The Ultimate Buzzer vs ReadInstead

Sometimes a moment just needs a buzzer. The Ultimate Buzzer puts a big red button in your pocket, along with more than 75 sound effects for game nights, classrooms, parties, pranks and the occasional perfectly timed rimshot. Tap a sound and it plays right away. Tap a few and they play together. PICK HOW IT WORKS • Multi Sound: a grid of sounds you can tap as fast as you like, even several at once. • Big Button: pick a sound and it fills the screen as one giant button. Made for trivia, quizzes and anyone who likes to slam things. • Dual Big Button: two giant buttons side by side on iPad, or on iPhone Duo when it's open, for head-to-head rounds. GAME SHOW NIGHT Turn trivia night into a real game show for up to 8 players. Everyone opens the app on their own iPhone or iPad and buzzes in, and the screen tells them when to go. The host sees who was first, down to a fraction of a second, marks the answer right or wrong and keeps score, and can buzz in too. When the game ends, everyone sees the final standings with confetti, plus a results card to share or save to Photos. Players connect to the host over your local network, so nobody needs an account. Joining a game is free. Hosting comes with Pro. KIDS MODE Big, bouncy buttons with animals, trains and other favorites, plus stars and trophies to earn. Any ads in Kids Mode are G-rated, and a grown-up has to solve a math problem to leave. You can even set the app to open straight into Kids Mode. A SOUND FOR EVERYTHING Buzzer, applause, drum roll, rimshot, wah-wah, epic fail, siren, alarm clock, countdown, crickets, cuckoo clock, rooster, cow, UFO and plenty more. They're sorted into Alarms, Animals, Vehicles, Funny, Action, Effects, Around the House and Nature, and you can search or keep your favorites at the top. THE LITTLE EXTRAS • SharePlay: on a FaceTime call, tap a sound and everyone hears it. • Siri, Shortcuts and Control Center: play a sound without opening the app. • A flashlight button for when the lights go out. • Pick any accent color and the whole app follows. GO PRO Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. It removes ads on all your devices and adds: • 10 more sounds • Recording your own sounds, up to 10 seconds each, plus importing audio files and sharing your recordings • Hosting game shows • Every Kids Mode theme: Ocean, Space, Jungle and Candy Not sure yet? Watch a short ad to try a Pro sound free for 24 hours, or to record a sound of your own. Choose Just Me, or Family to share Pro with up to 5 family members through Family Sharing. Already have The Ultimate Buzzer Pro app? Open it once and this app unlocks too, through iCloud. All sounds are in the public domain.

You opened YouTube to watch one specific video. By the time you found it, three other thumbnails had pulled at you, autoplay had queued the next thing, and the speaker was already four minutes in at a pace you did not set. The content is good. The interface is the problem. ReadInstead turns the videos you already trust into full articles you can actually stay with. The same creators, the same talks, the same lectures and interviews and long-form thinking - in a quiet reader where the medium stops moving and you set the pace. Reading is not slower than watching. What changes is your attention. Video carries you through. Reading asks you to stay. One channel, no edits, no autoplay countdown - just the argument and you. This is not a summarizer. It is a faithful reformatter. The article is structured for the page, with headings, paragraphs, examples, and the reasoning that connects one idea to the next. The creator's reasoning stays. Their examples stay. Their conclusions stay. The AI is a typesetter, not an author. FIVE READING SHAPES, ONE SOURCE The article takes the shape that fits the read. - Textbook - definitions, structure, study-ready recaps - Newspaper - conclusions first, built for scanning - Analytical - premises, evidence, the shape of the argument - Essay - a reflective read that keeps the speaker close - Detective - the idea unfolds like an investigation The mode changes structure, not what the creator said. DESIGNED FOR READING - Search YouTube, browse channels, or paste a URL - Start with a video you would genuinely like to read - Choose full, medium, or brief length - Read in 26 supported languages - Save articles to your library - Resume reading across devices - Customize font, size, line height, and theme - Use Focus Mode when you want the interface to disappear Articles end. No autoplay after the last line. No recommendation feed under the page. CALM BY DESIGN ReadInstead does not run advertising or third-party tracking SDKs, and there are no third-party analytics SDKs inside the app. No streaks, no notifications pushing you back, no engagement traps. The app is built to be opened, used, and put down - and to be a place you actually want to return to, on your own time. WHAT THIS IS FOR For the reader who already knows reading feels better. For the saved-tab list that keeps growing. For the lecture you wanted to take in, the interview you wanted to think about, the talk you would rather sit with than scroll past. Same creators. Quieter medium. Articles that end. ReadInstead is free to start. Previously generated articles stay in your library permanently. readinstead.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/