Comparison

Haru vs OpenRead

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

Head to head
About

Haru

Organize your day and month with a clean, focused view combining your calendar, reminders, and weather. Plan ahead, manage events, and complete tasks effortlessly. Enjoy a simple, intuitive user experience designed to keep you in control.

Highlights
  • Calendar and reminders combined
  • Monthly event and task management
  • Today's weather integration
  • Fast navigation tab bar
  • Widget task completion
  • Dark Mode support
Features
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See your events, reminders, and weather in one place. Haru is a clean calendar app that helps you understand your day at a glance and focus on what matters. Instead of checking your calendar, reminders, and weather in separate apps, Haru brings the flow of your day together in one clear view. Get the big picture with the monthly calendar, then look closer with the 3-day view and the day timeline. Events and reminders appear together by time, making it easier to plan your day. Press and hold an item, then drag it to move it to another day or time. Home Screen widgets let you check events and reminders and complete reminders right from the widget. Customize the start screen, calendar display, theme, and other everyday settings to fit the way you plan. Key features • Today's events, reminders, and weather in one place • Monthly view, 3-day view, and day timeline • Calendar events and Reminders shown together • Press and hold, then drag to move events and reminders to another day or time • Home Screen widgets to check and complete reminders • Settings for the start screen, calendar display, and theme • Dark Mode support • Simple to use, with no complicated setup • Available in 11 languages See your day more clearly and keep the flow of your week and month organized. For questions, issues, or feedback, contact us at: hsapps.help@gmail.com

About

OpenRead

Features
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Find your documents and focus on reading. OpenRead brings PDFs, documents, presentations, and spreadsheets into one on-device library. CONNECT A FOLDER ONCE Choose a folder in the Files picker. OpenRead finds supported documents in that folder and its subfolders. Add or disconnect folders whenever you need to. On iOS, access is limited to locations you select and allow. FIND THE RIGHT FILE Filter by file type, search file names, and sort by recent files or name. Open a document directly from the list. READ IN A VIEW THAT FITS Zoom and navigate PDF pages. Read HWP, HWPX, DOC, and DOCX content in a mobile reading layout. Move through PPTX slides and explore XLS, XLSX, and CSV sheets. Saved reading positions help you pick up where you left off. MAKE TEXT COMFORTABLE Adjust body text in the text reader. A separate slider in the More menu changes interface text size in the library, menu, and information pages. KEEP DOCUMENTS ON YOUR DEVICE No account or sign-in is required. OpenRead does not upload your documents or use remote conversion. Downloaded documents can be read offline. Original copies, parsed data, and reading positions stay on your device. Cloud-only files must be downloaded first. SUPPORTED FORMATS PDF, HWP, HWPX, DOC, DOCX, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, CSV, TXT, Markdown, EPUB, ODT, and RTF. Legacy PPT files are unsupported; convert them to PPTX or PDF. Password-protected documents, complex formatting, macros, and embedded objects may have limited support. Rendering depends on document structure and device capabilities. Reading features have no ads, in-app purchases, subscriptions, or app-imposed document-count limit. Terms, privacy information, and help are available in the More menu. Support: david.hwang@kakao.com

Screenshots

Haru4 screens
OpenRead4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: OpenRead at none against Haru's shown. OpenRead also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Haru ships an update every 8 days, OpenRead every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Haru versus OpenRead: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHaruOpenRead
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHYOSEOK KIMKyoungChan Hwang

In-app purchases

None

Haru

No in-app purchases

None

OpenRead

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Haru free?
Haru is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OpenRead free?
OpenRead is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Haru or OpenRead have ads?
Haru shows ads; OpenRead does not.
Which is updated more often, Haru or OpenRead?
Haru ships an update every 8 days, and OpenRead every 2 days. Most recently, Haru was updated on October 13, 2026 and OpenRead on October 19, 2026.

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