Pocketify vs Readonly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocketify
This app helps you gather, organize, and retrieve web pages, app content, and inspirations in one place. It offers quick capture from multiple sources, collections, tags, and an optimized reading experience with highlighting and notes.
- Quick capture from multiple entry points
- Collections and tag management
- Instant idea capture
- RSS feed tracking
- Internal and external search
- Optimized reading experience
- Highlighting and notes
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Pocketify, formerly known as Top Tags, is a productivity tool for information collection and management. It helps you gather, organize, and retrieve scattered web pages, app content, images, files, and inspirations in one unified place, so the information that matters to you can truly accumulate and stay accessible. Key Features Quick Capture from Multiple Entry Points Save content through the system share sheet, link input, quick actions, or clipboard recognition. Supports saving web links as well as content from the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and more. Image Favorites & File Favorites Save inspiring images more easily and keep frequently used files organized for faster access and more efficient management. Collections & Tag Management Organize your saved content with collections and tags to build a clear and structured information system. Instant Idea Capture Quickly capture inspirations, thoughts, and reference materials anytime, so important ideas never get lost. RSS Tracking Subscribe to RSS feeds and import or manage OPML files to follow your favorite information sources in one place. Internal & External Search Search across your internal knowledge base and external sources to quickly find what you need. Custom search sources are also supported for a more flexible and personalized search experience. Optimized Reading Experience Supports light and dark mode, customizable reading preferences, clearer highlight and note presentation, and smoother interactions throughout the app. Highlight & Notes Highlight key content and add notes for easier review, better focus, and stronger knowledge retention. Multi-Dimensional Filtering Views Create custom views with flexible filtering options to match your workflow. Pocketify is continuously improved by an independent developer. Your feedback and suggestions are highly valued—feel free to share your thoughts and help make Pocketify even better. Contact Email: tbfungeek@163.com Gmail: hi.aestech.studio@gmail.com WeChat: AesTechStudio Xiaohongshu: AES Tech Studio Twitter (X): @aes_tech_studio Facebook (Meta): Xiaohai Lin Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.notion.so/Pocketify-Privacy-Policy-31378324ff7e80fea45be0b5a22079be
Readonly
Save articles from other apps to read later in a comfortable, distraction-free environment. Organize your saved content with tags, highlight key passages, and add notes for deeper comprehension. Customize the reading experience with various themes and layout adjustments.
- Quickly save articles from other apps
- Highlight text and add notes
- Organize articles with tags
- Customize reading themes and layout
- Synchronize data via iCloud
- Export articles in Markdown format
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"Readonly" is a simple and easy to use read later app. There are not too many complicated features, just to give you a comfortable place to read your saved articles. Featured Functions - Highlight & Notes While reading, use different colors to highlight text, mark key points for easy review later. You can also add notes to the highlights, recording your thoughts and insights, making each reading session more rewarding. - Theme Switching We have carefully prepared some themes suitable for reading, choose your favorite from it, relax your eyes and focus on reading. - iCloud Synchronization Data synchronization to the cloud, no longer worry about data loss. - Tag Management Tag articles, categorize and manage them, keep everything in order. - Layout Adjustment Select fonts, adjust spacing, you can finely control the layout of the article to make reading more comfortable. - Quick Save Quickly save articles in other apps through sharing operations. - Export Articles Export your saved articles in Markdown format. —————————— Contact Us: brkchen@icloud.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pocketify at 4.8 against Readonly's 4.4. Readonly's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 88%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Pocketify sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Readonly sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pocketify holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 15 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Pocketify's written reviews are positive against 100% of Readonly's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pocketify ships an update fortnightly, Readonly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and August 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocketify | Readonly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (22 ratings) — better | 4.4 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 217 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 晓海 林 | 龙 陈 |
Customer experience
Pocketify
Readonly
In-app purchases
Pocketify
- Pocketify Monthly Subscription2 variants$2.991 Month
- Pocketify Yearly Subscription2 variants$14.991 Year
Readonly
- Permanent Purchase(iOS)$2.99
- 永久购买(macOS)$2.99









