YueRead vs SpamBanish
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YueRead
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Give your HTML room to read. A carefully laid-out report. Your next course handout. A page full of ideas. HTML Reader gives local HTML files a dedicated, focused reading space. Open a file and get closer to the content. READY FOR iOS 27 AND iPHONE DUO Move from the outer display to a wider inner canvas. The reader adapts to the available space and preserves the loaded page as the interface changes. MORE ROOM FOR THE PAGE Documents open in immersive reading mode with tools tucked away. Text, charts, and layouts get more of the screen, so you can stay with the story. TOOLS, ONE TAP AWAY Tap the page to reveal a Liquid Glass toolbar. Open another document or close the current file. Tap again or use Hide Tools to return to reading. Liquid Glass is available on iOS 26 and later. YOUR PAGE, ITS OWN STYLE Display your HTML and CSS layouts, so reports, handouts, and creative pages retain their visual character. Document layout depends on how the HTML file was designed. TURN YOUR PHONE. KEEP READING. Read in portrait or landscape. Interface updates preserve the loaded page to reduce interruptions from unnecessary reloads. CHINESE AND ENGLISH The interface follows your system language. You can also choose Chinese or English for HTML Reader in iOS Settings. The language of each HTML document comes from the file itself. OPEN A FILE AND BEGIN Choose a document with the system file picker, or open .html and .htm files from supported apps. Self-contained HTML can be read offline. External resources may need an internet connection. External webpage links open in your system browser. Script redirects and remote embedded-page navigation are blocked in the reader. A SPACE FOR • Exported HTML reports • Course handouts and study materials • Static pages, project notes, and personal work • Content you keep as HTML files No reading account required. No ads. Open your next HTML file and make room for the content.
SpamBanish
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SpamBanish blocks spam calls and filters junk messages—with rules you control, on your device. Quiet, precise, and built around you. This version includes every feature at no charge. There is no Premium plan, In-App Purchase, or subscription. CALL BLOCKING • Block spam, telemarketing, and unknown callers • Identify suspicious numbers with caller labels • Prefix blocking to stop whole number ranges • Bundled caller-ID list labeled by spam category • Block numbers from Contacts, and clean empty or duplicate entries MESSAGE FILTER • Send junk, promotions, and text floods to the filter list • Fine-grained categories: transactions, orders, finance, health, offers, coupons, and more • Message prefix blocking • Anti-flood: burst messages from the same sender are blocked • On-device classification so filtering does not require uploading your messages BLOCKED AND SPAM LIST CRITERIA A sender is included when: • You add the number, a prefix, or a keyword rule, including numbers you block from Contacts • It matches a bundled starter SMS rule, such as senders beginning with 106 or typical unsolicited-marketing phrases • On-device machine learning classifies the message as junk or as a category you enabled • Flood protection is on and that sender sends too many messages in a short time • For calls: you add a block or identify rule, or the number is on the bundled caller-ID list (label only, unless you also block it) Bundled starter SMS rules cover common unsolicited-marketing patterns; you can edit, disable, or delete them. The bundled caller-ID list labels numbers with categories such as real-estate sales, insurance marketing, loan collection, education marketing, e-commerce promotion, suspected fraud, and parcel or food-delivery notices. Those entries label incoming calls and do not block them unless you add a separate blocking rule. SpamBanish does not download a live third-party SMS number blocklist. Filtering and classification run on the device. Allowlist rules always take priority. Emergency and carrier service numbers cannot be blocked. CUSTOM RULES • Allowlist and blocklist • Match by number, message body, prefix, suffix, contains, exact, or regular expression • Apply a rule to calls, messages, or both • Test a rule before it goes live OVERVIEW & SHORTCUTS • See protection status and blocking stats • Quick-block a number or create a rule in seconds • In iMessage, block a number or correct a classification without leaving the conversation GET STARTED 1. Settings → Phone → Call Blocking & Identification → enable SpamBanish 2. Settings → Messages → Unknown & Spam → enable SpamBanish 3. Return to the app to create rules or review the spam list criteria in Settings PRIVACY Call and message filtering runs on device through system extensions. Contacts access is used to choose numbers for blocking rules, and to view, edit, add, or delete contacts. SpamBanish cannot block every unwanted call or message. Results depend on system permissions, your rules, and list coverage. Emergency and system-protected numbers are never blocked.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SpamBanish at Free against YueRead's $0.99. SpamBanish also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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
SpamBanish is free to download; YueRead costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
YueRead ships an update every 7 months, SpamBanish every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YueRead | SpamBanish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 铭 徐 | Weigan Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. |
In-app purchases
YueRead
No in-app purchases
SpamBanish
No in-app purchases









