Comparison

ToRead vs 積DROP

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

積DROP

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Got a stack of books you bought but haven't read? Same. TsunDrop is a reading app that stacks every book you buy into a physical tower — powered by a real 2D physics engine. You don't have to read them. Just stack. That's the whole point. — Just stack. That's it. — Every time you add a book, it falls from the top and lands on your tower, sized by its format (bunko, shinsho, hardback, A5). The physics engine makes every stack a little different. Same book, different lean. Reading apps love to make you feel guilty. TsunDrop doesn't. Buying books — even ones you'll never get to — is a perfectly valid hobby. We're here to celebrate it. — Who it's for — - People who buy books faster than they can read them - Anyone who hears "your tsundoku is too big" and thinks "let it grow" - Readers who want to see their pile, not just a number on a screen - Folks burned out by every other reading tracker — Inside — ▸ Stack (the main thing) Scan a barcode or type a 13-digit ISBN. TsunDrop pulls bibliographic data from openBD and Japan's NDL Search. Manual entry works too. Books fall in, get stacked, lean against each other. Add more and the pile grows taller, genre colors mixing into a mosaic. Whether that's "too many" or "looking great" is entirely your call — set the overflow warning to "none" and stack as much as you want. ▸ Height Rank The total spine width of every book — read or unread — is measured against a real-world scale. An apple → a milk carton → a ruler → a cat → a guitar → an adult → a phone booth → a giraffe → a house → a big tree → Tokyo Tower → Mt. Fuji → Everest. Buy and stack: rank goes up. Read: rank goes up. Both count, equally. ▸ Read one when you feel like it Tap a book, hit "Finish & shelve." It moves to your Finished Shelf, sortable by date, title, or color. The books resting on top tumble down in physics. That moment is satisfying — but it's a side dish, not the main course. ▸ Numbers Tower view: unread count / pages left / pages read Shelf view: total pages read / books finished / shelf width (cm) Pages stack up like XP. Set a monthly goal if you want. Skip it if you don't. ▸ Share Export your tower as a 1080×1080 image and post it. "Yeah, I haven't read most of these." — Details — - Genre colors (literature, history, philosophy, tech, business, other) - 3 text sizes, 4 themes (Green, Ink, Navy, Grape) - Haptic feedback - Notes on every book (up to 2000 characters) - Export and import for backup — Privacy — All your book data stays on your device. No account required. TsunDrop only contacts openBD and NDL Search for bibliographic lookups. Nothing else leaves your phone. The camera is used solely to scan ISBN barcodes. — You might be here because — Your shelf is overflowing. You buy too many e-books and forgot what you have. You want a break from "you really should read more." If so: just stack. Read when you feel like it. Stack first. Read later (if ever). Bibliographic data: openBD / NDL Search Licenses: Matter.js (MIT) / Noto Serif JP, Noto Sans JP (SIL OFL 1.1)

Screenshots

ToRead4 screens
積DROP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: 積DROP at every 9 days against ToRead's every 4 weeks. 積DROP also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ToRead sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and 積DROP sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ToRead ships an update every 4 weeks, 積DROP every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ToRead versus 積DROP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToRead積DROP
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancisco MartinezForeGroove Inc.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ToRead

One-time3
  • Small tip$0.99
  • Medium tip$2.99
  • Large tip$4.99
4 purchases

積DROP

One-time4
  • A Small Coffee$0.49
  • A Light Meal$2.99
  • A Lunch$5.99
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  • A Dinner Treat$11.99

Questions

Is ToRead free?
ToRead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 積DROP free?
積DROP is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ToRead or 積DROP have ads?
Neither ToRead nor 積DROP shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ToRead or 積DROP?
ToRead ships an update every 4 weeks, and 積DROP every 9 days. Most recently, ToRead was updated on October 14, 2026 and 積DROP on October 13, 2026.

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