Comparison

Sprout Social vs readr app

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

Head to head
About

Sprout Social

Manage your social media presence on the go with this platform's companion app. It allows you to view messages, reply, schedule posts, and track engagement across multiple social networks from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Unified inbox for all messages
  • Reply, assign tasks, and view history
  • Post, schedule, queue, or draft messages
  • Track post engagement metrics
  • Notifications for new social messages
Features
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The perfect companion app for Sprout Social so you can manage your social media anywhere. You must have a Sprout Social account to use this app. Sprout Social is a social media management and engagement platform that helps you manage your X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Google My Business, and Tripadvisor profiles all in one place. Your favorite Sprout features are now available on the go: • See all of your messages in one place • Easily reply, view conversation history, and assign a task from a message • Quickly post, schedule, queue or draft a new message • View retweets, clicks, shares, replies and more for individual posts • Get notified of new social messages

About

readr app

Features
Read full description

readr is the simplest way for actors to find readers for self-tapes — and practice their craft while helping others. Actors constantly run into the same problem: You have an audition… but no one to read with. That usually means texting friends, posting in group chats, or waiting around hoping someone’s free. Readr fixes that. With Readr, you can: Post a reader request in seconds Connect with another actor Schedule a time that works Read your scene together — quickly and easily No noise. No unnecessary features. Just a clean, simple tool that does exactly what actors need.

Screenshots

Sprout Social4 screens
readr app2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: readr app at 15.1 against Sprout Social's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Sprout Social versus readr app: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSprout Socialreadr app
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB194 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperSprout Social, Inc.Vishu Gupta

Bugs and requests

Sprout Social

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Scheduled posts not showing up
  • Inability to remove posts from the queue
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Certain messages not showing in Smart Inbox
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  • Unable to download the app
  • New update broke the app, can't view FB private messages
  • Scheduled Instagram posts won't automatically open to their app
  • Notifications greyed out and can't be edited

Requested features

8 requests
  • Ability to macro, translate comments/messages and change sentiment on a post
  • More characters allowed, ability to post more than 4 pictures, post videos and pictures in the same post
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Ability to crop from the app on your phone
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  • Ability to edit through the app like you can on Instagram
  • More robust notification system for Instagram video posting
  • Ability to access reports on mobile

readr app

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sprout Social

No in-app purchases

None

readr app

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sprout Social free?
Sprout Social is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is readr app free?
readr app is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sprout Social or readr app have ads?
Neither Sprout Social nor readr app shows ads.

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