Comparison

King Lear! vs Daily Bard

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

Head to head
About

King Lear!

Experience Shakespeare's classic tragedy with this reader app. It features adjustable auto-scrolling speeds for a comfortable reading experience of the play's dramatic events.

Highlights
  • Classic Shakespearean tragedy
  • Auto-scrolling reader
  • Adjustable scroll speeds
  • Detailed plot summary
  • Character interactions
Features
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King Lear is a tragedy, by William Shakespeare. This reader is equipped with various auto scroller speeds to make a more pleasurable reading experience. Lear, who is old, wants to retire from power. He decides to divide his realm among his three daughters, and offers the largest share to the one who loves him best. Goneril and Regan both proclaim in fulsome terms that they love him more than anything in the world, which pleases him. Cordelia speaks temperately and honestly, which annoys him. In his anger he disinherits her, and divides the kingdom between the other two. Kent objects to this unfair treatment. Lear is further enraged by Kent's contradiction, and banishes him from the country. Cordelia's two suitors enter. Learning that she is disinherited, the Duke of Burgundy withdraws his suit, but the King of France is impressed by her honesty and marries her anyway. Lear announces he will live alternately with Goneril and Regan, and their husbands, the Dukes of Albany and Cornwall. He reserves to himself a retinue of one hundred knights, to be supported by his daughters. Goneril and Regan speak privately, agreeing that Lear is old and foolish...

About

Daily Bard

Start your day with a single, beautifully presented page of Shakespeare, complete with the original text and a clear, plain-English explanation. This app offers a quiet, focused reading experience without distractions, allowing you to appreciate the Bard's work at your own pace.

Highlights
  • Daily Shakespearean page
  • Original text and plain English explanation
  • Hand-engraved plate illustrations
  • Home Screen widget
  • Full edition with Commonplace Book and Catalogue
  • Margin notes for personal annotations
Features
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Daily Bard gives you one beautiful page of Shakespeare every morning. An engraved plate sets the scene. Beneath it, the passage exactly as he wrote it. Turn the leaf, and there it is in plain English - what it actually means, without the fog. One page a day. No feeds, no streaks, nothing to chase. THE DAILY PAGE - A new hand-engraved plate and passage, revealed each morning. - The original words, verified against the Folger Shakespeare. - A clear, plain-English reading on the back of every leaf. - A quiet Home Screen widget that carries the day's plate and a single line - never the explanation. THE FULL EDITION - one purchase, forever - The Commonplace Book: every page you have seen, kept and bound. - The Catalogue: browse the whole folio by play and by kind. - Margin notes: set down a line in your own hand on any leaf. - A gentle morning notification, if you want one - one line, never a nag. WHY DAILY BARD Most apps want your attention all day. Daily Bard wants five quiet minutes. No streaks to protect, no infinite feed, no notifications begging you back - just Shakespeare, made a little more legible, one page at a time. Whether you are rediscovering the sonnets, working through the plays, studying for an exam, or simply want a moment of something well-made each morning, Daily Bard is built to be read and then set down. NO SUBSCRIPTION The Full Edition is a single purchase. Buy it once and keep it forever, across your devices. No monthly fee, nothing to cancel. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. Your reading, your bookmarks, and your margin notes stay on your device. Set in Playfair Display and EB Garamond. Texts verified against the Folger Shakespeare. Read one beautiful page, every day. --- Terms of Use (EULA): https://dailybard-site.codemad-edu.workers.dev/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://dailybard-site.codemad-edu.workers.dev/privacy/

Screenshots

King Lear!4 screens
Daily Bard4 screens

Verdict

The call

King Lear! and Daily Bard both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Daily Bard's written reviews are positive against 50% of King Lear!'s. King Lear!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. King Lear! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Daily Bard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for King Lear! against 5.0 for Daily Bard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of King Lear!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Daily Bard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

King Lear! ships an update every 9 days, Daily Bard every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
King Lear! versus Daily Bard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKing Lear!Daily Bard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB26 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperQualex Consulting Services, IncPavithra Kodmad

Customer experience

King Lear!

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Daily Bard

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

King Lear!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
1 purchases

Daily Bard

One-time1
  • The Full Edition$11.99

Questions

Is King Lear! free?
King Lear! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daily Bard free?
Daily Bard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, King Lear! or Daily Bard?
King Lear! and Daily Bard are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do King Lear! or Daily Bard have ads?
Daily Bard shows ads; King Lear! does not.
Which is updated more often, King Lear! or Daily Bard?
King Lear! ships an update every 9 days, and Daily Bard every 6 days. Most recently, King Lear! was updated on November 1, 2026 and Daily Bard on November 4, 2026.

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