Comparison

Now Reading vs Vertically Verse

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

Head to head
About

Now Reading

Track your current reads, archive finished books, and organize your future reading list. This app offers beautiful book cover displays and allows you to share your reading progress with friends.

Highlights
  • Track current reads
  • Archive read books
  • Organize to-read list
  • Display original book covers
  • Share reading progress
  • Widget support
Features
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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.

About

Vertically Verse

Experience the Bible in a unique vertical, right-to-left format, mirroring traditional East Asian text. Choose from Korean, Japanese, or Chinese translations with customizable fonts and themes for an immersive reading journey.

Highlights
  • Vertical CJK typesetting
  • Right-to-left reading
  • Korean, Japanese, Chinese translations
  • Adjustable font size and spacing
  • Multiple reading themes
  • Verse highlighting
  • Two reading layouts
Features
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Vertically Verse is a scripture reader built the traditional way — fully vertical, with characters stacking top to bottom and columns reading right to left, exactly as CJK text was meant to be set. Read the Bible in Korean, Japanese, or Chinese, each in a classic translation, with a single tap to switch languages. Every control, gesture, and transition is designed around the vertical, right-to-left axis — not a horizontal app with rotated text, but a reading experience rethought from the ground up. • Fully vertical, right-to-left typesetting with proper CJK glyph orientation • Three translations: Korean 한글 킹제임스, Japanese 口語訳, Chinese 和合本 • Serif (명조) or sans (고딕) typefaces • Adjustable font size and line spacing • Dark, sepia, and light reading themes • Highlight verses and navigate the full 66-book canon • Two reading layouts: continuous flow and structured page Designed for anyone who wants to read scripture the way vertical CJK text is meant to be read.

Screenshots

Now Reading4 screens
Vertically Verse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Vertically Verse at 18.0 against Now Reading's 26.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Now Reading against 5.0 for Vertically Verse. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Now Reading ships an update weekly, Vertically Verse every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Now Reading versus Vertically Verse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNow ReadingVertically Verse
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMinsang choiJihoon Suh

Customer experience

Now Reading

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Vertically Verse

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Now Reading

No in-app purchases

None

Vertically Verse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Now Reading free?
Now Reading is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vertically Verse free?
Vertically Verse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Now Reading or Vertically Verse?
Now Reading and Vertically Verse are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Now Reading or Vertically Verse have ads?
Neither Now Reading nor Vertically Verse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Now Reading or Vertically Verse?
Now Reading ships an update weekly, and Vertically Verse every 9 days. Most recently, Now Reading was updated on November 4, 2026 and Vertically Verse on October 31, 2026.

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