Comparison

RePaper Web PDF Highlighter vs Today 5

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

Head to head
About

RePaper Web PDF Highlighter

Annotate web pages, PDFs, Word, and PowerPoint documents with customizable highlights and comments. Organize your content into folders and sync across devices using iCloud. Share and export your annotated files to various cloud services and other apps.

Highlights
  • Highlight web pages and PDFs
  • Add comments in multiple colors
  • Reader View for web and PDF
  • Organize content in folders
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Share and export annotations
Features
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One app to highlight Web pages, PDF, Word and Powerpoint documents, synchronized to iCloud. Our users say: - "Highlight Delight" - Cat North - "Only app that highlights properly" - Sparticle - "Exactly what I was looking for" - Bren With RePaper: - Open web pages and PDF files from anywhere - Add your highlight and comments in several colors - "Reader View" like Safari but works for Web and PDF files (text only) - Organize your articles in folders - Synchronized with iCloud - Share your highlights on social media and email - Export to other apps like iBooks, DropBox, Box, Drive and Evernote

About

Today 5

This app helps you manage your daily tasks, future plans, and recurring duties. It provides a custom itinerary with distinct task types to enhance focus and streamline time management. Track your progress and stay organized without feeling overwhelmed.

Highlights
  • Custom daily task itinerary
  • Categorized task management (Regular, Timeless, Recurring)
  • Automatic task transition between views
  • Performance tracking for completed tasks
  • Visual cues for task completion and delays
  • Mark missed tasks from past days
Features
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Welcome to "Today," your go-to app for getting more done, every single day. Our app is meticulously designed to enhance your focus on immediate tasks while also keeping future plans in sight. As soon as you open "Today," you're greeted with a custom itinerary of tasks tailored just for you, split into three distinct types to streamline your time management: Regular Tasks: Dive into tasks that are time-bound and appear in your "Today" and "Tomorrow" views, automatically transitioning to the Performance view as the clock strikes midnight. These tasks, which you manually input, are all about taking action now. Any task slated for "Tomorrow" seamlessly shifts to "Today" when a new day begins, and any "Today" task moves to the Performance view at midnight, where you can track whether it was completed. A clear performance indicator keeps things readable, and you even have the option to mark off tasks you might have missed in the past days. Timeless Tasks: This category is for the things you need to do that aren't pressing against the clock. Without any time constraints or performance tracking, these tasks form a general to-do list for non-urgent matters, helping you stay organized without the pressure. Recurring Tasks: For those duties that come around on a regular basis, set a time interval for their completion. These tasks will pop back into your "Today" view either at the start of a new interval or if they're marked as incomplete, with a visual cue in gold to celebrate completion or in red to warn of potential delays. "Today" is more than just a task manager; it's a system designed to keep you focused on the present while never losing sight of what's ahead, ensuring you're always prepared for what life throws your way.

Screenshots

RePaper Web PDF Highlighter4 screens
Today 53 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Today 5 at Free against RePaper Web PDF Highlighter's $2.99. Today 5 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). RePaper Web PDF Highlighter's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Today 5 is free to download; RePaper Web PDF Highlighter costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Today 5 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RePaper Web PDF Highlighter has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RePaper Web PDF Highlighter ships an update monthly, Today 5 every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RePaper Web PDF Highlighter versus Today 5: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRePaper Web PDF HighlighterToday 5
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.1 (11 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAppBlit LLCANTHONY HOWELL

Customer experience

RePaper Web PDF Highlighter

All ratings11 ratings
Positive54.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative45.5%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive31.9%
Neutral1.4%
Negative66.7%

Today 5

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

RePaper Web PDF Highlighter

Reported bugs

24 issues
  • Things don’t sync between devices if folders aren't created
  • Text in reader font can’t be adjusted
  • Deleting a paper seems temporary
  • Tutorial video gives code 404 message
  • Instruction video is missing, link broken
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  • Video tutorial has been removed
  • Bookmarklet doesn't work
  • App will not find documents
  • Won't allow highlighting on iPhone
  • Force closes when extracting files
  • Cannot use on PDF documents saved in iBook, PDF, and Dropbox directly
  • Stubborn highlighting, difficult to adjust selection
  • App shuts down after 30 seconds
  • Crashes multiple times or does not highlight
  • App crashes when hitting save
  • Undefined is not an object error
  • Doesn't work at all
  • No selection made
  • Says 'no selection found'
  • Does not allow highlighting more than one word at a time in a PDF
  • Does not allow highlighting more than one sentence at a time
  • Highlights only in its own browser
  • No logical segregation in library
  • Takes 10 to 20 times to make one highlight

Requested features

10 requests
  • Cloud support
  • More obvious new folder creation
  • Consistent stable operation without folders
  • IOS 8 extension
  • Bookmarklet
Show 5 more
  • Shortened link to highlighted article
  • Comments pop up automatically
  • Ability to comment on highlighting
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

Today 5

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

RePaper Web PDF Highlighter

No in-app purchases

None

Today 5

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RePaper Web PDF Highlighter free?
RePaper Web PDF Highlighter costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Today 5 free?
Today 5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RePaper Web PDF Highlighter or Today 5?
Today 5 is rated higher. RePaper Web PDF Highlighter averages 3.1 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Today 5 averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do RePaper Web PDF Highlighter or Today 5 have ads?
Neither RePaper Web PDF Highlighter nor Today 5 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RePaper Web PDF Highlighter or Today 5?
RePaper Web PDF Highlighter ships an update monthly, and Today 5 every 3 days. Most recently, RePaper Web PDF Highlighter was updated on November 1, 2026 and Today 5 on November 4, 2026.

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