Comparison

Liryo vs ReadPace

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

Head to head
About

Liryo

Features
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Liryo is a reading tracker and personal reading journal designed to help you understand, organize, and enjoy your reading life. Track your books, record your thoughts, analyze your reading habits, and move step by step toward your reading goals. All from a simple and pleasant app. With Liryo, every book matters and every page counts. Whether you want to build consistency, reflect on what you read, or simply keep a clean reading log, Liryo adapts to your way of reading. What can you do with Liryo? • Personal reading journal: Write notes, ratings, and reflections for every book you read. Keep all your ideas and opinions in one place. • Complete reading history: Track everything you’ve read over time and visualize your growth as a reader with a clear and organized reading log. • Reading statistics and insights: Discover patterns in your reading habits with charts, heatmaps, and useful statistics about your progress. • Reading goals and challenges: Set daily reading goals, stay motivated, and build a consistent reading routine. • Custom book lists: Organize your books by genre, author, topic, status, or even mood. • Glossary and references: Save words, concepts, and references you discover while reading and revisit them anytime. • Reading timer: Track your reading time, understand when you read the most, and improve your habits. • Export and share: Download your reviews or share your reading notes easily with others. • Import: Add the reviews you’ve already created, whether in physical or digital format. • Widgets. Liryo is perfect for readers who want to: • Keep a complete and meaningful reading record • Build daily reading habits • Discover favorite genres and reading patterns • Organize thoughts, words, and ideas from books • Turn reading into a more mindful experience Start tracking your books, understand your reading habits, and make reading more personal and motivating with Liryo. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ReadPace

This app measures reading speed and comprehension by timing sessions, scanning pages, and asking questions based on the text. It provides detailed insights into reading habits, helping users find their optimal pace for retention.

Highlights
  • Timed reading sessions
  • Page scanning for WPM calculation
  • Comprehension testing
  • Personalized speed-retention analysis
  • Progress tracking and goal setting
  • Book-specific reading insights
Features
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Most reading apps count pages. ReadPace counts whether you actually understood them. Start a session, read the way you normally read, then scan the pages you finished. ReadPace turns that into a real words-per-minute number — not an estimate, not a guess. Then it asks you six questions about what you just read, written from those exact pages. Speed means nothing if none of it stuck. ReadPace measures both. TIME IT. SCAN IT. KNOW IT. Hit start, read, hit "Finish & scan." Your session becomes a precise WPM number, logged against the book you're reading. No manual page counts, no stopwatch math. READ IT. THEN PROVE IT. Every session can end with a comprehension test built from the pages you just covered. Real questions about the actual ideas — not trivia. Not sure? Tap "No idea." Honest answers make your data honest. GET SCORED, THEN GET BETTER. See your comprehension percentage, your WPM, and how many you got right — side by side. Then review every question: what you answered, what was correct, and why. Misses get explained, so the test teaches you something too. FIND THE SPEED WHERE YOU REMEMBER MOST. This is the one no other reading app can tell you. ReadPace groups your tested sessions into speed bands and averages your recall in each, revealing your personal sweet spot — the pace where you're fast and you retain it. It also shows you where recall starts to fall off, so you know exactly when you're reading too fast to learn anything. WATCH THE LINE CLIMB. Your WPM trend over 7 days, 30 days, or all time, with your goal line drawn right across it. Weekly session goals, personal bests, and a running average that proves the last three months weren't your imagination. INSIGHTS THAT CHANGE HOW YOU READ. • Your most productive time of day — morning, afternoon, or evening • Which categories you read fastest, and which you remember best • Week-over-week change, personal best, total sessions at a glance EVERY BOOK ON YOUR SHELF, MEASURED. Your library tracks each title separately: lowest, average, and highest speed, average comprehension across every tested session, a speed curve across the whole book, and a full session log with words read, time spent, WPM, and recall score. WHO IT'S FOR Students who need it to stick. Professionals reading to stay sharp. Anyone with a shelf of non-fiction and a nagging suspicion they're not retaining much of it. And anyone who just wants to read faster — with proof they haven't sacrificed understanding to get there. Stop guessing how fast you read. Start knowing what you keep. Terms of use: https://readpace.org/terms Privacy policy: https://readpace.org/privacy

Screenshots

Liryo4 screens
ReadPace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ReadPace at none against Liryo's 6. ReadPace also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Liryo sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. ReadPace asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Liryo ships an update every 3 weeks, ReadPace every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Liryo versus ReadPace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiryoReadPace
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoxana Mihaela BabaDominik Mesek

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Liryo

Subscriptions5
  • Premium Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Plus Annual$15.901 Year
  • Premium Annual$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Liryo Premium - Lifetime$44.99
None

ReadPace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Liryo free?
Liryo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ReadPace free?
ReadPace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Liryo or ReadPace have ads?
Neither Liryo nor ReadPace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Liryo or ReadPace?
Liryo ships an update every 3 weeks, and ReadPace every 9 days. Most recently, Liryo was updated on October 4, 2026 and ReadPace on October 20, 2026.

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