Comparison

BlinkDo vs Analects Reader

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

Head to head
About

BlinkDo

Features
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You’ve read the book. You underlined the good bits. Then life happened. Days later, the glow is gone and the pages live rent-free on your shelf or on your Kindle. The ideas were great, yet nothing in your routine actually changed. Meet BlinkDo. It doesn’t only summarize what you already know; it turns those ideas into clear, day-by-day tasks you can do today. Summary apps help you remember. Productivity apps help you track. But there’s a gap between “I get it” and “I did it.” That’s where BlinkDo lives - right in the middle - translating book wisdom into a simple, guided plan you can follow without overthinking. How BlinkDo works 1. Pick a book from our 100s of non-fiction catalogue. 2. Start the DoGuide and follow the day-wise tasks—short, specific, and doable. 3. See the “why” behind every action with a brief Concept that connects the step to the book’s core idea. No rereading chapters. No guesswork. What you’ll notice Day 1: “Oh—I can actually do this.” Day 3: You’re practicing, not just thinking about practicing. Day 7: The book’s best ideas are showing up in your calendar, your conversations, your results. Who it’s for Self-improvers who read to change, not just to collect quotes Busy pros who want practical steps, not more theory Students and lifelong learners who crave structure and follow-through What you get DoGuides: Ready-to-start, day-by-day plans for popular nonfiction titles Task-level Concepts: A quick “why this matters” note on every step Zero friction: Start acting on ideas in seconds; focus your energy on doing Stop letting great books become “shelf-help.” Install BlinkDo, start one DoGuide, and turn insight into routine—one small action today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mentorflowai.com/blinkdo/privacy-policy

About

Analects Reader

Explore Confucius's Analects with interactive features. Read in original Chinese and English, with tappable characters for detailed meanings, readings, and usage. Offers multiple reading modes and integrated podcast commentary.

Highlights
  • Original Chinese and English text
  • Tappable characters with detailed meanings
  • Multiple reading modes (Study, Translation, Chinese, Classical)
  • Integrated podcast commentary with episode guides
  • Notes saved as Markdown in iCloud Drive
  • Offline access to Chinese text
Features
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The complete Analects of Confucius: all twenty books and 512 passages, in the original Chinese and in English, built for actually reading it. Every character is tappable. The card that opens shows what the character means here, in this passage — not a dictionary's one-size answer — along with its reading, the terms it belongs to, and how it is used across the whole book. Pinyin sits over the characters when you want it and disappears when you don't. READ IT YOUR WAY • Study — the full apparatus: text, translation, pinyin, tappable words, per-passage tone coloring. • Translation — the English as a book. The original waits one tap away under each passage. • Chinese — the received text alone, unglossed, with the English one tap away. • Classical — the text as old editions set it, in columns right to left. Four pages to choose from: one typeset, and three photographed from real copies held in Tokyo, Taipei, and Kyoto — a Qing manuscript, a Ming block print, and a 1550 scholar's copy — with every character mapped, so the glosses work even on a photograph. Scroll the book as one column, or turn it one passage per page, like a printed book. THE COMMENTARY GROWS WITH THE PODCAST The app carries the episode guides from the Exploring the Analects podcast — passage by passage: the philosophical discussion, the historical context, the language notes, with the audio a tap away. New episodes arrive as they are published. YOURS, IN THE FULLEST SENSE Notes you take live in your own iCloud Drive as Markdown — readable anywhere, and they outlive the app. The Chinese text is built in and always works offline. There are no accounts, no ads, no analytics, and no tracking: nothing about your reading is collected. Everything is free — the text, both translations, the glosses, the classical pages, the commentary. A tip jar exists for those who want to keep the project going; nothing is unlocked, because nothing is locked.

Screenshots

BlinkDo4 screens
Analects Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

BlinkDo and Analects Reader are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BlinkDo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Analects Reader sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BlinkDo ships an update weekly, Analects Reader every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
BlinkDo versus Analects Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlinkDoAnalects Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB276 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMentorflowElliott Bernstein

In-app purchases

2 purchases

BlinkDo

Subscriptions2
  • BlinkDo Premium (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • BlinkDo Premium (Annual)$12.991 Year
3 purchases

Analects Reader

One-time3
  • Through the Gate$3.00
  • Up to the Hall$10.00
  • Into the Chamber$30.00

Questions

Is BlinkDo free?
BlinkDo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Analects Reader free?
Analects Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BlinkDo or Analects Reader have ads?
Neither BlinkDo nor Analects Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BlinkDo or Analects Reader?
BlinkDo ships an update weekly, and Analects Reader every 2 weeks. Most recently, BlinkDo was updated on September 25, 2026 and Analects Reader on October 16, 2026.

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