Comparison

Ready vs WinkNotes

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

Head to head
About

Ready

Save articles and web content to read later in a distraction-free environment. Organize your saved reading material with tags and categories, and sync across devices. Enjoy a comfortable reading experience anywhere, anytime.

Highlights
  • Save articles via link, pasteboard, or share extension
  • Offline reading with cached content
  • Customizable display styles for comfortable reading
  • Tagging and archiving for organization
  • iCloud backup and synchronization
  • Elegant sharing templates
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App Store "New Apps We Love" recommendation. Read the article later, Ready is always with you. Ready, your friend for later reading. Add the article link you want to read to Ready and enjoy a pure and comfortable reading experience. You're chatting with friends, getting push notifications, or browsing social networks, and you find an article that appeals to you, but you can't find the time to read it? Add it to Ready. With just one link, Ready can quickly load the full content and cache it locally, so you can get back to reading pleasure anytime, anywhere. In the age of fragmented information and emotions, prepare yourself some spiritual food, maybe novels, news, or miscellaneous articles, or comics. Take a break from the clamoring short videos and chattering social networks, and feel the observations and comments on the world made by some authors who are fighting with the text, piling up words and sentences. Feel the thoughts that spread out because of such reading. These small thoughts that float in our minds while reading fill our whole life. # Application Highlights - Convenient and quick way to add articles, with Pasteboard Quick Add, Share Extension sharing and many other ways to quickly add articles. - Carefully polished and continuously iteratively updated page parsing capabilities to intelligently load the most core article content. - Rich configuration of display styles, presenting you with the most comfortable reading interface. - Powerful classification and tagging system, supporting archived articles, favorite articles, adding custom tags to a range of related articles. - Support for iCloud backup and synchronization, with no data loss. - Elegant and refreshing sharing templates, share wonderful content with friends. # Ready Pro Unlock Ready Pro to unlock all of Ready's features, including: - Unlimited number of articles to add. - Unlimited number of article tags to add. - iCloud data synchronization. - Exclusive access to sharing card styles. - Exclusive access to app icons. We will continue to update the features of Ready Pro, and some of the new features may be restricted to Ready Pro users. # About monthly/annual subscriptions Ready Pro is enabled through an auto-renewing subscription service. - Pricing and Payment: The latest subscription prices are displayed in real-time on the purchase screen. An App Store account will be charged once the purchase is confirmed and paid for. - Renewal: Subscriptions are billed on an annual or monthly basis, and your App Store account will be charged 24 hours before expiration for the same amount as the previous subscription. Subscriptions renew for one cycle after a successful chargeback. - Managing Subscriptions and Canceling Renewals: You can view and manage your subscription service in the system settings yourself. To cancel a subscription, manually turn off auto-renewal in App Store settings at least 24 hours before the current subscription cycle expires. - Refunds: Please note that the app development team is unable to provide refunds once you have completed your purchase and you will need to use the relevant services provided by Apple yourself. Your purchases and refunds are subject to Apple's applicable payment policies. # You can find us at these locations WeChat Official Account: @zzz_studio_official Weibo: @zzz_studio Email: contactzzz@yeah.net User Agreement: https://docs.qq.com/doc/DYnlEaG9Ka3hRQlFG Privacy Policy: https://docs.qq.com/doc/DYkJ3anh2UmVEUVBF

About

WinkNotes

Create and study flashcards with AI assistance and customizable review schedules. Import existing materials or generate cards from text and images. Track your progress with detailed statistics.

Highlights
  • AI-powered card creation
  • Import from PDF, Anki, CSV
  • Text and image flashcards
  • Spaced repetition review scheduling
  • Detailed study statistics
  • Cloze deletion testing
  • Premium voice narration
Features
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WinkNotes is an app for making flashcards and planning reviews. Use it for class notes, vocabulary, and practice questions, or import existing materials from PDF, Anki, or CSV files. Note cards have a front and back for questions and answers. Add text and images, or hide key text and parts of an image to test your recall before revealing the answer. You can also make vocabulary and multiple-choice cards and organize cards into categories. Sign in to WinkNotes AI with your Apple Account to use AI features. When creating a card, take or pick a photo (on Mac, choose an image from Photos or Files), and AI generates note cards automatically, with the original image attached to the back. On iPhone and iPad running iOS or iPadOS 26 or later, you can also use Shortcuts to turn screenshots or images into cards. If your iPhone has an Action button, you can set it up to start card creation. Premium Voice reads Chinese and English cards aloud in more natural voices, with several voices to choose from. More languages and voices are on the way. AI card creation and Premium Voice use credits, which you can buy in the app. PRO members can claim gift credits. On a Mac running macOS 15 or later, you can connect an AI assistant that supports MCP to help create and organize cards. The app schedules new cards and reviews using a review plan. Mark whether you remembered or forgot, and it uses that feedback to schedule later reviews. Choose a category or filter your cards when you want to review just part of a deck. Each deck has statistics showing new, studying, and memorized cards, review streaks, and upcoming reviews. PRO stats also show overdue and often-forgotten cards, retention, and recent review records. WinkNotes has previously appeared in App Store editorial selections for new apps and weekly editor recommendations. It was also included in features explaining what flashcards are and how to use them, and in a collection of study tools for Mac. Apple's official WeChat account has also covered WinkNotes' learning and note-taking features. WinkNotes runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Basic card creation, review, and stats are free, with limits on decks and some features. PRO includes iCloud sync, unlimited decks and cards, custom review plans, quick cloze tools, and advanced stats. See the app for current benefits. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be canceled through your Apple Account's subscription settings. Prices and subscription periods are shown before purchase. One-time purchase options are available as displayed in the app. Credits are consumable in-app purchases; prices are shown before purchase. Support and feedback: https://www.appnice.cn Privacy policy: https://www.appnice.cn/privacy.htm Terms of use: https://www.appnice.cn/useragreement.html

Screenshots

Ready4 screens
WinkNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: WinkNotes at 78% against Ready's 0%. WinkNotes also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.7) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Ready sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and WinkNotes sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WinkNotes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WinkNotes has 129 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Ready's written reviews are positive against 78% of WinkNotes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ready ships an update monthly, WinkNotes weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ready versus WinkNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReadyWinkNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)4.8 (129 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews78.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3129 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer健 金Detailsoft Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Ready

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

WinkNotes

All ratings128 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive78.1%
Neutral15.6%
Negative6.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Ready

Subscriptions2
  • 读否 Pro(月度)$0.991 Month
  • 读否 Pro(年度)$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • 读否会员$4.99
8 purchases

WinkNotes

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription (Events)$1.991 Month
  • Annual Full Access(Events)7 Days trial$6.991 Year
  • Annual Full Access7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time5
  • 120 Credits$0.99
  • 400 Credits$2.99
  • 2000 Credits$9.99
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  • Special edition$14.99
  • Lifetime Full Access$19.99

Questions

Is Ready free?
Ready is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WinkNotes free?
WinkNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ready or WinkNotes?
WinkNotes is rated higher. Ready averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while WinkNotes averages 4.8 from 129 ratings.
Do Ready or WinkNotes have ads?
Neither Ready nor WinkNotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ready or WinkNotes?
Ready ships an update monthly, and WinkNotes weekly. Most recently, Ready was updated on October 24, 2026 and WinkNotes on November 3, 2026.

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