Finalist vs AreaderZ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Finalist
This app combines your calendar, tasks, reminders, and weather into a single, visually appealing timeline. It integrates with your journal and activity data to inspire your planning. Enjoy a beautiful and joyful planning experience without complex workflows.
- Unified timeline view
- Calendar, task, and reminder integration
- Weather forecast display
- Journal and activity ring integration
- Customizable themes
- Native Apple technology integration
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Inspired by paper planners, Finalist shows your calendar, tasks, notes, reminders and weather forecast in one beautiful timeline. It even pulls in your Journal Suggestions and Activity Rings to keep you inspired. Gorgeous themes make planning a joy, not a chore. Finalist is built for people who finish things, no complex workflows or productivity theater. NOTES, IN YOUR PLANNER Your planner remembers what you wrote. A dedicated Notes tab gives you notebooks, tags and search. Keep native notes that sync over iCloud, or connect a folder of plain markdown files, including your Obsidian vault, and edit them in place. Tasks inside your markdown files become real Finalist tasks: dated, tagged and checkable anywhere in the app. YOUR DAY, ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app puts your whole day one glance away: events, tasks, reminders and habits in one scrollable view, topped by a Now card that always knows what matters next. Check off pinned lists from the wrist, grocery list included, and add tasks by keyboard, scribble or dictation. Complications and a Smart Stack widget round it out. (Requires watchOS 26.) DESIGN YOUR DAY Choose between two Daily designs: Daybook, the classic stacked layout, or Broadsheet, a newsprint-inspired look that shines on iPad and Mac. Rearrange sections with the layout editor and save your own presets. On the rebuilt Timeline, drag tasks onto the grid to sketch your day in pencil, then commit when it's real. "I've tried dozens of planning apps, this is the one that finally works." - Beta user "The integration of Reminders and Lists reduces the apps I need daily and makes planning actually fun." - Beta user Built with native Apple technologies: no accounts to create, syncs over iCloud, supports Family Sharing, and runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro and Mac. Full database backup, export and import via JSON and OPML. Finalist is a love letter to paper planners. Give it a try, it feels great :) Purchasing information To get the full functionality in Finalist you will need to either purchase a subscription or a one time In-App Purchase for Lifetime access. The purchase amount will be applied to your iTunes account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Lifetime purchase is a one-time fee. For more information, see our Terms of Use at https://finalist.works/eula/ and our Privacy Policy at https://finalist.works/privacy-policy/
AreaderZ
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AreaderZ turns any webpage into a calm, readable page with best-in-class Safari extension. Use AI to summarize it or translate it. All from inside Safari, on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Use the app to build a collection to read later. THE READER Ads, pop-ups, and clutter disappear. You get the article, beautifully formatted, with adjustable summary length and one-tap access from the toolbar or quick access button addable to the any site you frequent. Read it in Safari, or use the companion app that manages your article Collection. Features to help you quickly understand the article and get the essence with summary or Ask feature. AI THAT RUNS WHERE YOU CHOOSE AreaderZ lets you decide where the intelligence happens: • On-device — With Apple Intelligence, AreaderZ uses Apple's Foundation Model right on your device. Summaries work offline. Nothing ever leaves your Mac or iPhone. • Fully local — Connect to Ollama, LM Studio, oMLX, llama.cpp and more running on your own machine. Private, free, and under your control. • Your own key — Bring your own key for any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Your key is stored securely, encrypted in Apple Keychain, and never shared with us. POWERFUL, FOCUSED FEATURES • Distraction-free Reader View – personalizable with themes and customization • One-click AI summaries with adjustable length • Ask questions about what you are reading • Translation • Quick access: use keyboard shortcut to open the extension; or add quick access button to any website you choose • Offline caching • Export to PDF beautifully and cleanly formatted • Secure iCloud Keychain and preference sync READ IT LATER • Save an article to Collection and access it later in companion app • Your own Up Next reading sessions – that you curate, no algorithm • Organize saved articles with folders, favorites • Free user limited to 50 saved articles • Collection Synced over iCloud MARK IT UP [Supporter Preview] • Add highlights and notes • Export PDF clean or with highlights NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED TO USE No sign-up and no usage quota. We don't collect your browsing history, article content, or API keys. There is no AreaderZ server in the middle of your reading. WHO IT'S FOR • Avid web surfers who frequent their favorite news sites, blogs, newsletters • Researchers and students racing through papers and long reads • Readers of foreign-language news who want instant, natural translation • Privacy-conscious users who won't send their reading habits and history to a third party cloud (we use iCloud to store your data privately and not on our server) • Anyone with Apple Intelligence who wants AI that works offline GETTING STARTED Install, open the app once to enable the extension in Safari, and pick your provider. On Apple Intelligence devices you're done — no key, no setup. Otherwise paste one API key or point AreaderZ at your local model. Note: On-device AI requires a device with Apple Intelligence. Apple M3 or iPhone 16 and above recommended. Local and bring-your-own-key (BYOK) modes require access to a compatible server or provider; availability and costs depend on the service you choose. Read faster. Translate anything. Keep your reading to yourself. ONE TIME PRO PURCHASE • One-time Pro purchase unlock key features that never expires SUPPORTER SUBSCRIPTION • Consider our Supporter subscription which supports our development and gain access to all features, including planned features not available to Pro • Go to our website for latest comparison of features table for Free, Pro, and Supporter tiers Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Finalist at 504 against AreaderZ's 1. Finalist also leads on chart position (#149 vs unranked) and device support (5 vs 3). AreaderZ's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Finalist sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and AreaderZ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AreaderZ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Finalist has 504 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Finalist ships an update every 11 days, AreaderZ every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Finalist | AreaderZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (504 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 504 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #149 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Diversion Marketing Inc | Jeremy Yan |
Customer experience
Finalist
AreaderZ
Bugs and requests
Finalist
Reported bugs
9 issues- Settings/preferences crash the app
- Pro subscription not recognized after canceling auto-renewal
- Weather widget fails to display without manual toggling
- App freezes and becomes unresponsive on iPad
- Empty tasks cannot be permanently deleted
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- App crashes when accessing certain reminder lists
- Slow performance after force closing and reopening
- Widget functionality discontinued or broken
- macOS version crashes and lacks performance
Requested features
18 requests- Apple Watch native app
- Recurring/repeating tasks and reminders
- Subtasks functionality
- Task tagging and filtering
- Event location and travel time details
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- Natural language input for tasks and events
- Snooze reminder functionality
- Task comments and checklist support
- List grouping and archiving options
- Menubar-only mode for macOS
- Early/advance reminders for tasks
- Notes section for daily journaling
- School/team collaboration version
- Chinese language support
- Dark mode option
- Family sharing features
- Multiple calendar visibility in month view
- Invite others to meetings and add conferencing
AreaderZ
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Finalist
- Finalist Pro Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Finalist Monthly$4.991 Month
- Finalist Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
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- Finalist Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Finalist Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Finalist Lifetime$59.99
- Finalist Pro Lifetime$59.99
AreaderZ
- Supporter - Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Yearly Supporter$24.991 Year
- AreaderZ Pro$5.99









