Reading Trainer vs R2D2Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Increase reading speed
- Improve reading comprehension
- Enhance memory retention
- Eye exercises
- Track progress with statistics
- Reading speed tests
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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
R2D2Reader
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Read once. Remember forever. R2D2 Reader is your AI reading companion for PDF and EPUB — named for the galaxy's most loyal droid. It reads every chapter alongside you, quizzes you on what matters, and shows you, page by page, what you're about to forget. So the books you love actually stay with you. Most books are read and forgotten. R2D2 fixes that with active recall — the most proven way to remember what you read. WHAT R2D2 DOES — Reads with you. Open any PDF or EPUB in a clean, distraction-free reader built for deep focus. — Quizzes every chapter. Finish a chapter and R2D2 turns it into five real questions, graded instantly. No flashcards to write, no decks to manage. — Tracks what you remember. A colour-coded memory heatmap of the whole book shows what's strong, what's fading, and what to review next. Tap any cell to jump straight there. — Keeps the habit. A daily streak, weekly minutes, and a full year of reading days keep you turning pages. HOW IT WORKS 1. Read — open your book and read, distraction-free. 2. Quiz — R2D2 turns the chapter into questions the moment you finish. 3. Remember — review the weak pages first, before they fade for good. BUILT FOR BOOK LOVERS — PDF and EPUB — bring the books and documents you already have. — iPad, iPhone, and Mac, with your library in sync. — Organize everything into folders — fiction, study, and everything between. Free to start. Download R2D2 Reader and start finishing your books.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: R2D2Reader at none against Reading Trainer's 11. R2D2Reader also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). Reading Trainer's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price, ads and device support 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. Reading Trainer sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. R2D2Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
Reading Trainer ships an update every 5 weeks, R2D2Reader every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reading Trainer | R2D2Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (214 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 84.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 214 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HeKu IT GmbH | Trung Huynh |
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
R2D2Reader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Reading Trainer
- 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
R2D2Reader
No in-app purchases








