dear. vs Lazy Readers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
dear.
Digitally preserve and organize your cherished cards. Scan them to create a digital collection, sort by various criteria, and even generate PDFs. Never lose a memory again, even if you decide to discard the physical card.
- Scan and store cards digitally
- Organize cards by year, event, or category
- Create and share PDF collections
- Edit card details and images
- Create user profiles and card collections
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Open a sweet birthday card and don’t know what to do with it? Throw it away? Keep it in a box under your bed where it’s never to be seen again? Organize and preserve those memories with dear. Scan and keep all your cards in one place. Organize cards by year, event, holiday, category, person, or any other way you can think of. Create and share PDFs for your scans. Now you don’t have to feel bad about tossing that birthday card from Aunt Sally. To get started begin with the following steps: • Create a user profile • Create your first card collection • Create and scan your first cards • Upload a collection image • Edit a Card in the following ways: • Scan new images • Update the "from" field • Update the description field Thank you for using dear. Please email support@thedearapp.com with feedback or any questions.
Lazy Readers
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"Allow Lazy Readers to read for you. Enter text in any language or take a photo to input characters. Lazy Readers vocalizes the entered text for you. The inputted text can be saved for later listening, and you can revisit it whenever you like. Additionally, it can be read in voices specific to different languages. Recommended for those who prefer listening to long sentences or repetitive text."
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Lazy Readers at every 2 days against dear.'s every 2 months. Lazy Readers also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
dear. ships an update every 2 months, Lazy Readers every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | dear. | Lazy Readers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (39 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | dearly LLC | JIYOUN PARK |
In-app purchases
dear.
No in-app purchases
Lazy Readers
No in-app purchases
