Anybox vs Clearly Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Anybox
Save, organize, and quickly access your web links, files, and notes across all your Apple devices. Features include nested tags, smart lists, and a system-wide share extension for seamless saving. Syncs via iCloud and offers a lifetime purchase option.
- Cross-device bookmark syncing
- Spotlight search for bookmarks
- Quick link and note input
- Nested tags and folders
- Smart Lists for auto-organization
- Support for images and files
- System-wide share extension
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# Features 1. Get your bookmarks on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. 2. Search your bookmarks with Spotlight. 3. Use Anybox keyboard to quickly input your frequently used links and notes. 4. Categorize bookmarks with nested tags and folders. 5. Create Smart Lists to automatically organize bookmarks with attributes like URL and added date. 6. Support images, files, and notes. Easily retrieve frequently used images and notes. 7. Track your reading list with Widgets. Or save clipboard to specified collections. 8. Save links with system-wide share extensions. Just native experience. 9. Sync via iCloud. No personal data collected. 10. Import your bookmarks from browsers or other third-party apps. Anybox offers lifetime plan and subscription plans as a universal purchase, which means you only need to purchase once for all the platforms (iOS/macOS/iPadOS) Anybox support. You can choose one of these plans to save unlimited items in the app. Privacy Policy: https://anybox.app/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://anybox.app/terms-of-service
Clearly Reader
This app helps you manage and read your saved clippings with a customizable full-screen experience. Organize your collection with mobile tag management and filter historical data for easy review.
- Clipping management
- Full-screen reading
- Customizable fonts and themes
- Mobile tag management
- Filter historical clippings
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Clearly Reader App makes clipping available at your fingertips. We offer a range of features that optimize your reading experience: - Browse and filter multiple types of historical clippings to help review your collection - Full-screen reading experience, with customizable fonts, font sizes, line heights, and theme colors - Convenient mobile tag management.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Anybox at 4.7 against Clearly Reader's 2.8. Anybox also leads on review sentiment (65% vs 25%) and ratings volume (524 vs 4). Clearly Reader's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) 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. Anybox sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Clearly Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
Anybox holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anybox has 524 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Anybox's written reviews are positive against 25% of Clearly Reader's.
| Parameter | Anybox | Clearly Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (524 ratings) — better | 2.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 524 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anybox LTD | Lesslab |
Customer experience
Anybox
Clearly Reader
Bugs and requests
Anybox
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inconsistent behavior with reader mode
- Issues with bookmark syncing
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to manually add links
- Improve duplicate detection
- Allow sorting of tags/folders
- Implement private bookmark folders
Clearly Reader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Anybox
- 1 month$1.991 Month
- 12 months$14.991 Year
- Chips-Sized Tip$1.99
- Coffee-Sized Tip$4.99
- Pizza-Sized Tip$9.99
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- Lifetime$39.99
- Lifetime$59.99
Clearly Reader
No in-app purchases
