Comparison

Tellar vs Kanso Reader

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

Head to head
About

Tellar

Features
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Listen instead of reading! Tellar turns any webpage into a clear, natural narration. Whether you're walking, driving, cooking, or just giving your eyes a break. Tap, paste, and press play. Features: Paste a URL or share from Safari. Extracts clean article content automatically. Smart sentence-by-sentence narration. Modern, minimalist interface. Works offline once text is loaded. Designed with accessibility in mind. Perfect for catching up on long reads, blogs, or research; all without needing to stare at your screen. Future features: - Copy and paste any text, offline, without providing a URL to an article - and narrate it. - Choose a voice pack. All done locally, no third party, no tracking, all running locally on your iOS device and providing human voice. - Support articles in different languages. No ads. Ever.

About

Kanso Reader

Features
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Kanso Reader is trying to be distraction-free reading app for saving web articles and PDFs to read later. It try to remove clutter like ads, promos, related links, and other unnecessary page elements so you can focus on the content that matters. Save from a shared link or pasted URL, import PDFs, and read in a clean, comfortable view designed for focus. Kanso Reader helps you build a private reading library on your device, with simple tools to organize and revisit what you save. Features: • Save web articles and PDFs to read later • Clean reader view for reading • Import from shared links or pasted URLs • Add notes to saved content • Organize with tags • Search your library quickly • Export saved content when needed • Local-first storage or icloud sync Free users can keep 1 saved item at a time. Delete it anytime to save another. Unlock Kanso Reader Lifetime to save unlimited articles and PDFs.

Screenshots

Tellar3 screens
Kanso Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tellar and Kanso Reader are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Tellar sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Kanso Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Tellar versus Kanso Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTellarKanso Reader
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.517.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB114 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMor AlmalachMichael Lee

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tellar

One-time2
  • Thank you!$0.99
  • You Rock!$3.99
1 purchases

Kanso Reader

One-time1
  • Kanso Reader$7.99

Questions

Is Tellar free?
Tellar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kanso Reader free?
Kanso Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tellar or Kanso Reader have ads?
Neither Tellar nor Kanso Reader shows ads.

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