Comparison

Readwise Reader vs Q4 Go

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Readwise Reader

This app consolidates all your reading content, including web articles, newsletters, and PDFs, into a single, organized platform. It offers advanced highlighting, text-to-speech, and AI-powered assistance to enhance your reading workflow and knowledge retention.

Highlights
  • Consolidate web articles, newsletters, RSS, Twitter threads, PDFs, EPUBs
  • Import from Pocket, Instapaper, and Feedly
  • Advanced highlighting and annotation tools
  • Text-to-speech narration
  • AI-powered reading assistant (Ghostreader)
  • Full-text search
  • Syncs across all devices, offline access
Features
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Readwise Reader is the first read-it-later app built specifically for power readers. If you’ve ever used Instapaper or Pocket, Reader is like those except it’s built for 2024 and brings all your reading into one place including: web articles, email newsletters, RSS feeds, Twitter threads, PDFs, EPUBs and more. ______________________ “Reader has completely redesigned the read-it-later app. It’s gorgeous and blazingly fast. In many ways, it’s the Superhuman of reading — you won’t want to read anywhere else.” Rahul Vohra (Founder of Superhuman) “I spend my entire day reading, researching, & writing and Readwise is the reading tool I’ve been waiting for. The perfect complement to my writing workflow. Absolute game changer.” Packy Mccormick (Author of Not Boring) “The Readwise reading app is the first read-it-later app that enables a true workflow for serious readers. As an ex-Pocket /Instapaper power user, it's hard to imagine ever going back.” Fitz Maro (Creative Technology Lead at Pinterest) ______________________ ALL YOUR READING IN ONE PLACE Stop juggling half a dozen reading apps. Reader brings all your content into one place including: • Web articles • Email newsletters • RSS feeds • Twitter threads • PDFs • EPUBs You can even import your existing library from Pocket and Instapaper and RSS feeds from Feedly, Inoreader, Feedbin, etc. POWERFUL HIGHLIGHTING FOR POWER READERS We believe that annotations are the key to getting more out of what you read. So we’ve developed highlighting as a first-class feature inside Reader. Highlight images, links, rich text, and more. On any device. READER WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU READ We’ve reinvented the digital reading experience to apply the power of software to the printed word. This includes TEXT-TO-SPEECH (listen to any document narrated with the lifelike voice of a real human), GHOSTREADER (your integrated copilot of reading enabling you to ask questions, define terms, simplify complex language, and more), and FULL-TEXT SEARCH (find whatever you’re looking for, even if you only remember a single word). FLEXIBLE SOFTWARE TO FIT YOUR UNIQUE NEEDS Your personal interests, your professional projects, your way of doing things — they’re unique. Reader is your home base for the varied documents in your life, customizable to match the way your brain works. PDFs for work, articles for your newsletter, and ebooks for pleasure all live comfortably side-by-side. No more juggling dozens of apps. INTEGRATED WITH YOUR FAVORITE TOOLS Your annotations should flow effortlessly from your reading app into your writing tool of choice. Instead you waste hours reformatting, reorganizing, and repeating. Reader eliminates this hassle. Reader seamlessly connects to Readwise which exports to Obsidian, Notion, Roam Research, Evernote, Logseq, and more READ ANYWHERE, ANYTIME Access all of your content from any of your devices with everything in sync. Even offline. Reader syncs across all platforms, including a powerful, local-first web app and iOS. You can even highlight the open web with the Reader browser extensions. ______________________ If you’re not already a Readwise subscriber, you can get a free 30-day trial with no credit card upfront. At the end of the trial, you will not be charged unless you choose to subscribe. Support: Check out readwise.io/faq or email us at hello@readwise.io Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://readwise.io/privacy

About

Q4 Go

This app helps capital markets professionals manage investor relationships and prepare for meetings. It provides instant access to past engagement activities, meeting notes, and contact information, syncing seamlessly with a desktop account. Discover new opportunities with access to a vast database of investment firms and contacts.

Highlights
  • Instant access to past investor engagement activities
  • Log and manage meeting notes and next steps
  • Prioritize investor engagements
  • Automatic sync with desktop account
  • Search global investment firms and contacts
  • 360-degree view of capital markets profile
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Proactively nurture capital markets relationships with ease, put past investor engagement activities always at your fingertips and never be left unprepared for a meeting on the road again with Q4 Go. Q4 Go is the mobile iteration of the Q4 Investor Relations CRM, designed to help IR professionals get the only 360 degree view of their capital markets profile. With Q4 Go, you can: Quickly prep for meetings through instant access to past investor engagement activities Never lose meeting notes by seamlessly logging and managing next steps or questions Effectively prioritize investor engagements through managing and updating contact list Never waste time logging duplicative tasks or activities with automatic sync to your Q4 Desktop account Uncover new opportunities through seamless institution, fund or contact profile search from Q4’s database of 190,000 global investment firm/ funds and 387,000 global investor contacts Please note: A subscription to Q4 Desktop is required to login About Q4 Inc, Q4 Inc. (TSX: QFOR) is a leading capital markets communications platform that is transforming the way publicly traded companies, investors and investment banks make decisions to efficiently discover, communicate and engage with each other. The Q4 end-to-end technology platform facilitates interactions across the capital markets through its IR website products, virtual events solutions, capital markets CRM, shareholder and market analytics tools. The firm is a trusted partner to more than 2,650 public companies globally including many of the most respected brands in the world. Q4 is based in Toronto, with offices in New York and London. Learn more at q4inc.com.

Screenshots

Readwise Reader4 screens
Q4 Go4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Readwise Reader at 4.6 against Q4 Go's 1.0. Readwise Reader also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (585 vs 1). Q4 Go's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Readwise Reader sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Q4 Go asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Readwise Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Readwise Reader has 585 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Readwise Reader ships an update weekly, Q4 Go every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Readwise Reader versus Q4 Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReadwise ReaderQ4 Go
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (585 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews71.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings585 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size193 MB14 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperReadwise, IncQ4 Web Systems Inc.

Customer experience

Readwise Reader

All ratings585 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews278 reviews
Positive71.9%
Neutral11.5%
Negative16.5%

Q4 Go

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Readwise Reader

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inconsistent sync between devices
  • Unreliable RSS feed updates
  • Frequent crashes on iPad
  • Issues with resuming reading position

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved PDF and ebook support
  • Customizable reading themes and layouts
  • Better integration with note-taking apps
  • Reading progress and statistics tracking
  • Bulk management of saved items

Q4 Go

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Readwise Reader

Subscriptions4
  • Reader Monthly Plan$8.991 Month
  • Reader Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Reader Annual Plan$95.901 Year
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  • Reader Yearly$119.991 Year
None

Q4 Go

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Readwise Reader free?
Readwise Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Q4 Go free?
Q4 Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Readwise Reader or Q4 Go?
Readwise Reader is rated higher. Readwise Reader averages 4.6 out of 5 from 585 ratings, while Q4 Go averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Readwise Reader or Q4 Go have ads?
Neither Readwise Reader nor Q4 Go shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Readwise Reader or Q4 Go?
Readwise Reader ships an update weekly, and Q4 Go every 4 months. Most recently, Readwise Reader was updated on October 11, 2026 and Q4 Go on October 5, 2026.

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