Comparison

YoRead vs 方格时间

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

Head to head
About

YoRead

Save web content for offline access and listen to articles, news, and novels with text-to-speech. Ideal for hands-free listening during commutes, exercise, or chores. Manage playlists and playback progress with adjustable speed and multi-language support.

Highlights
  • Save web content offline
  • Text-to-speech functionality
  • Playlist management
  • Playback progress control
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Multi-language support
  • Offline permanent storage
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YoRead allows you to save web offline and listen it later. It supports text-to-speech, enabling you to listen to news, articles, and novels anytime, anywhere. – Suitable Scenarios – When commuting to work, walking, running, exercising, traveling, on a plane or train, cooking, washing dishes, sweeping or mopping the floor, or situations where your hands are occupied and your mind is idle. – Pain Points Solved – - Tired eyes and long articles? YoRead reads them to you. - Good articles, little time? YoRead helps you remember. - Youth fades, but articles remain. YoRead keeps them forever. - Too many platforms, too many bookmarks? YoRead manages them all. – Supported Features – - Quick article adding: easily extract the web page's main content and remove irrelevant elements. - Playlist management: conveniently adjust the playback order of articles, add and remove articles from the playlist. - Playback progress control: highlights the currently playing sentence, allowing you to read along while listening and click to jump to a specific part. - Playback speed control: offers precise speed adjustment from 0.5x to 3.0x, enhancing listening efficiency. - Multi-language text-to-speech: supports voice playback for major international languages with various voices to choose from. - Offline permanent storage: articles are saved locally, making them accessible even without an internet connection and free from leakage and loss. – YoRead Pro – Upgrading to YoRead Pro unlocks all features, including: - Unlimited article adding (the free version allows up to 30 articles per month) - Unlimited keep or favorite of articles (unread articles can be kept indefinitely while read articles are stored for 30 days) About consecutive monthly and yearly subscription packages - Price: in the purchase screen, the latest subscription price will be displayed in real time; - Payment: payment will be withheld from your iTunes account upon confirmation of purchase and payment; - Renewal: subscriptions are billed on a monthly or yearly basis, and your iTunes account will be charged 24 hours before they expire, for the same amount as the previous subscription. Subscription update cycle after successful deduction; - Unsubscribe: go to Settings-> Apple ID-> subscriptions -> Select “YoRead Pro” to unsubscribe. If the subscription is not closed at least 24 hours before the subscription period ends, the subscription is automatically renewed; - Refunds: Please note that when you complete the purchase, the application development team can not provide a refund, you need to use the relevant services provided by Apple. Your purchases and refunds are subject to Apple's payment policies. - Terms: https://github.com/yoodu/service/wiki/Terms-of-Use - Policy: https://github.com/yoodu/service/wiki/Privacy-Policy Save the web, Listen anytime

About

方格时间

Features
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方格时间是一款简洁高效的时间管理工具,帮助您更好地规划和利用每一天的时间。 核心功能: • 时间记录:轻松记录每日时间分配 • 数据统计:直观展示时间使用情况 • 图表分析:多维度分析您的时间投入 • 隐私保护:本地数据存储,安全可靠 使用场景: • 工作时间管理 • 学习计划安排 • 生活习惯养成 • 个人效率提升 • 时间开销分析 特色优势: • 界面简洁清晰 • 操作便捷直观 • 统计分析专业 • 持续更新优化 让方格时间助您更好地规划生活,提升时间管理效率!

Screenshots

YoRead4 screens
方格时间4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: 方格时间 at 5.0 against YoRead's 2.0. 方格时间 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. YoRead sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.59 per month. 方格时间 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

方格时间 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YoRead ships an update every 4 months, 方格时间 every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
YoRead versus 方格时间: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYoRead方格时间
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer伟坤 方Hangzhou Xiaoman Jiuman Technology Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

YoRead

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.591 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
None

方格时间

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is YoRead free?
YoRead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 方格时间 free?
方格时间 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, YoRead or 方格时间?
方格时间 is rated higher. YoRead averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while 方格时间 averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do YoRead or 方格时间 have ads?
Neither YoRead nor 方格时间 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, YoRead or 方格时间?
YoRead ships an update every 4 months, and 方格时间 every 4 days. Most recently, YoRead was updated on November 3, 2026 and 方格时间 on October 30, 2026.

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