Comparison

Reading Trainer vs English Reading +

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

Head to head
About

Reading Trainer

Enhance your reading speed, comprehension, and memory with engaging exercises. This app offers a structured approach to improve your ability to process and retain information from texts, making reading more efficient and enjoyable.

Highlights
  • Increase reading speed
  • Improve reading comprehension
  • Enhance memory retention
  • Eye exercises
  • Track progress with statistics
  • Reading speed tests
Features
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Reading Trainer improves your reading speed and reading comprehension with many challenging and fun exercises. App Store Rewind Award Winner – App of the Year DE, CH, AT - Significant increases in your reading speed - Eye-exercises and improvements in your mental capacity - Improves reading comprehension and memory This app provides everything you need to read texts of all types faster, more effectively and most of all, with better retention. The PowerReader allows you to get your daily work done while practicing important reading skills. Learning reading techniques has never been this much fun! Double your reading speed in just a few days. Trial users have used this software to increase their reading speed by an average of 143% in 10 days. Do you currently need 30 minutes to read the daily paper? Soon you will read two papers and, in addition, another chapter in an interesting non-fiction book – within the same time period. Combining the iPhone with this entirely new app provides the ideal platform to achieve measurable results with a minimum of effort. But that’s not all: You will have fun mastering the skills you need to attain effective reading techniques and significantly increase your reading speed; this means: - Rapid recognition of numbers, letters and words - Flexible eye movements - Improved ability to concentrate - Increased vision span The app guides you through the individual training steps. The software immediately recognizes your strengths and weaknesses. The statistics function lets you see and track your progress. The results of each training exercise are charted for your review. More stars mean that you are getting closer to your objective: more effective reading skills and with it extremely high reading speeds. You can check your reading speed at any time using different reading tests from a variety of topics. Questions about the text are used as a secondary test to assess your retention ability. This is the ideal combination for mastering effective reading skills and high retention rates. But beware: you might get hooked since early progress will motivate you to work on your skills regularly. It is fun and you are doing something to stay mentally fit at the same time. We recommend that you train regularly but not excessively to ensure best results. Who needs this app? - Anyone reading more than half an hour a day - Executives - Secretaries - High-School and College students - Purchasing and Sales Professionals Who can benefit from this app? - Do you often feel that you take too long to read something? - Do you return to previous passages because something was not clear? - Are you easily distracted while reading? - Do you have difficulty recalling what you read? If you answered ‘Yes’ to any of these questions, then this app is what you need. Apple Terms of Use (EULA) – https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Terms of Service – https://readingtrainer.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy – https://readingtrainer.com/privacy-policy

About

English Reading +

Enhance English reading skills with extensive lessons covering comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar. Prepare for standardized tests like TOEFL and TOEIC with focused practice modules. Improve critical thinking and reading abilities for academic and professional success.

Highlights
  • 320 English Reading Comprehension lessons
  • 200 TOEFL Reading Comprehension lessons
  • 60 TOEIC Reading Comprehension lessons
  • Vocabulary and grammar improvement
  • Critical thinking skill development
  • Test preparation
Features
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EnglishReading helps you practice English reading comprehension through structured lesson packages, reading passages, multiple-choice questions, progress tracking, and mistake review. Build your reading habit step by step. MAIN FEATURES Practice Reading by Lesson Choose a package, open a lesson, read the passage, and answer comprehension questions. Each lesson is designed to help you read carefully and understand the main idea, details, vocabulary, and context. Track Your Progress See your learning progress directly from the home screen. EnglishReading shows your completed lessons, current progress, mistakes to review, streaks, and weekly learning activity. Review Your Mistakes Mistake Bank helps you quickly find questions you answered incorrectly, review your previous answer, and compare it with the correct answer. This makes it easier to focus on the areas that need more practice. Instant Results After finishing a lesson, view your score, correct answers, incorrect answers, and total questions. You can review the lesson again to understand your mistakes and improve over time. Comfortable Reading Experience Choose from Light, Pastel, and Night themes to make reading more comfortable in different environments. Print and Review Export or print lesson content for offline study and quick review whenever you need. WHY USE ENGLISHREADING? • Simple and focused reading practice • Clear lesson packages • Multiple-choice comprehension questions • Mistake review for better learning • Progress and weekly study tracking • Clean UI for both iPhone and iPad • Light, Pastel, and Night themes • Useful for daily English reading practice EnglishReading is designed for learners who want a simple, organized, and comfortable way to improve reading comprehension skills.

Screenshots

Reading Trainer4 screens
English Reading +4 screens

Verdict

The call

Reading Trainer and English Reading + both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 84% of Reading Trainer's written reviews are positive against 0% of English Reading +'s. Reading Trainer also leads on ads (none vs shown). 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. Reading Trainer sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and English Reading + 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

English Reading + holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 220 and 116 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Reading Trainer's written reviews are positive against 0% of English Reading +'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reading Trainer ships an update every 5 weeks, English Reading + monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Reading Trainer versus English Reading +: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReading TrainerEnglish Reading +
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (220 ratings)4.7 (116 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings220 — better116
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeKu IT GmbHThanh Vu Truong

Customer experience

Reading Trainer

All ratings214 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral2.8%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews273 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral3.7%
Negative12.1%

English Reading +

All ratings116 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral6.0%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative60.0%

Bugs and requests

Reading Trainer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inability to answer comprehension questions
  • Exercises getting stuck on loading screens

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow custom text uploads for practice
  • Provide more personalized recommendations
  • Add British English spelling option
  • Offer lifetime subscription option

English Reading +

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Reading Trainer

Subscriptions11
  • Synchronisation$6.991 Month
  • Premium Access$13.991 Month
  • Synchronisation$17.993 Months
Show 8 more
  • Synchronisation$23.496 Months
  • Synchronisation$32.991 Year
  • Premium Access$35.993 Months
  • Premium Access$45.996 Months
  • Premium Access$66.991 Year
  • 15th Anniversary Offer1 Year trial$66.991 Year
  • Premium Access1 Year trial$66.991 Year
  • Premium Access1 Year trial$69.991 Year
1 purchases

English Reading +

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Reading Trainer free?
Reading Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is English Reading + free?
English Reading + is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Reading Trainer or English Reading +?
English Reading + is rated higher. Reading Trainer averages 4.5 out of 5 from 220 ratings, while English Reading + averages 4.7 from 116 ratings.
Do Reading Trainer or English Reading + have ads?
English Reading + shows ads; Reading Trainer does not.
Which is updated more often, Reading Trainer or English Reading +?
Reading Trainer ships an update every 5 weeks, and English Reading + monthly. Most recently, Reading Trainer was updated on November 1, 2026 and English Reading + on October 29, 2026.

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