Comparison

Bera Reader vs Researchly

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

Head to head
About

Bera Reader

Save articles, books, and more for offline reading and annotation. Transform long content into magazine-style layouts with adaptive notes and bento notebooks. Export content as PDFs for sharing or AI summarization.

Highlights
  • Offline article and book saving
  • Magazine-style content reflow
  • Adaptive notes with emojis
  • Bento notebook creation
  • PDF export for sharing and AI
  • Spaced repetition
  • On-device web clipper
Features
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## Deep reading space for millions of words Instantly clip and save beautiful articles, books, photos, and authors, or RSS feeds to your library for offline use. Put all your paid and free subscriptions in one place for multiple purposes: deep reading, annotation, spaced repetition, and content generation. ## A beautiful reader. Deeply read by scrolling less. A completely new feature that instantly transforms long form content like essays, articles and books into professionally laid out publications like magazines. Not only is it beautiful, but the Auto Grid Reflow Layout also adjusts the layout compatible with different screen sizes, optimizing font and display components for a better reading experience. ## Adaptive notes with emojis Enhanced annotation allows you to create notes injected right under the page, helping you retrieve information in context. You can also set emojis as icons for notes to help categorize and look them up more effectively. ## Instantly create bento notes Instantly generate your notes and marks to a bento grid notebook. You can add, reorder notes, marks, photos from multi documents into a collection and transform it into a bento grid notebook. ## Export as magazine-like pdf You can gather good documents into a collection and easily export them as professional PDF layouts for sharing. And of course, you can use this PDF to import into ChatGPT for tasks such as summarizing, extracting, creating new content… ## Private by design (*) This data is only stored locally on your device and synced with your iCloud account.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ When you install a new device and log in with your iCloud account, the app will restore all your data. All tasks, from extracting document content, searching, layout formatting, to exporting PDFs, are performed entirely on your device only, zero request to servers or APIs. *: The app has integrated Adapty.io for subscription management and Google Analytics with IDFA and IDFV collection disabled. ## Notable features - Auto grid layout (magazine-like) - Adaptive notes with emoji - Spaced repetition - Quick look - Replay - RSS feed - Nested collection with drag & drop - Mix content types in a collection - Read aloud - Enhanced language listening - Build vocabulary - On device web clipper - Weekly reading time recap - Create bento, outliner notebook - Export as beautiful PDF, Text Bundle, Markdown, Epub, HTML

About

Researchly

Features
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Researchly is a privacy focused research and publication manager for students, academics, and curious readers. The app combines paper search, personal library organization, PDF attachments, citation creation, publication tracking, and deeper research understanding in one calm native experience. SEARCH AND SAVE Papers can be found by DOI, title, author, or keyword. Metadata, abstracts, and PDFs can be saved in a searchable library. Sorting and filters keep large collections manageable. IMPORT WITHOUT BUSYWORK Publications can be imported from ORCID and Zotero. Supported file formats include BibTeX, BibLaTeX, RIS, CSL JSON, EndNote XML, NBIB, MODS, RDF, MARC, plain text, and PDF. Items can be reviewed before import, while duplicate detection keeps the library organized. CITE WITH CONFIDENCE Ready to use citations can be created from the full Citation Style Language catalog with more than 10,000 styles. Available formats include APA, MLA, IEEE, Chicago, Nature, BibTeX, and BibLaTeX. Results can be copied or shared. UNDERSTAND MORE Concise summaries, key highlights, and limitations can be generated for supported papers. Supported summaries can be translated on device. Publications, citations, and H-index can be tracked over time. PRIVATE BY DESIGN The local library is encrypted on the device. Cloud sync stays off until enabled. Signing in enables library sync across iPhone and iPad. Paid plans add encrypted PDF sync. Researchly does not sell reading or search history. BUILT FOR APPLE DEVICES The native SwiftUI experience includes widgets, Live Activities, dynamic windowing, Apple Intelligence support, on-device translation, accessibility support, and ten interface languages. Useful offline tools are available for free. Pro and Max plans add higher online limits, cloud intelligence, ORCID and Zotero imports, and encrypted PDF sync. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled through the associated Apple account.

Screenshots

Bera Reader4 screens
Researchly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bera Reader at every 4 days against Researchly's every 4 months. Bera Reader also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Bera Reader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Researchly sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bera Reader ships an update every 4 days, Researchly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bera Reader versus Researchly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBera ReaderResearchly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB28 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperTran PhuongTridib Banerjee

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bera Reader

Subscriptions2
  • Berä Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Berä Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
4 purchases

Researchly

Subscriptions4
  • Pro (Monthly)$0.991 Month
  • Max (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Pro (Yearly)$9.991 Year
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  • Max (Yearly)$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Bera Reader free?
Bera Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Researchly free?
Researchly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bera Reader or Researchly have ads?
Neither Bera Reader nor Researchly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bera Reader or Researchly?
Bera Reader ships an update every 4 days, and Researchly every 4 months. Most recently, Bera Reader was updated on September 30, 2026 and Researchly on October 5, 2026.

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