Offline Reader ! vs SingleFile for Safari
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Offline Reader !
Save web pages with formatting and images for offline reading on your iOS device. Access your saved content anywhere, even without an internet connection. Also supports offline playback of music and videos.
- Save web pages for offline reading
- Preserves formatting and images
- Built-in browser for saving
- Transfer files via iTunes
- Offline music and video playback
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You can now read your favorite web pages even when there is no continuous Internet connectivity. Take your favorite web pages for Offline Reading. To save a web page for Offline reading, touch the "Save Offline" icon while surfing the web using built-in browser This app allows you to save entire web pages, including formatting and images, and read them offline on your iOS devices. Transfer files through iTunes and take it where ever you go. Play Music & Videos offline.
SingleFile for Safari
Preserve entire webpages as single HTML files, including images, styling, and fonts. This extension maintains original layout and links for offline access, acting like a digital snapshot of the web content.
- Save entire webpages
- Includes images, styling, fonts
- Preserves original layout
- Maintains links
- Single HTML file output
- Offline access
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SingleFile is a Safari extension that helps you to save an entire webpage including images, styling, frames, fonts etc. as a single HTML file. Unlike screenshots or PDFs, SingleFile can preserve the original layout, links, etc. It's like having a digital snapshot that you can easily access offline. Getting started Wait until the page is fully loaded. Click on the SingleFile button in the extension toolbar to process and save the page. You can click again on the button to cancel the action when processing a page.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SingleFile for Safari at 4.6 against Offline Reader !'s 1.4. SingleFile for Safari also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days) and review sentiment (74% vs 64%). Offline Reader !'s advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SingleFile for Safari holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 61 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Offline Reader !'s written reviews are positive against 74% of SingleFile for Safari's.
Offline Reader ! ships an update every 9 days, SingleFile for Safari every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Offline Reader ! | SingleFile for Safari |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (23 ratings) | 4.6 (61 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.0% of reviews | 73.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 61 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vijay Anand | Gildas Lormeau |
Customer experience
Offline Reader !
SingleFile for Safari
Bugs and requests
Offline Reader !
Reported bugs
3 issues- Saved pages not loading properly
- App freezing and crashing
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to organize saved pages into folders
- Option to rename saved pages
- Direct integration with Safari for easier saving
- Offline viewing of linked pages
SingleFile for Safari
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Offline Reader !
No in-app purchases
SingleFile for Safari
No in-app purchases
Questions
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