Now Reading vs Simplreads
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Now Reading
Log books you are currently reading, have finished, or want to read. Display original or custom book covers and share your reading progress with friends through widgets or by swiping through your logged books.
- Track current reads
- Archive finished books
- Manage wishlist
- Display book covers
- Share reading progress
- Widget support
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Introducing Now Reading - a simple yet crafted book journal app. You can add what you're reading, archive what you already have read, and books you'd like to read in the future. This app displays the original book cover (direct attachment needed) or with the custom designed beautiful original book covers. Share what you read with your friends by swiping through books you logged or through the widget.
Simplreads
Organize your personal library with this minimal reading app. Track your reading progress, write reviews, save notes, and create playlists of books to read. Keep a clear record of your reading journey.
- Personal library building
- Reading progress tracking
- Write short reviews
- Save longer notes
- Group books into playlists
- Track reading status
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Simplreads is a minimal reading app for building your personal library and keeping your reading process organized. Add books, track progress, write short reviews, save longer notes, and group books into playlists for future reading and sharing with friends. Use Simplreads to keep a clear record of what you want to read, what you are reading now, and what you have finished.
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Verdict
Now Reading and Simplreads are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Now Reading against 5.0 for Simplreads. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Now Reading | Simplreads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Minsang choi | Vasilii Andreev |
Customer experience
Now Reading
Simplreads
In-app purchases
Now Reading
No in-app purchases
Simplreads
No in-app purchases
