Comparison

Ready vs flomo浮墨

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

flomo浮墨

Capture fleeting thoughts and ideas with a minimalist note-taking tool designed for quick entry and organization. Review past entries, discover related notes, and quantify your daily records without intrusive ads or privacy concerns.

Highlights
  • Easy typing
  • Full platform sync
  • Organize with #tags
  • Daily review of past notes
  • Relevant note suggestions
  • Quantify daily records
  • Quick entry via API
Features
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flomo is the Next Generation note-taking tool, focusing on helping your record more ideas rather than complex articles. We are overjoyed to announce that we ranked in the No.4 of the Golden Kitty Awards 2021 on Product Hunt in the Mobile Apps category. Thank you for your support and suggestions. We can’t keep making progress without your voice. Key features - Easy typing like Twitter - Full platform sync - Manage MEMOs by #tags/sub-tags - Daily review of past MEMOs - Relevant MEMOs - Quantify daily records - Quick entry with API - No ads or privacy sharing What flomo doesn't do well We know it's hard enough to be good at one small thing, so we won't try to be ALL-IN-ONE in features. Here's what we're NOT good at, and we recommend you to choose a better product. - Not good at Document writing or markdown - Not good at Web Clipper - Not good at TODO - Not good at Mind mapping flomo CARES about privacy and security - All content is only visible to you - All data transfers are encrypted - No commercial advertising - No sharing or selling of personal data - Real-time database backup —————————— Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. After purchase, manage your subscriptions in App Store Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. —————————— 2024@flomoapp.com Privacy Policy: https://help.flomo.app/terms-and-privacy/privacy Terms of Service: https://help.flomo.app/terms-and-privacy/terms

Screenshots

Ready4 screens
flomo浮墨4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: flomo浮墨 at 92% against Ready's 0%. flomo浮墨 also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 3). 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 flomo浮墨 sells 10 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

flomo浮墨 holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: flomo浮墨 has 1.2K 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 92% of flomo浮墨's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ready ships an update monthly, flomo浮墨 every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ready versus flomo浮墨: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReadyflomo浮墨
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)4.9 (1.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews92.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31.2K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB117 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer健 金Shanghai Xiandi Network Technology Co., Ltd

Customer experience

Ready

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

flomo浮墨

All ratings1,161 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews167 reviews
Positive92.2%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.8%

Bugs and requests

Ready

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

flomo浮墨

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inconsistent behavior with list indentation
  • Issues with text scanning functionality
  • Problems with time stamp recognition

Requested features

5 requests
  • Expand note-taking window size
  • Add support for Markdown syntax
  • Integrate with more apps and services
  • Implement dark mode option
  • Add sorting by time/date

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
10 purchases

flomo浮墨

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly Pro subscription$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Max subscription$5.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro subscription$14.991 Year
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  • Yearly Max subscription$39.991 Year
  • Yearly Max subscription1 Year trial$39.991 Year
One-time5
  • 3,000 Agent Points$0.99
  • 10,000 Agent Points$3.99
  • 30,000 Agent Points$9.99
Show 2 more
  • flomo Pro 年度会员-教育优惠$14.99
  • flomo Max 年度会员-教育优惠$34.99

Questions

Is Ready free?
Ready is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is flomo浮墨 free?
flomo浮墨 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ready or flomo浮墨?
flomo浮墨 is rated higher. Ready averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while flomo浮墨 averages 4.9 from 1.2K ratings.
Do Ready or flomo浮墨 have ads?
Neither Ready nor flomo浮墨 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ready or flomo浮墨?
Ready ships an update monthly, and flomo浮墨 every 10 days. Most recently, Ready was updated on November 3, 2026 and flomo浮墨 on November 3, 2026.

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