Weekend Read 2 vs Xperience Books
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weekend Read 2
This app optimizes screenplays for comfortable reading on mobile devices. It supports various file formats and offers features like customizable text, character highlighting, and read-aloud functionality.
- Optimized screenplay display
- Supports PDF, Final Draft, Fountain, and more
- Customizable fonts and text sizes
- Character highlighting
- Read aloud functionality
- Page-specific notes
- Dark mode
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“Staggeringly useful.” - Dan Etheridge, producer of Veronica Mars and Party Down We’ve made the best screenplay reader even better. Weekend Read 2 makes reading screenplays delightful by optimizing scripts for iPhone and iPad retina screens. Never squint and pinch to read a script again. Whether reading from a PDF or a native file like Final Draft or Fountain, Weekend Read 2 gives you the tools to make every screenplay a smooth and easy read. Created by screenwriter John August and the team behind the award-winning Highland, Weekend Read 2 has Hollywood talking. “With Weekend Read, John August and his crafty elves have taken something that was the worst thing, namely reading scripts on a mobile device, and turned it into the best thing. I find it more pleasant to read a script in Weekend Read on my 4-inch iPhone screen than to read a PDF in proper screenplay format on my iPad. I even prefer it to reading full-sized paper scripts.” - Rian Johnson, writer-director (Knives Out, Poker Face, Star Wars: The Last Jedi) “Weekend Read started as an app I didn’t know I needed and quickly became an app I can’t live without. Weekend Read keeps you on top of your reading pile, not buried under it. It’s seriously amazing.” - Rawson Thurber, writer-director (Red Notice, Dodgeball) “This is the perfect solution I’ve been fantasizing about - it makes reading scripts (or anything) on the iPhone not just tolerable, not just painless, but actually a pleasure!” - David Wain, writer/director/EP (Wet Hot American Summer, Role Models) Weekend Read supports PDFs, Final Draft .fdx, .highland, plain text, and Markdown files. Features: * Customizable Reading: Choose from an updated selection of fonts and text sizes for a personalized reading experience. * Character Highlighting: Highlight your lines with ease. * Read Aloud: Have the script read to you at up to 2x speed. * Notes: Add page-specific notes and export them to collaborators. * Dark Mode: Enjoy night reading with optimized dark mode. * Page Jumper: Quickly navigate through long documents. * Library: Curate your own library of scripts. * Discover: Find new scripts from our rotating categories of curated screenplays and books. * Optimized for iOS: Enjoy a seamless reading experience across all your iOS devices. Terms of Service (EULA): https://wer.quoteunquote.company/terms
Xperience Books
Enhance your reading experience with interactive media like AR, VR, and face props. Scan QR codes in supported books to unlock exclusive content and even submit your own fan art.
- Augmented reality content
- Virtual reality content
- Mixed reality content
- Face props and face paint
- QR code scanning for book content
- Fan art submission
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The Xperience Books app allows you to view bonus content for all Continuum Multimedia enhanced books. This includes media like augmented, virtual, and mixed reality; face props; face paint; and lots of other engaging content. Look for the Continuum Multimedia QR Codes and participate in books like never before. Some books even allow you to submit your own fan art for possible inclusion in the Xperience Books content.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Weekend Read 2 at 4.4 against Xperience Books's 3.9. Weekend Read 2 also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (132 vs 7). Xperience Books's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Weekend Read 2 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Xperience Books asks for nothing beyond the download.
Weekend Read 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weekend Read 2 has 132 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Weekend Read 2's written reviews are positive against 33% of Xperience Books's.
Weekend Read 2 ships an update every 5 weeks, Xperience Books every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weekend Read 2 | Xperience Books |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (132 ratings) — better | 3.9 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.9% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 132 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 299 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quote-Unquote LLC | The Source Training, Inc. |
Customer experience
Weekend Read 2
Xperience Books
Bugs and requests
Weekend Read 2
Reported bugs
22 issues- App crashes during read aloud
- Script lines are cut off and choppy
- App breaks PDF pages randomly and deletes text
- Text formatting button does not open fully
- Overcharging for subscription
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- Import of Final Draft files fails
- Incorrect script formatting when importing PDFs
- Misplaced text and elements in imported PDFs
- Read Aloud feature does not work
- App is fundamentally broken
- Cannot open attachments into the app
- Scripts have expiry dates
- Reader settings popover is too small and unusable on iPad
- App cuts off the top and bottom of script pages
- Voice reader feature does not work
- Text to speech uses basic Siri voices
- Voice playback is patchy and unusable
- Accidental text selection and difficulty un-selecting
- Adding notes is difficult
- Tapping screen does not exit highlight mode
- Double-tapping highlights incorrectly
- Reached limit on free version with only one screenplay added
Requested features
8 requests- Restore place in script when launching app
- Ability to use voice aloud reader without screen active
- Assign different voices to different characters
- Full screen mode option
- Fix popover for reader settings on iPad
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- Improve import of Final Draft files
- Fix PDF script formatting issues
- Make scripts available indefinitely
Xperience Books
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Weekend Read 2
- Weekend Read 2 Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Weekend Read 2 Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$14.991 Year
Xperience Books
No in-app purchases
Questions
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