Cat Scribe vs Tide Reading List
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cat Scribe
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Capture notebook pages and convert them into clean digital text with Cat Scribe. Use your camera to scan handwritten notes, pick your preferred extraction engine, and quickly copy or send results to Drafts. Cat Scribe is built for fast personal note capture with a simple workflow and minimal friction.
Tide Reading List
This app helps you manage your reading list by giving you a 30-day limit for each article. It encourages you to read content before it expires, preventing accumulation. Features include offline reading, text-to-speech, and customizable reminders.
- 30-day article expiration
- Reading View for clean text
- Text-to-speech functionality
- Offline reading support
- Customizable reminders
- Widgets for quick access
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Tide is a reading list that doesn't let things pile up. Save an article and you get 30 days to read it. Then it flows out. No exceptions, no snooze button. Most reading lists turn into a guilt pile. Tide doesn't. Every article shows how much of its tide is left, so you can see what's about to go and actually read it. And if it flows out, it probably wasn't that important. If it was, it'll wash up again. Saving In Safari or any app, tap Share and choose Tide. It's saved right away, and you can fix the title before closing if you want. You can also paste a link in the app or save from Shortcuts. Reading Tap an article to read it. Turn on Reading View in Settings and articles open as clean text, without clutter. If a site doesn't work that way, it just opens the normal page. On iPad or with your iPhone turned sideways, your list and the article sit side by side. Listening Tide can read articles to you. Touch and hold an article and choose Listen, or ask Siri to "Read my next article in Tide." It keeps going with your phone locked, and it remembers where you stopped. Offline Tide keeps a clean copy of every article, so you can still read on a plane or the subway. Reminders Get a heads-up before something flows out. You pick how many days ahead, or turn reminders off. Widgets • Flowing Out shows what's leaving soonest. • Surprise Me picks a random article for you, with a shuffle button. Done reading When you finish an article, mark it done and it's gone. That's the point. Private Tide doesn't collect anything. No accounts, no tracking. Your list stays on your device, and reading aloud happens on your device too. 30 days. Read it or let it go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tide Reading List at every 2 weeks against Cat Scribe's every 2 months. On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cat Scribe ships an update every 2 months, Tide Reading List every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cat Scribe | Tide Reading List |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Degner | William Mattheis |
In-app purchases
Cat Scribe
No in-app purchases
Tide Reading List
No in-app purchases









