ReadStats vs Vellora Archive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReadStats
Effortlessly track your reading habits with this app. Log books, monitor reading sessions, and gain insights into your reading speed and progress. Organize your library with custom views and enjoy a distraction-free experience.
- Book logging with details
- Reading session tracking
- Detailed reading statistics
- TBR and wishlist management
- Advanced sorting and filtering
- Customizable user interface
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ReadStats is a private, offline reading tracker for people who love books and data. Log what you read, time your sessions, and turn your reading habit into stats and shareable cards—no account, no ads, no cloud. TRACK YOUR LIBRARY - Organize books across Want to Read, Currently Reading, and Finished shelves - Add books in seconds by searching Open Library or scanning an ISBN barcode - Or add them manually—paperback, hardback, eBook, or audiobook - Rate with stars or numbers and capture your own reviews LOG EVERY SESSION - Record pages read and time spent, or use the built-in reading timer - Your timer survives app restarts, so you never lose progress - Sessions roll up automatically into your stats SEE YOUR STATS - Reading speed in words per minute and pages per minute - Total read time, days to finish, session counts, and averages - Filter your statistics by year - Set reading goals and track them as you go SHARE BEAUTIFUL CARDS - Turn any finished book into a share card—Cover, Simple, Poster, or Review styles - Light, dark, and transparent themes - Save as an image or share anywhere MAKE IT YOURS - Light, dark, and system themes with a custom accent color - Choose your typeface and configure the navigation bar - Tag books and filter your library exactly how you like YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE - Everything is stored locally—no account, no sign-in, no tracking - Import your existing library from Goodreads or CSV - Export everything to CSV whenever you want Whether you're chasing a yearly goal, curious about your reading pace, or just want a tidy log of every book you finish, ReadStats keeps it simple, private, and yours. Questions or ideas? Reach us right from Settings.
Vellora Archive
Organize your personal documents, articles, and audio files in a single, calm digital library. Listen offline, follow along with text, and easily revisit original sources. This app helps you manage research, study materials, and cherished content without needing an account or subscription.
- Import documents, articles, and audio
- Convert text to speech
- Offline listening
- Follow along with text
- Chapter navigation
- Retain original source
- Customizable artwork
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Start a book on your phone. Continue it on your Mac or in visionOS. It syncs across all your devices. Private and local. No subscription. No fees. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Bring in the PDFs, EPUBs, articles, links, and audio you already own. • Read, or have it read to you with voices on your device. • Listen offline and follow along with the text. • Keep highlights, quotes, notes, and bookmarks beside the source. • Pick up exactly where you left off, on any of your devices. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD • Share a link from Safari and it is on the shelf when you come back. • Listen with the screen off, with controls on the lock screen. • Reading styles: type, size, page, and theme, the way you like to read. • Playback from your wrist with the Watch companion. WHO IT IS FOR Long reads, personal audiobooks, research, study material, and the pieces you do not want to lose in a sea of tabs. No account. No store. No ads. Your library stays on your device or in your own iCloud Drive. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://unshackledpursuit.com/vellora#privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Vellora Archive at every 3 days against ReadStats's fortnightly. Vellora Archive also leads on device support (5 vs 3). ReadStats's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for ReadStats against 5.0 for Vellora Archive. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
ReadStats ships an update fortnightly, Vellora Archive every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ReadStats | Vellora Archive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tyler Shoemake | Dylan Russell |
Customer experience
ReadStats
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In-app purchases
ReadStats
No in-app purchases
Vellora Archive
No in-app purchases









