Time to Read Pro vs Static
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time to Read Pro
Estimate the reading time for any online article directly within Safari. This extension helps you decide if a piece is worth your time and allows you to customize your reading experience by hiding indicators on short content or blocking distracting websites.
- Estimates reading duration for web articles
- Customizable reading speed (WPM)
- Option to hide indicator for short content
- Block distracting websites
- Clean reading time labels on webpages
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See how long it’ll take to read any article—right in Safari. Time to Read Pro is a Safari extension that estimates reading duration for blog posts, news, and long-form content across the web. Know the time commitment upfront, auto-hide on short reads, and stay focused by disabling on distracting sites. - Clean reading time labels on any webpage - Customize reading speed (WPM) - Hide indicator for short blurbs - Block on specific websites (e.g., Reddit, Twitter, etc.) Fast, private, and fully native Whether you’re reading casually or managing focus time, Time to Read Pro helps you make better decisions before you scroll.
Static
Preserve web pages as local, searchable archives, capturing the original URL, date, notes, and a PDF snapshot. This tool acts as a personal web archive for articles, research, and online sources, ensuring you can revisit them offline even if the original link is altered.
- Save web pages as local archives
- Capture URL, date, notes, and PDF
- Searchable offline content
- No accounts required
- No subscriptions needed
- Local data storage
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Keep useful web pages even when you are offline or the original changes. Static gives you unlimited Standard archives. Save a page, open the saved copy, return to its source, delete it, or retry a Standard capture. Static Premium turns a growing archive into a private, organized library: • Private iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro • Full-text search across titles, domains, notes, and saved page text • Notes • Complete Page capture • PDF viewing and export • A–Z sorting • Alternate themes • Drag-and-drop saving on Mac Use Static for articles, receipts, recipes, travel information, research, instructions, school resources, and any page you may need later. Save from Safari or paste a link in Static. Your Standard archive stays available offline. No Static account is required. iCloud sync requires a signed-in iCloud account. Static Premium is an auto-renewing monthly or annual subscription. Both plans unlock the same Premium features. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel it in App Store account settings. Customers who bought Static before version 2.0 retain Premium access. Static saves only the pages you choose. It cannot recover an older version of a page that you did not save. Privacy Policy: https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/static-privacy.html Terms of Service: https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/static-terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Static at 100% against Time to Read Pro's 0%. Static also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and device support (4 vs 2). Time to Read Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads and iOS requirement 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. Static sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Time to Read Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Static holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Time to Read Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Static's.
| Parameter | Time to Read Pro | Static |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aryaman Sharda | Myworkingmemory LLC |
Customer experience
Time to Read Pro
Static
In-app purchases
Time to Read Pro
No in-app purchases
Static
- Static Monthly$3.991 Month
- Static Yearly$4.991 Year
