Glento vs Read Forge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glento
This AI-powered productivity tool helps you prioritize tasks using the Eisenhower Matrix. It intelligently suggests what to work on next, organizes your thoughts, and provides weekly coaching to boost your efficiency.
- AI-powered task selection
- Brain dump to organized matrix
- Quadrant suggestions
- Weekly AI coaching
- Personalized morning reminders
- Visual 4-quadrant grid
- Recurring tasks
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Glento — formerly Focus Matrix. Same app, same subscription, same data. Stop reorganizing your to-do list. Start doing it. Most days, the hardest part of being productive isn't the work — it's deciding what to work on first. That decision fatigue is what leaves you overwhelmed and procrastinating. Glento uses AI to make that decision for you. AI THAT ACTUALLY HELPS ▸ AI picks what to do next. Every morning, Glento surfaces the three tasks that actually matter today — pulled from your matrix, ranked by what's urgent, what's important, and what's been waiting too long. These are your most important tasks — the ones worth doing first. ▸ Brain dump → organized matrix. Talk or type everything on your mind. AI splits it into individual tasks and drops each one into the right quadrant. The chaos in your head, sorted in seconds. ▸ Quadrant suggestions. Write a task — AI suggests the right quadrant. No more staring at four boxes wondering where it goes. ▸ Weekly AI coaching. Every Monday, a short summary of what you got done last week and where to focus next. Free for every signed-in user. No subscription needed. ▸ Personalized morning reminder. Your daily notification calls out today's top task by name, so you know what's first the moment you pick up your phone. 7 DAYS OF AI, FREE WHEN YOU SIGN IN The moment you sign in, every AI feature unlocks for a week — no card, nothing to cancel. When the week ends, Pro features simply lock unless you subscribe. THE EISENHOWER MATRIX, MODERNIZED The framework used by presidents, executives, and high performers — finally with the AI that makes it actually usable on your worst days. You may know it as the time management matrix, or Covey's Quadrant II from the 7 Habits. • Visual 4-quadrant grid. Drag, swipe, complete with one tap. • Recurring tasks. Daily, weekly, or monthly tasks come back automatically. • Home screen widgets. Three sizes. See your top quadrant without opening the app. • 10 themes plus light, dark, and system mode. • Activity heatmap and streak tracking. • Tags to label tasks by project, context, or energy. YOUR DATA, YOUR WAY Tasks live on your device first. Glento works fully offline and without an account. Upgrade to Pro for cloud backup (so your tasks survive a lost or replaced phone) and real-time sync across iPhone, iPad, and the web at app.glento.ai. PERFECT FOR • Busy professionals deciding which fire to put out next • Students juggling assignments, exams, and the rest of life • Freelancers and solo founders without a team to delegate to • Anyone who has tried to-do apps that just become longer to-do lists • ADHD brains that need the app to help decide, not add decisions PRICING Free: full Eisenhower Matrix, basic widgets, recurring tasks limited to 1, and 10 AI credits per month after sign-in. Plus the weekly AI coaching review every Monday — always free for signed-in users. Pro: a monthly or yearly subscription that unlocks unlimited AI, unlimited recurring tasks, cloud backup, real-time cross-device sync, interactive widgets, and personalized morning notifications. Prices vary by region and are shown in the App Store before you buy. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in Account Settings in the App Store. Stop drowning in your to-do list. Download Glento. Talk it. Sort it. Done. Terms: https://glento.ai/terms Privacy: https://glento.ai/privacy
Read Forge
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Read Forge turns anything you can read into a stream of focused words, so you read faster with less effort. Instead of dragging your eyes across lines of text, Read Forge shows one word at a time in a fixed spot — your eyes stay still, and the text comes to you. GET TEXT IN FROM ANYWHERE • Highlight text in any app — Safari, Mail, Messages, anywhere — and tap Share → Copy to Read Forge • Share a whole article page from your browser and Read Forge extracts the readable text, minus the menus, banners, and clutter • Import books and documents: EPUB, PDF, TXT, and non-DRM MOBI, with chapter navigation • Or just paste READ YOUR WAY • Focus mode: one word at a time, with an optional red anchor letter that holds your eye on the optimal recognition point • Overview mode: a full block of text with a moving highlight, like following a finger across the page • Tempo from a relaxed 120 up to 900 words per minute, with natural pauses at sentence and clause boundaries • Six reading fonts, adjustable size, light and dark appearance YOUR LIBRARY REMEMBERS • Imported books are saved on your device with your reading position • Scrub anywhere in a text, jump back a sentence, or restart a chapter • Time-remaining estimate at your current pace PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. Your books, articles, and reading habits never leave your device. Whether it's the morning news, a long read you've been putting off, or an entire novel — Read Forge helps you power through it, one focused word at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Glento at 16.4 against Read Forge's 18.6. 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. Glento sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Read Forge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Glento | Read Forge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mobile Tech Media, LLC | Ben Spears |
In-app purchases
Glento
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Yearly$19.991 Year
Read Forge
- Read Forge Pro$7.99









