Thoughts & Ideas List vs Readonly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thoughts & Ideas List
Capture, organize, and sync your thoughts and ideas across devices. Utilize tags, folders, and notes for detailed organization. Secure your ideas with biometric authentication and unlock advanced features with a Pro subscription.
- Capture and organize ideas
- Tagging for quick retrieval
- Folder organization
- Add detailed notes
- iCloud syncing
- Biometric authentication
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With IdeaLog, you can easily capture and organize all of your ideas in one place. Add tags to quickly find related ideas, create folders to keep things organized, and add notes to elaborate on your ideas. Plus, all of your ideas are synced through iCloud, so you can access them from anywhere. For added security, IdeaLog offers biometric authentication. Simply enable this feature and use your fingerprint or facial recognition to access your ideas. Upgrade to IdeaLog Pro for even more features, including unlimited tags, unlimited ideas, folders, and more. Prices start at just $2.99 per month, with a 3-day trial available. You can also choose an annual subscription for $17.99 or a lifetime subscription for $34.99. All prices noted above are in USD. Contact: https://innovativedigitaltechnologies.software/IdeaLog Privacy Policy: https://innovativedigitaltechnologies.software/IdeaLog/privacypolicy Terms & Conditions: https://innovativedigitaltechnologies.software/IdeaLog/terms
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: Thoughts & Ideas List at 5.0 against Readonly's 4.4. Readonly's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Thoughts & Ideas List sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Readonly sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Thoughts & Ideas List holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 15 respectively.
Thoughts & Ideas List ships an update every 2 months, Readonly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and August 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thoughts & Ideas List | Readonly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 4.4 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | INNOVATIVE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | 龙 陈 |
Customer experience
Thoughts & Ideas List
Readonly
In-app purchases
Thoughts & Ideas List
- IdeaLog Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- IdeaLog Yearly$17.991 Year
- IdeaLog Lifetime$34.99
Readonly
- Permanent Purchase(iOS)$2.99
- 永久购买（macOS）$2.99
