Comparison

ReadAble vs Penny

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

Head to head
About

ReadAble

This app simplifies reading for individuals facing learning disabilities, reading challenges, or language barriers. It uses AI to rewrite text for easier understanding, offers text-to-speech functionality, and converts text into visual representations to aid comprehension.

Highlights
  • AI text rewriting for simplified understanding
  • Text-to-speech with adjustable speed
  • Text-to-image conversion for visual learning
  • Supports dyslexia, ADHD, autism, blindness, ESL
  • Customizable reading levels
Features
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ReadAble is an innovative app designed to help individuals with learning disabilities, reading challenges, and language barriers. Whether you have dyslexia, ADHD, autism, blindness, or are learning English as a second language (ESL), ReadAble makes reading simpler, more visual, and accessible. Key Features: - Text Rewriting for Easy Understanding – AI-powered text simplification for different reading levels. - Text-to-Speech – Reads aloud any text with adjustable speed. - Image Generation – Converts text into visual representations for better comprehension. - Supports Multiple Conditions – Designed with accessibility in mind for different learning needs. ReadAble makes reading and understanding text effortless for everyone. Download now and experience a smarter, more accessible way to read

About

Penny

This app helps you build a consistent reading habit by tracking your books, timing your reading sessions, and allowing you to take notes. It offers ambient soundscapes to enhance your reading atmosphere and provides detailed progress statistics. The app prioritizes user privacy and works offline.

Highlights
  • Build and organize your book library
  • Track reading sessions with a timer
  • Ambient soundscapes for atmosphere
  • Take notes and track characters
  • View detailed reading progress stats
  • Syncs with iCloud
  • Offline functionality
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Penny is a reading tracker for people who want a simple, private place for their books. There is no account to create, no ads and no social feed. Your library, your reading time and your notes stay on your iPhone and sync through your own iCloud. Penny 2.0 is the biggest update since launch, and nearly everything in it started as an email or a review from a reader. PICK YOUR PENNY • Four looks: Classic, Paper, Pond (with a dusk mode for reading at night) and Bloom • Each look has its own app icon, and your widgets change with it • Penny now speaks English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Choose the language in Settings TIME YOUR READING • Start the timer, read, then note the page you stopped on • A short recap after every session with your minutes, pages, streak and week • Your timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • A daily reminder at your reading time, free for everyone A BOOKSHELF ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • The new Bookshelf widget lines up the books you finished, spine by spine, in the colors of their covers • Currently Reading and Reading Summary widgets keep your progress in sight • Every widget is free and dresses up for your look STANDING IN A BOOKSTORE? • Scan the barcode and Penny tells you if the book is already yours, in any edition • Put the books you want to buy on your Wishlist • Open the scanner straight from Control Center with the Scan a book control PREVIOUSLY ON… • Back to a book after a break? Penny shows the page you stopped on, your last note and the characters and terms you saved BUILD YOUR LIBRARY • Search millions of books from Google Books, Apple Books and Open Library, or scan the barcode • Bring your library over from Goodreads or StoryGraph with a CSV import • Shelves for To Read, Reading, Finished and DNF, plus shelves of your own • Half-star ratings, for the books that deserve a 3.5 • Finish a book and Penny throws you a small party KEEP WHAT YOU READ • Notes and quotes, a glossary for places and terms, and a character list for every book • Everything stays with its book, easy to find when you need it SEE YOUR PROGRESS • Reading streaks and a calendar with the cover of every book you read each day • Stats for books, pages and time, monthly trends, genres and your Year in Review SET THE MOOD • 19 ambient sounds, from rain on the window to a medieval tavern, and you can mix them PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no email, no sign-up • No ads, no tracking, no analytics • Syncs between your iPhone and iPad through your private iCloud FREE AND PREMIUM Most of Penny is free: up to 40 books, the timer and session recaps, stats and streaks, the scanner and Bookstore mode, all four looks, every widget, the daily reminder, iCloud sync and 4 ambient sounds. Premium adds unlimited books, notes, terms and characters, Previously on…, the Wishlist, the Lock Screen timer after your first three sessions, all 19 sounds, custom shelves, CSV export and your full session history. Premium is a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. I made Penny because I wanted a simpler way to keep track of what I read, without accounts or social media. If there's something you'd love to see next, the Send Feedback button in Settings comes straight to me. Terms of Use: https://readwithpenny.online/terms Privacy Policy: https://readwithpenny.online/privacy

Screenshots

ReadAble4 screens
Penny4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ReadAble at none against Penny's 3. ReadAble also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). Penny's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Penny sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. ReadAble asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ReadAble against 5.0 for Penny. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ReadAble ships an update every 2 months, Penny every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ReadAble versus Penny: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReadAblePenny
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCoding Minds, Inc.Claudiu Valentin Sararu

Customer experience

ReadAble

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Penny

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ReadAble

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Penny

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is ReadAble free?
ReadAble is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Penny free?
Penny is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ReadAble or Penny?
ReadAble and Penny are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do ReadAble or Penny have ads?
Neither ReadAble nor Penny shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ReadAble or Penny?
ReadAble ships an update every 2 months, and Penny every 8 days. Most recently, ReadAble was updated on November 4, 2026 and Penny on November 5, 2026.

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