Attikos vs Guardian Read
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Attikos
This app offers a vast collection of Ancient Greek texts with integrated morphological data and definitions. It provides quick access to full dictionary entries in a companion app, aiding in comprehension and study. Includes grammar overviews for review.
- Extensive Ancient Greek text library
- In-text morphological data
- Short definitions
- Full dictionary entry access
- Greek grammar overviews
- Perseus Project texts
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Attikos is an Ancient Greek reading app with an extensive selection of texts. It provides the reader with in-text access to morphological data and short definitions for these texts, along with easy access to full dictionary entries in Logeion, an app which needs to be downloaded separately. This version of Attikos includes the following texts: ・Aeschylus ・Apollonius Rhodius ・Aristophanes ・Aristotle: Athenian Constitution, Nicomachean Ethics, Poetics, Politics, Rhetoric ・Demosthenes ・Epictetus: Discourses, Enchiridion ・Euripides ・Herodotus ・Hesiod: Theogony, Works and Days ・Hippocrates: Ancient Medicine, Oath ・Homer: including Homeric hymns ・Isocrates ・Lysias ・Old Oligarch, Constitution of the Athenians ・Pausanias ・Pindar ・Plato: Apology, Charmides, Crito, Euthyphro, Gorgias, Ion, Laches, Lysis, Meno, Phaedo, Phaedrus, Protagoras, Republic, Symposium, Theaetetus ・Sophocles ・Strabo (partial) ・Thucydides ・Xenophon: Agesilaus, Anabasis, Apology of Socrates, Hellenica, Hiero, Memorabilia, Oeconomicus, Symposium, Ways and Means We gratefully use the texts published by the Perseus Project at Tufts University. Finally, some overviews of Greek grammar are included for those who wish to refresh their memory. Please report any bugs, problems, and errors at the links provided within the app.
Guardian Read
Scan book ISBNs to instantly get a safety rating and report. This app helps parents decide if a book's content is appropriate for their child, saving time at libraries and stores.
- ISBN barcode scanning
- Multiple book database integration
- Safety rating and report generation
- Content appropriateness assessment
- Library and store scanning
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Every book has an ISBN barcode attached to it and this app uses multiple book databases to deliver a safety rating and report allowing you to decide if it contains subject matter you may not want your child exposed to. Save time reading books and scan in the library or store before you make the decision. End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Attikos at none against Guardian Read's 2. Attikos also leads on ratings volume (54 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.2). On price, rating, 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. Guardian Read sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Attikos asks for nothing beyond the download.
Guardian Read holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Attikos has 54 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Attikos | Guardian Read |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (54 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 559 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The University of Chicago | Donald Adams |
Customer experience
Attikos
Guardian Read
In-app purchases
Attikos
No in-app purchases
Guardian Read
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly$19.991 Year









