Comparison

Mindgrow vs ReadUnlock

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

Head to head
About

Mindgrow

This app provides concise, 5-10 minute microlearning courses to help users understand the context, history, and trade-offs behind complex global issues. It focuses on providing balanced information without opinions or clickbait, enabling users to form their own conclusions.

Highlights
  • 5-10 minute microlearning courses
  • Covers AI, politics, science, psychology, and history
  • Explains history, incentives, and trade-offs
  • Balanced viewpoints and competing perspectives
  • Swipeable card format
  • Save insights and track learning streaks
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Mindgrow is for people who can't stop asking "but how does that actually work?" Black holes. AGI. CRISPR. Why there's something rather than nothing. The questions that keep you up at night — turned into immersive, interactive courses you can finish in minutes. No lectures. No walls of text. Every course is a designed experience: cinematic, visual, animated — built to make hard ideas click. FEED YOUR CURIOSITY Explore immersive courses across: • AI & the future of intelligence • Space & the universe • Physics, biology & the brain • The politics and power struggles behind technology • Deep questions science can't answer (yet) Every course focuses on: • How it actually works • Why it matters • What we still don't know COURSES PEOPLE CAN'T PUT DOWN • Simulation Theory: Are We Already Inside an AI? • Why the People Building AI Fear AI • The Fermi Paradox: Why No Aliens? • What James Webb Telescope Found in Early Galaxies • Emergent Behaviors: Capabilities Nobody Programmed • CRISPR, Ethics, and Humanity's Genetic Future • Dark Matter: The Universe's Hidden Force • The Rewiring Brain: Neuroplasticity After 25 Explore 300+ courses, with new topics added weekly. IMMERSIVE, NOT PASSIVE Each Mindgrow course is an interactive experience: • Cinematic, animated screens you move through at your own pace • Visuals and interactions that make complex ideas intuitive • 5-10 minutes per course — deep enough to matter, short enough to finish You don't read about the idea. You step inside it. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE • Learn on your commute, between meetings, or before bed • Save insights for later • Track your learning streak • New courses matched to your interests HONEST BY DESIGN Every course shows you the evidence, the open debates, and what scientists genuinely don't know yet. You leave informed — not influenced. START FREE Try Mindgrow today and start feeding your curiosity. • 3-day free trial • Full access to all courses • Plans from $12.99/month or $59.99/year • Cancel anytime during the trial Stay curious. Understand more. Terms of Service: https://mindgrow.io/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://mindgrow.io/privacy-policy

About

ReadUnlock

Features
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ReadUnlock turns reading aloud into screen time. Choose the apps to lock with Apple's Screen Time. Your child opens a picture book and reads it out loud: the words light up as they're said, the page turns by itself, and reading earns minutes towards the apps you chose. When the minutes are used, the apps lock again, even if ReadUnlock is closed. NEW IN 1.2 • Try one page: at the start of setup, read a real page aloud and watch the words light up. • A second language: choose the language your child reads at home and one they're learning. Tapping a word shows its meaning in the home language. • Reading friends who come alive: on Home and in the Den, Bob, Shif, Dan and Jaff breathe, fidget, do their own big move and can be picked up and played with. The reading screen stays calm. • Optional reminders: a story-time reminder (worded as a bedtime story near bedtime) and a "Time's up" message when the minutes run out. • "Read next" picks on Home, a guided first unlock, and a PIN-protected "count this page" for when listening misses a page your child really read. WHAT'S INSIDE • Real picture books: 490 illustrated books in English, Arabic, French and Spanish, from Book Dash, StoryWeaver (Pratham Books), African Storybook and Global Storybooks, from first words to longer stories, each fully credited. • A reading friend sits beside every page, cheers each page read and helps with a tricky word. • Fair by design: a page counts when 85% of it is read aloud; re-reading is good practice but earns less; unused minutes are saved. • Built for grown-ups: a PIN for every setting, a daily limit, a daily reading goal, tricky words to practice together, and protection against the app being deleted. • Private: speech is recognized on the device. Nothing is recorded, nothing about your child leaves the device, and there's no account to make. FREE AND PLUS Free: the lock, the minutes, the free books in your child's home language, and three free books to try in a second language. ReadUnlock Plus adds every book in both languages, up to four readers on one device, the Wardrobe and your friend growing as your child reads, questions after each story, a weekly report and schedules (weekend limits and bedtime). Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ — Privacy policy: https://readunlock.netlify.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Mindgrow4 screens
ReadUnlock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ReadUnlock at none against Mindgrow's shown. ReadUnlock also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). Mindgrow's advantage is iOS requirement (16.1 vs 26.4). On price, 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. Mindgrow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and ReadUnlock sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindgrow ships an update every 10 days, ReadUnlock every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mindgrow versus ReadUnlock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindgrowReadUnlock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.1 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMindgrow LLCArbaz Patel

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mindgrow

Subscriptions2
  • Mindgrow Premium Subscription3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Mindgrow Premium Subscription3 Days trial$59.991 Year
2 purchases

ReadUnlock

Subscriptions2
  • ReadUnlock Plus Monthly$5.991 Month
  • ReadUnlock Plus Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Mindgrow free?
Mindgrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ReadUnlock free?
ReadUnlock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mindgrow or ReadUnlock have ads?
Mindgrow shows ads; ReadUnlock does not.
Which is updated more often, Mindgrow or ReadUnlock?
Mindgrow ships an update every 10 days, and ReadUnlock every 3 days. Most recently, Mindgrow was updated on October 15, 2026 and ReadUnlock on October 29, 2026.

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