Read Vertical vs YueRead
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Read Vertical
This app allows users to read vertical text in CJK languages. It offers features like adding text files, organizing books into groups, and customizing themes and text layout for a comfortable reading experience.
- Read vertical CJK text
- Add text from phone or iCloud
- Organize books into groups
- Customizable ink-colored themes
- Continuous or paged book style
- Adjustable text size
- Left-to-right or right-to-left layout
Read full descriptionHide full description
Read Vertical is a text reader specifically designed for vertical text in CJK (Chinese, Japanese and Korean) language. It is believed that reading vertically can avoid neck pain due to long time reading. - add text file from saved on the phone or iCloud - create groups for book category - classic ink colored themes, there's one that suits your taste - book style: continuous or paged - adjust text size - text layout: left to right, or right to left
YueRead
Read full descriptionHide full description
Give your HTML room to read. A carefully laid-out report. Your next course handout. A page full of ideas. HTML Reader gives local HTML files a dedicated, focused reading space. Open a file and get closer to the content. READY FOR iOS 27 AND iPHONE DUO Move from the outer display to a wider inner canvas. The reader adapts to the available space and preserves the loaded page as the interface changes. MORE ROOM FOR THE PAGE Documents open in immersive reading mode with tools tucked away. Text, charts, and layouts get more of the screen, so you can stay with the story. TOOLS, ONE TAP AWAY Tap the page to reveal a Liquid Glass toolbar. Open another document or close the current file. Tap again or use Hide Tools to return to reading. Liquid Glass is available on iOS 26 and later. YOUR PAGE, ITS OWN STYLE Display your HTML and CSS layouts, so reports, handouts, and creative pages retain their visual character. Document layout depends on how the HTML file was designed. TURN YOUR PHONE. KEEP READING. Read in portrait or landscape. Interface updates preserve the loaded page to reduce interruptions from unnecessary reloads. CHINESE AND ENGLISH The interface follows your system language. You can also choose Chinese or English for HTML Reader in iOS Settings. The language of each HTML document comes from the file itself. OPEN A FILE AND BEGIN Choose a document with the system file picker, or open .html and .htm files from supported apps. Self-contained HTML can be read offline. External resources may need an internet connection. External webpage links open in your system browser. Script redirects and remote embedded-page navigation are blocked in the reader. A SPACE FOR โข Exported HTML reports โข Course handouts and study materials โข Static pages, project notes, and personal work โข Content you keep as HTML files No reading account required. No ads. Open your next HTML file and make room for the content.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Read Vertical at Free against YueRead's $0.99. Read Vertical also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 7 months) and device support (3 vs 1). YueRead's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Read Vertical is free to download; YueRead costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Read Vertical ships an update daily, YueRead every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Read Vertical | YueRead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free โ better | $0.99 |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Daily โ better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 โ better | 18.5 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HAOZHE XU | ้ญ ๅพ |
In-app purchases
Read Vertical
No in-app purchases
YueRead
No in-app purchases









