Tangrid vs Readonly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tangrid
This app allows you to create a personalized database for tracking expenses, habits, fitness, mood, inventory, and more. It offers various data types, chart options, and view modes to organize and analyze your information. Data can be stored locally or synced across devices.
- Expense & Habit tracking
- Fitness & Health logging
- Mood & Progress monitoring
- Inventory & Asset organization
- Import/Export CSV
- Cloud sync across devices
- Multiple database views (table, list, grid, kanban)
- Diverse chart types and data formats
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Tangrid is a general recording and analysis tool. Expense & Habit tracking Fitness & Health logging Mood & Progress monitoring Goods & Time management Inventory & Asset organization ... Tangrid is the one-stop solution, build your personal database. - Import/Export CSV file. - Data is stored locally first, but can also be synced across multiple devices using cloud storage. - Database supports 4 view types: table view, list view, grid view, kanban view - Supported chart types: Summary, Column Chart, Line Chart, Pie Chart, Heatmap, Calendar, Scatter Chart, Range Chart, Formula. - Supported data types: Group, Number, Progress, Rating, Time, Time Range, Duration, Checkbox, Select, Multiple-Select, Text, Image, Formula.
Readonly
Save articles from other apps to read later in a comfortable, distraction-free environment. Organize your saved content with tags, highlight key passages, and add notes for deeper comprehension. Customize the reading experience with various themes and layout adjustments.
- Quickly save articles from other apps
- Highlight text and add notes
- Organize articles with tags
- Customize reading themes and layout
- Synchronize data via iCloud
- Export articles in Markdown format
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"Readonly" is a simple and easy to use read later app. There are not too many complicated features, just to give you a comfortable place to read your saved articles. Featured Functions - Highlight & Notes While reading, use different colors to highlight text, mark key points for easy review later. You can also add notes to the highlights, recording your thoughts and insights, making each reading session more rewarding. - Theme Switching We have carefully prepared some themes suitable for reading, choose your favorite from it, relax your eyes and focus on reading. - iCloud Synchronization Data synchronization to the cloud, no longer worry about data loss. - Tag Management Tag articles, categorize and manage them, keep everything in order. - Layout Adjustment Select fonts, adjust spacing, you can finely control the layout of the article to make reading more comfortable. - Quick Save Quickly save articles in other apps through sharing operations. - Export Articles Export your saved articles in Markdown format. —————————— Contact Us: brkchen@icloud.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tangrid at 5.0 against Readonly's 4.4. Readonly's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Tangrid sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Readonly sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tangrid holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Readonly has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Tangrid ships an update every 2 weeks, Readonly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and August 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tangrid | Readonly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.4 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 涛 陶 | 龙 陈 |
Customer experience
Tangrid
Readonly
In-app purchases
Tangrid
- 1 Million Tokens$1.99
- One Year Basic Plan$8.99
- ONE YEAR$12.99
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- LIFE TIME$29.99
Readonly
- Permanent Purchase(iOS)$2.99
- 永久购买(macOS)$2.99









