
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (173 ratings)4.9 (94 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.3% of reviews98.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings173 — better94
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB37 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperXavi MollMaximilian Melzer

Customer experience

Later

All ratings173 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral4.0%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews116 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral8.6%
Negative12.1%

Flyleaf

All ratings94 ratings
Positive98.9%
Neutral1.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive98.8%
Neutral1.2%
Negative0.0%

User reviews

Later

From 173 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and responsive app performance
  • 🔒 Strong privacy protection with local data storage
  • 👍 Simple, clean, and intuitive user interface
  • 🔄 Seamless syncing across iOS, iPadOS, and macOS via iCloud
  • 💰 Reasonable pricing with one-time purchase option

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Subscription prompt appears even for paid members
  • 😤 10-link free tier limit not clearly communicated upfront
  • 🔄 Recent update forces navigation to app instead of staying in share sheet
  • 📖 Lacks integrated reader view for articles
  • 🖼️ Missing image preview functionality

Flyleaf

From 94 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Clean and beautiful design
  • 📖 Excellent reading experience
  • 🚀 Fast and smooth performance
  • 🔄 Seamless cross-device sync
  • 🆓 Usable and generous free tier

Room to improve

  • 💡 Missing highlighting functionality
  • 💡 Missing note-taking functionality
  • 💡 No one-time payment option
  • 💡 No device AI summarization
  • 💡 No bulk actions for managing articles

Bugs and requests

Later

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • macOS app crashes on scroll and when adding links from share menu
  • Subscription restoration button doesn't work for paid members
  • Images not loading for bookmark previews
  • App gets stuck on subscription page preventing further saves
  • Long press sneak preview feature not functioning
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  • Duplicate link removal option not detecting duplicates
  • Data loss after phone update/migration
  • Tag order changes unexpectedly after updates
  • Loading times increased significantly in recent version
  • iOS 17 requirement breaks updates for older devices

Requested features

15 requests
  • Custom folders with icons for better organization
  • Ability to create and search tags from share menu
  • Bulk editing and multi-tag selection
  • Offline article content saving
  • Integrated reader view with distraction-free reading
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  • Image preview thumbnails in list view
  • Ability to mark articles as read/unread
  • Advanced filtering by location (Inbox/Archive) and read status
  • Support for multiple browser selection (Firefox, etc.)
  • Shared link collections with other users
  • Pinboard and other import format support
  • Annotation and highlighting within articles
  • Selective offline saving by tag
  • Grid view with thumbnails
  • Notes feature for links

Flyleaf

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Tagging feature bug on iPhone (iOS 18.3.2)
  • Paywalled articles sometimes not saved (e.g., FT)
  • "Read now" option in Share Sheet not working (fixed in 2.1.0)

Requested features

11 requests
  • Highlighting function
  • Note-taking functionality
  • One-time payment option
  • Device AI summarization
  • Bulk actions for managing articles
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  • Improved support for non-Apple platforms (e.g., Android)
  • More theme colors (yellow, orange)
  • AnyBox importer
  • Ability to archive different versions of a webpage
  • German localization
  • Export entry as PDF

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Later

Subscriptions2
  • Later Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Later Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Later Pro (Forever)$49.99
2 purchases

Flyleaf

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly renewal7 Days trial$2.001 Month
  • Yearly renewal7 Days trial$17.001 Year

Questions

Is Later free?
Later is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flyleaf free?
Flyleaf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Later or Flyleaf?
Flyleaf is rated higher. Later averages 4.5 out of 5 from 173 ratings, while Flyleaf averages 4.9 from 94 ratings.
Do Later or Flyleaf have ads?
Neither Later nor Flyleaf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Later or Flyleaf?
Later ships an update every 5 days, and Flyleaf every 5 weeks. Most recently, Later was updated on October 27, 2026 and Flyleaf on October 27, 2026.

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