Reading Goals vs PagePace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reading Goals
Display your reading progress directly on your iOS Home Screen with customizable widgets. Track books read this year, total books, and pages consumed, with a five-year history available in the companion app.
- Home Screen widgets
- Reading goal progress
- Books read this year
- Total books read
- Pages read tracking
- Five-year history
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Reading Goals is a iOS app built primarily to place useful, bookish widgets on your Home Screen. After you confirm a public reading profile, it saves only the essential reading statistics on-device so widgets can show reading-goal progress, books read this year, total books read, and—in the largest summary—pages read and whether you are on pace; the companion app provides manual refresh, optional daily updates, and a swipeable five-year history.
PagePace
This app offers a unique reading experience by displaying one word at a time, allowing users to set their reading speed. It includes a library of free short stories and the ability to import or write personal content. The app helps build a reading habit with progress tracking and reminders.
- One-word-at-a-time reading
- Adjustable words per minute (WPM)
- Bundled short stories across genres
- Import and write personal notes/stories
- Reading habit tracking (streaks, completion)
- Organize and save favorite stories
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Read what interests you, at your pace. PagePace turns articles, books, and your own text into focused reading. Choose one word at a time or a sentence-based format, then adjust your reading speed to suit you. IMPORT FROM SAFARI Share a supported article from Safari to PagePace. Review the extracted text, then read it immediately or save it to your Bookshelf. Catch up on news and other articles in a format that helps you focus. BRING YOUR BOOKS Import supported, DRM-free EPUBs and keep an entire book in one Bookshelf slot. Navigate between chapters and return to your saved reading position. ADD YOUR OWN TEXT Paste text or import supported documents. Read once without saving, or keep a reading on your Bookshelf for later. MAKE READING YOURS Adjust your pace, reading format, font, and appearance. Build a reading habit around the subjects and books you enjoy. FREE AND PAGEPACE PLUS All supported import formats and core reading features are available for free. Free includes space for 3 Bookshelf readings and 10 successful Safari imports per month. Upgrade to PagePace Plus to expand your Bookshelf to 250 readings, enjoy unlimited Safari shares, and unlock premium appearance and customization options. Import size and capture limits still apply. PagePace Plus is available as a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://pagepace.pages.dev/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Reading Goals at none against PagePace's 2. Reading Goals also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). PagePace's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. PagePace sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Reading Goals asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Reading Goals against 5.0 for PagePace. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Reading Goals ships an update weekly, PagePace every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 19, 2026.
| Parameter | Reading Goals | PagePace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Andrew Ziehl | Colby Kerner |
Customer experience
Reading Goals
PagePace
In-app purchases
Reading Goals
No in-app purchases
PagePace
- PagePace Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
- PagePace Plus Annual$39.991 Year
