Collections Database vs Read More
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Collections Database
Organize anything with a personal database app. It offers over 20 field types, customizable layouts, and pre-built templates for common uses like books or expenses. Advanced features and iCloud sync are available.
- 20+ field types (text, number, picture, barcode, etc.)
- Customizable fields and display styles
- Pre-built templates (books, contacts, expenses, etc.)
- Organize with collections and subcollections
- Password, Face ID, and Touch ID protection
- iCloud synchronization across devices
- Advanced fields and calculations (Pro version)
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Collections is a personal database app to organize anything. 1. A field for every use Collections supports over 20+ field types: • Text, Number • Boolean • Picture • Select • Email, URL, Phone • Password • Date, Time • Color • Barcode And with the Pro version you can use even more advanced fields. • Document reference - Link documents together • Group - Add multiple values for a field • Formula - Create a formula for calculated values. Powerful formula editor with full support to math functions like SUM, AVG • Sources - Import documents from external APIs with Javascript 2. Customizable • Add and reorder fields • Add a separator between fields to better visualize them • Fields have different display styles like primary, secondary, thumbnail • Filter and sort data 3. Templates Collections includes basic templates to get started: • Books • Contacts • Expenses • Subscriptions • Credentials • Inventory • School 5. Advanced management Collections has different tools to help you creating the data model. SUBCOLLECTIONS Organize data into collections and subcollections. Simply said, they are like folders. LISTS A list contains items used in documents and it's very flexible. It could represent a Genre for a book or a Status like 'Available', 'Out of stock' for an object in the inventory. 6. Security • Protect collections using a password, Face ID or Touch ID • Sensitive data such as passwords are encrypted by default 7. iCloud Sync Data is synced automatically between devices through iCloud. 8. Apple's Shortcuts support Expand the app capabilities with Apple's Shortcuts support. 9. Pro version features • Add unlimited documents (free version is limited to 100 documents) • Add files to documents • Add advanced fields • Views • Grid • Use Summary to perform calculations across documents
Read More
This app helps you track your reading habits by logging books read and saving favorite quotes. Set daily goals, maintain reading logs, and manage lists of books to read later or have already finished. It encourages consistent reading for personal growth and time utilization.
- Daily reading goal setting
- Weekly and monthly reading log
- Read later list
- Finished books list
- Favorite quotes saving
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Read More does not contain any books, it just logs your reading and saves your quotes. It does not encourage speed reading but encourages you to read more books. Reading more not only helps you to learn more things but also helps you to utilize your time which goes to waste on your phone or in any frivolous activity. “Great speed in reading is a dubious achievement; it is of value only if what you have to read is not really worth reading. A better formula is this: Every book should be read no more slowly than it deserves, and no more quickly than you can read it with satisfaction and comprehension.” - Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading Read More will also help you: DAILY READING GOAL Set a daily reading goal for yourself. You can start small if you are a beginner and then gradually increase it. MAINTAIN WEEKLY AND MONTHLY READING LOG You can monitor your reading log CREATE READ LATER LIST You can create a read later list so that you can jump to the next book without thinking much over what next. MAINTAIN ALREADY FINISHED BOOKS LIST Add books you have finished into 'Already Finished' list to see how many and what books you have read so far. FAVORITE QUOTES Add your favorite quotes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Collections Database at 87% against Read More's 53%. Collections Database also leads on ratings volume (187 vs 4) and device support (4 vs 1). Read More's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Collections Database sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Read More sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Read More holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Collections Database has 187 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of Collections Database's written reviews are positive against 53% of Read More's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Collections Database | Read More |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (187 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.3% of reviews — better | 53.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 187 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matteo D'Ignazio | Shubham Nandanwar |
Customer experience
Collections Database
Read More
Bugs and requests
Collections Database
Reported bugs
2 issues- Keyboard issues when using search
- Inconsistent behavior between iOS and macOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Collaborative features for sharing databases
- More advanced reporting and visualization options
- Improved import/export functionality
- Ability to customize the appearance and layout
Read More
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Collections Database
- Collections Ultra (Upgrade)$1.99
- Collections Pro$7.99
- Collections Ultra$9.99
Read More
- ReadMore Pro$9.99
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