ReadEW vs RC Slate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
ReadEW
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My Files is a useful file management application. It allows you to add files from your computer as well as your device's library. Feature: + Allow transfer file from the computer into the application. + Select file: Photos, Music, Epub, PDF from computer or Music - Photos Library. + Music player. + Photo editor and share images with your friends. + Create collections to manage your files + Browser for Epub and pdf, txt file, doc, docx, ppt, pptx, mp3, wav, csvโฆ Widgets: - Scan QR code. - Calendar. - Weather. You can use the full function completely for free.
RC Slate
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**RC Slate โ the browser that opens your documents, built for people who work with AI.** Tap a document link while browsing โ Markdown, DOCX (Word), PDF, JSON, YAML, images โ and it opens right there, rendered as a clean page. No downloading, no switching to another app, no wondering what a file looks like before you can see it. **Convert anything to Markdown for AI** Turn documents and web pages into clean, token-efficient Markdown โ the same content in a fraction of the prompt size. DOCX converts through the app's own parser; web pages by pulling out the article text. Need the images too? Embed them into a single self-contained Markdown file, with quality presets and a live token estimate. Export any view as PDF, PNG, or HTML. (Markdown conversion is not lossless; full page layout is not preserved.) **Read your Obsidian vault** Add a vault folder and read it as it was written โ wikilinks between notes and embedded images. Links resolve inside the folder you added, so a note opens the note it points to. And a vault note leaves as one piece: export it as a single self-contained Markdown file with its images embedded, or as HTML, PNG, or PDF โ ready to hand to an AI. Reading only; RC Slate never edits or syncs your vault. **A real browser underneath** Documents are grouped by the site they came from. Switch any article to Reader Mode for a clean, distraction-free reading layout with dark mode. iPhone and iPad layouts, with a sidebar and tab strip on iPad. **Clean pages for every format** - Markdown with tables, syntax highlighting, Mermaid diagrams, and LaTeX math - JSON and YAML: colour-coded, with their keys in the table of contents so you can jump straight to one - DOCX (Word) page by page, view-only (the document's own fonts are not included) - PDF and images **Open files from anywhere** Files on your device open from the Files app โ or send a file from any app through the share menu, straight to RC Slate. SelfDrop syncs a file across your devices (up to 20 MB per file). **Works offline** Viewing local files works offline on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RC Slate at every 10 days against ReadEW's every 11 months. ReadEW's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ReadEW ships an update every 11 months, RC Slate every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ReadEW | RC Slate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 10 days โ better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 โ better | 18.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nguyen Hang | Jaehong Lim |
In-app purchases
ReadEW
No in-app purchases
RC Slate
No in-app purchases









