Comparison

Tempt vs Poetry Reader

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

Head to head
About

Tempt

Discover a curated collection of high-quality dark, contemporary, and fantasy romance audiobooks from bestselling authors and professional narrators. Find your next captivating read with features like "Search by Trope" and "Intensity Level."

Highlights
  • Curated romance audiobook collection
  • Bestselling authors
  • Award-winning narrators
  • Complete stories
  • Search by trope
  • Filter by intensity level
  • New titles added weekly
Features
Currently charting
Read full description

Looking for Top-Quality Dark, Contemporary or Fantasy Romance Audiobooks from Bestselling Authors and Fantastic Narrators at a Reasonable Price? You found the right place! Discover an impressive selection of audiobooks and romance stories on Tempt. Whether you're an avid reader or new to the world of romance novels, our handpicked collection of romance audiobooks will captivate you. We add new titles weekly, so there's always something new to discover. Tired of dealing with credits and coins? Fed up with endless chapters and poor-quality narration and writing? Well, you'll love Tempt because it's different: • We offer a wide variety of captivating stories. • Our authors are bestselling authors. • Our voices are from award-winning professional narrators. • All our stories are complete. Our listeners also appreciate Tempt because it’s convenient and easy to use. No more wasting hours searching for your next read in an endless catalog. We've done the work for you. Try our "Search by Trope" or "Intensity Level" features to find exactly what you're looking for! Tempt has a diverse catalog of steamy paranormal, dark, and contemporary audiobooks featuring billionaires, alphas, rockstars, and inked bad boys. If you love the forbidden, dive into dark romances featuring love triangles, captive, mafia, and age gaps! We have reverse harem, omegaverse, and paranormal reads featuring vampires, shifters, werewolves, and more! If you love contemporary romance, don't miss our friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, second chance, and romantic suspense intense love stories. Are you ready to be continuously tempted by breathtaking love stories? Join the Tempt community today and escape into the world of incredible romantic stories brought to life by mesmerizing voices. Curious to know more? - Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tempt.app - Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/temptromance - Visit our website: https://wromance.com/ By using Tempt: Romance Audio Books, you agree to our Terms of Use and Community Guidelines available at https://wromance.com/terms_and_conditions and to our Privacy Policy available at https://wromance.com/privacy_policy

About

Poetry Reader

Explore classic poems with AI-powered explanations and personalized notes. Discover new authors and works, with offline reading capabilities. Start reading immediately without an account.

Highlights
  • AI poem explanations
  • Searchable public domain library
  • Highlight and annotate poems
  • Save favorite poems
  • Offline reading
  • Customizable text appearance
  • Daily reading reminders
Read full description

Discover what a poem is saying—and how it says it. Poetry Reader brings classic poetry and optional AI explanations together. Read a poem, explore its imagery and meaning, and ask questions about the lines that interest you. EXPLORE A POEM’S MEANING Tap Explain for an AI explanation, or ask your own question by voice or text. Explore unfamiliar language, imagery, themes, and possible interpretations while keeping the poem close at hand. DISCOVER YOUR NEXT FAVORITE Browse 1,834 public-domain collections, including works by Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, William Shakespeare, Robert Frost, and John Keats. Search authors, collections, poem titles, and first lines. MAKE READING YOUR OWN • Highlight passages and add personal notes • Save favorite poems and collections • Download collections for offline reading • Return to your reading position • Adjust text size and choose light or dark appearance • Set an optional daily reading reminder • Read on iPhone and iPad START READING WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Browse and read without signing in. Sign in with Apple to use AI explanations and questions or sync your reading profile across devices. AI explanations can make mistakes and offer one interpretation among many. The library uses Project Gutenberg editions that are public domain in the United States. App availability is limited to the U.S.

Screenshots

Tempt4 screens
Poetry Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Poetry Reader at none against Tempt's 10. Poetry Reader also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Tempt's advantage is ratings volume (1.7K vs 1) and chart position (#72 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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. Tempt sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Poetry Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Poetry Reader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tempt has 1.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tempt ships an update every 3 weeks, Poetry Reader every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Tempt versus Poetry Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTemptPoetry Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.7K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.7K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#72 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size125 MB9 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperWomanly CorpJoseph Philleo

Customer experience

Tempt

All ratings1,645 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral1.1%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews223 reviews
Positive75.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative17.9%

Poetry Reader

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Tempt

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App freezes and stops playing during use
  • Books disappear from user's library
  • Subscription charges not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add search bar to easily find books
  • Allow downloading books for offline listening
  • Expand LGBTQ+ romance selection
  • Improve app stability and performance

Poetry Reader

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Tempt

Subscriptions6
  • Weekly credits$4.997 Days
  • 1 Week unlimited$8.997 Days
  • 1 Month unlimited$19.991 Month
Show 3 more
  • 3 Months unlimited3 Days trial$52.003 Months
  • 3 Months unlimited$52.003 Months
  • 1 Year unlimited$149.991 Year
One-time4
  • Romance Audiobook$5.99
  • Romance Audiobook$6.99
  • Romance Audiobook$9.99
Show 1 more
  • Romance Audiobook$14.99
None

Poetry Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tempt free?
Tempt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Poetry Reader free?
Poetry Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tempt or Poetry Reader?
Poetry Reader is rated higher. Tempt averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while Poetry Reader averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tempt or Poetry Reader have ads?
Neither Tempt nor Poetry Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tempt or Poetry Reader?
Tempt ships an update every 3 weeks, and Poetry Reader every 5 weeks. Most recently, Tempt was updated on November 3, 2026 and Poetry Reader on October 31, 2026.

Other comparisons