Comparison

Reading Trainer vs VocalGYM

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

VocalGYM

Develop your voice with a variety of audio exercises designed to improve vocalization and different aspects of your singing. This tool offers a comprehensive approach to vocal training.

Highlights
  • Dozens of audio exercises
  • Develop voice areas
  • Vocalization training
  • Vocal technique improvement
  • Progress tracking (implied)
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Esta es una herramienta de entrenamiento vocal con decenas de audios y ejercicios para desarrollar diferentes áreas de la voz y vocalizar. Aplican los Términos y Condiciones estándar de Apple (EULA). Más información aquí: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.

Screenshots

Reading Trainer4 screens
VocalGYM1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: VocalGYM at every 4 days against Reading Trainer's every 5 weeks. Reading Trainer's advantage is ratings volume (220 vs 6). On price, rating, 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and VocalGYM sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. 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 — 4.5 for Reading Trainer against 4.5 for VocalGYM. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reading Trainer has 220 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reading Trainer ships an update every 5 weeks, VocalGYM every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Reading Trainer versus VocalGYM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReading TrainerVocalGYM
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (220 ratings) — better4.5 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings220 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeKu IT GmbHLautaro Pereyra

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

VocalGYM

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Reading Trainer

Subscriptions10
  • Synchronisation$6.991 Month
  • Premium Access$13.991 Month
  • Synchronisation$23.496 Months
Show 7 more
  • 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

VocalGYM

Subscriptions2
  • VocalGYM Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • VocalGYM Premium Anual$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Reading Trainer free?
Reading Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VocalGYM free?
VocalGYM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Reading Trainer or VocalGYM?
Reading Trainer is rated higher. Reading Trainer averages 4.5 out of 5 from 220 ratings, while VocalGYM averages 4.5 from 6 ratings.
Do Reading Trainer or VocalGYM have ads?
Neither Reading Trainer nor VocalGYM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reading Trainer or VocalGYM?
Reading Trainer ships an update every 5 weeks, and VocalGYM every 4 days. Most recently, Reading Trainer was updated on November 1, 2026 and VocalGYM on October 30, 2026.

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