TIME vs Slax Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TIME
Track your progress through time with visual indicators for the current day, year, month, and week. Set up countdowns for important life events and anniversaries, and keep track of loved ones' ages and important dates. This app helps you stay organized and mindful of your time.
- Time progress percentage for day, year, month, week
- Countdowns for events and anniversaries
- Age tracking for loved ones
- Custom event reminders
- Avatar support for people
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TIME shows you every time that you care - Time Progress Show you the percentage of passed today at this moment, year, month, week and day. - Countdowns and Anniversaries Create countdown days for your life and various events that are worth looking forward to, such as birthdays, exams, graduations, weddings, travel, payroll, Christmas, - Age Add the avatars and ages of the people you love, friends you care about, and remind yourself to keep in touch with them at any time. - Custom event Support to add any custom event to remind you of the day. TIME is developed by a medical student, so please be kind to me!
Slax Reader
Save articles for offline reading and get AI-powered summaries and insights. Organize your saved content with smart tagging and search, and discuss ideas with other readers. Syncs across all your devices.
- Save articles permanently
- Read offline
- AI summaries and overviews
- Highlight and take notes
- Reader discussions
- Smart tagging and search
- Cross-platform sync
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Slax Reader is a simple yet powerful AI read-it-later app. Save any article forever with one tap, get instant AI summaries, highlight ideas, and discuss with others — all in one place. Slax Reader is designed to be your quiet, reliable space for thoughtful reading — simple, smart, and built to last. Save Forever, for Free Links die. Your saves don't. Everything is backed up permanently. Read Offline Subway, airplane, anywhere. No wifi needed. Unlimited Highlights & Notes Capture ideas freely. Highlight & comment anywhere. Original and snapshot stay in sync. Join Reader Discussions Connect with readers who highlight and comment alongside you — read, react, and learn together. AI That Helps You Read Smarter - Instant overviews — get the gist in seconds. Know what deserves a deep read and what to skim. - Quick Nav — AI outlines articles. Tap any point to jump straight there. - Built-in AI chat — ask questions, go deeper, all in-app. No app-switching needed. - Smart Tagging & Search — AI organizes your library automatically. Find exactly what you need with powerful semantic search. Cross-Platform Sync Stay in sync on every device — laptop, phone, or tablet. Mobile-Optimized Reading Articles get a mobile-optimized reading view. Easy Imports Bring your saved articles from Pocket or Omnivore easily — with more import options coming soon. Privacy Policy: https://r.slax.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://r.slax.com/terms
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Verdict
TIME and Slax Reader both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Slax Reader's written reviews are positive against 50% of TIME's. Slax Reader also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). TIME's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. TIME sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Slax Reader sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TIME against 5.0 for Slax Reader. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of TIME's written reviews are positive against 100% of Slax Reader's.
TIME ships an update every 2 months, Slax Reader fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TIME | Slax Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 阿卜杜热伊木 阿卜杜力木 | Starry |
Customer experience
TIME
Slax Reader
In-app purchases
TIME
- TIME PRO$0.99
Slax Reader
- Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
- Pro Monthly2 Months trial$5.991 Month
- Pro Monthly1 Month trial$5.991 Month
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- Pro Monthly3 Months trial$5.991 Month
