Reading Timer vs ToRead
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reading Timer
Track your reading time and pages with a quick timer. Organize your personal library, view detailed reading statistics, and stay motivated with a visual reading heatmap.
- Quick reading timer
- Page tracking
- Personal library management
- Reading statistics and reports
- Reading heatmap for streaks
- Track reading pace
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How much did you read today? Keep the time, pages, and thoughts together. Reading Timer is a reading log and book tracker for the books you already own. Start the timer, read at your own pace, then enter your ending page. Your session becomes part of your book diary, with time, pages read, and reading speed in one place. KEEP A READING JOURNAL Save a thought after each session, add notes to a book, and revisit what you read. Forgot the timer? Add a reading record manually. SEE YOUR BOOKS MOVE FORWARD Keep current reads and completed books on your bookshelf. Track page progress and view each book’s sessions, average pace, and estimated completion based on your recorded reading. BUILD A READING HABIT YOU CAN SEE Choose a time or page goal for the day, week, month, or year. Check your reading calendar, activity heatmap, and statistics. Optional daily time-goal alerts let you know when you reach that goal while reading. ADD BOOKS YOUR WAY Enter a title and author, or look up book information by ISBN barcode. Check the details before saving; information may be incomplete. Export books and sessions as CSV for use in a spreadsheet. READ AT YOUR OWN PACE Use dark mode or keep the screen awake while timing. Join the optional weekly ranking or share a reading record if you choose. Reading Timer tracks your reading. It does not provide ebooks. OPTIONAL PRO SUBSCRIPTION Reading Timer Pro is a 1-month auto-renewable subscription that removes all ads while active. The price is shown before purchase and may vary by store. Manage or cancel your subscription in your store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hydroponicglass.com/privacy-policy/
ToRead
This app helps you focus on reading by providing a distraction-free environment. It quietly tracks your reading time, offers ambient sounds for relaxation, and displays your progress on your lock screen and home screen.
- Distraction-free reading sessions
- Ambient soundscapes
- Live Activity and Dynamic Island support
- Session history and editing
- Home Screen widget
- Minimalist interface
- Optional one-time tips
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ToRead is free to use, with no ads. The timer, your reading history and weekly reflection are free for everyone. It’s designed to help you spend more time reading, without pressure, goals, or distractions. Start a reading session, put your phone down, and just read. ToRead quietly tracks your reading time, so you can build awareness of your habits without gamification, streaks, or competition. Designed for calm focus • One tap to start reading • Ambient sounds to help you relax: rain and ocean waves, with more in ToRead Plus • Your reading time on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island (ToRead Plus) • Auto-end sessions, in case you forget • Session history with editing and manual entries • A Books page to rename, finish, archive or bring back a book • A weekly widget for the Home and Lock Screen (ToRead Plus) • Minimal interface that stays out of the way Your reading time, simply recorded ToRead focuses on time, not speed or performance. Whether you read for 2 minutes or 2 hours, every session counts. Your reading history helps you reflect on how reading fits into your life — without judging it. Built with intention • Designed for iPhone • Light and dark themes designed for comfort • iCloud sync (when enabled) to keep your data across devices • Privacy-friendly: your data stays yours For readers who just want to read ToRead is for anyone who wants a quieter relationship with reading: • No social feeds • No challenges • No productivity pressure Just reading, at your own pace. Read when you want. Stop when you want. ToRead. ToRead Plus ToRead Plus adds a few comforts: your reading time on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, the weekly Home Screen widget, every ambient sound, and each new sound pack as it arrives. Pay once, keep it forever. If you used ToRead before Plus existed, everything it had then stays yours, with nothing to do. Legal • Privacy Policy: https://horchatastudio.com/toread/privacy/ • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ToRead at none against Reading Timer's shown. ToRead also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). Reading Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Reading Timer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and ToRead sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Reading Timer against 4.9 for ToRead. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Reading Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of ToRead's.
Reading Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, ToRead every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reading Timer | ToRead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (18 ratings) | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seulki Eom | Francisco Martinez |
Customer experience
Reading Timer
ToRead
In-app purchases
Reading Timer
- Reading Timer Pro$1.991 Month
ToRead
- Small tip$0.99
- Medium tip$2.99
- Large tip$4.99








