Comparison

Reading Trainer vs Comprehend

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

Comprehend

This educational app helps students in grades 2-12 enhance their reading comprehension. It allows users to create custom reading passages and quizzes, utilize text-to-speech, and track progress. AI features can generate stories and assist in writing custom content for a more engaging learning experience.

Highlights
  • Custom quiz creation
  • Text-to-speech functionality
  • AI story generation
  • Progress tracking
  • AI-assisted story writing
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Comprehend-Reading is an educational app for students who want to improve reading comprehension. Create content for grades 2 – 12 by pasting text, photographing pages, or using AI to generate custom passages. Add text-to-speech and build quizzes to test understanding and memory. Key Features - Custom quiz creation with main-idea, detail, inference, vocabulary or 5 WH question quiz - Text-to-speech for accessible reading experiences - AI story generation for any reading level (grades 2–12) - Progress tracking with saved quiz results - Manual or AI-assisted story writing for teachers, parents, and learners Comprehend-Reading turns reading into an engaging learning journey—helping students focus on key ideas, improve recall, and grow confident in comprehension. Terms of service https://www.comprehend-reading.com/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Reading Trainer4 screens
Comprehend4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Reading Trainer at 83% against Comprehend's 0%. Reading Trainer also leads on ratings volume (214 vs 5) and device support (3 vs 1). Comprehend's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On price, update cadence, 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

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 Comprehend sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Comprehend holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reading Trainer has 214 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Reading Trainer's written reviews are positive against 0% of Comprehend'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, Comprehend every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and July 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Reading Trainer versus Comprehend: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReading TrainerComprehend
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (214 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings214 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeKu IT GmbHVictoria Park

Customer experience

Reading Trainer

All ratings214 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral2.8%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews246 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral4.1%
Negative12.6%

Comprehend

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Comprehend

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
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  • 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
2 purchases

Comprehend

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription3 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription3 Days trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Reading Trainer free?
Reading Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Comprehend free?
Comprehend is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Reading Trainer or Comprehend?
Comprehend is rated higher. Reading Trainer averages 4.5 out of 5 from 214 ratings, while Comprehend averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Reading Trainer or Comprehend have ads?
Neither Reading Trainer nor Comprehend shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reading Trainer or Comprehend?
Reading Trainer ships an update every 5 weeks, and Comprehend every 6 weeks. Most recently, Reading Trainer was updated on September 22, 2026 and Comprehend on July 30, 2026.

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