Manamo vs NextPhase Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Manamo
This app helps you understand and remember what you read by explaining passages and turning them into reviewable flashcards. It supports various file formats and offers spaced repetition for effective learning. You can also import and export study decks.
- In-context explanations of text
- Flashcard creation from reading
- Spaced repetition scheduling (FSRS)
- Import/export Anki, Quizlet decks
- Library management for EPUB, PDF, MOBI, AZW3
- AI-powered comprehension assistance
- Cross-device sync with Pro subscription
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Manamo is an EPUB and ebook reader that explains what you read and turns it into flashcards you'll actually review. Open a book, a textbook, a paper, or a PDF. Select anything you don't understand and Manamo explains it in context. Turn the parts that matter into cards, then review them on a schedule built to make them stick. UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU READ • Select a word or passage to see what it means right here, in this passage. • Ask about anything in the book. Manamo searches the text and can take you straight to the passage. TURN READING INTO CARDS • Make flashcards from a word, a passage, or a whole chapter. You review every draft before it's saved, and cards made from your reading keep their source. • Study new cards right away, then come back when they're due. REMEMBER IT • FSRS spaced repetition schedules every card toward the memory target you set. • Say or type your answer. The Answer Coach shows what you recalled and what you missed, and you choose the grade. • Quizzes on the cards you keep missing, plus decks, folders, and daily reminders. BRING YOUR DECKS • Import .apkg decks from Anki with their schedules and review history, or cards from a spreadsheet or Quizlet export. • Export any deck to .apkg or a spreadsheet. Your cards stay yours. CATCH UP WHEN YOU COME BACK • Previously: catch up on your current chapter and the chapters before it, newest first. • Open a chapter outline for non-fiction, with key points and original quotes. • So far: a recap up to your place, with more detail after a longer break. YOUR LIBRARY • EPUB, PDF, DRM-free MOBI and AZW3 files, and web pages, with highlights and notes. • Discover free classics, papers, and articles, and keep a Want to read list. FREE TO START Reading, flashcards, spaced repetition, and AI help are free, with AI help that refills on a schedule. Manamo Pro adds much more AI help and syncs your library, highlights, and flashcards across your devices. Pro is billed monthly or yearly; the yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Prices are shown in the app before you subscribe. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the trial or current period ends. Manage or cancel them in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://arkeve.github.io/manamo-privacy/ Terms of Use: https://arkeve.github.io/manamo-privacy/terms.html
NextPhase Reader
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Read it. Listen to it. Learn from it. Listen instead of read. Turn your documents and compatible books into audio. NextPhase Reader brings reading, listening and language practice together on iPhone and iPad, using content you choose. LISTEN TO YOUR CONTENT • Read supported books and documents aloud using Apple device voices by default, with voice, speed and sleep-timer controls. Optional online voices are also available for live listening. • Listen to the original text, its translation, or both. • With Pro, prepare chapters or PDF pages as saved audio for offline playback. Export separate M4A recordings to Files or share them with another app. • Create saved audio with downloaded Kokoro voices, on your device with the app in the foreground. Apple device voices and online voices are for live listening; online voices require an internet connection. READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU • Import your own DRM-free EPUB, KEPUB, PDF, MOBI, AZW3, FB2, TXT, RTF, DOCX and HTML files. • Explore free classics through Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks, or connect a compatible OPDS library. • Adjust text size and reading layout, choose Light, Sepia or Dark, and keep highlights, notes and bookmarks. • Read text-based PDFs in their original layout or as flowing text. Scanned PDFs without selectable text are not supported for translation or speech. LEARN FROM YOUR READING Stay motivated. Read in the languages you want. Import content for side-by-side reading. • Read original and translated EPUB paragraphs together: side by side on wider screens, interleaved on narrow screens. • Save words in context and return to them with spaced-repetition review. • Use pronunciation guides for supported languages, including pinyin, furigana and romaja. • With Pro, highlight saved words as they reappear, export vocabulary as CSV, and export compatible books as bilingual EPUBs. Your first vocabulary CSV export is free. TRANSLATION CHOICES Built-in online translation needs no API key. Apple on-device translation requires a supported device, OS and downloaded language pair; unavailable language packs may lead to an online fallback. You can also use your own DeepL, OpenAI, Google Cloud or Azure key. Provider availability and quality vary by language. Completed translations are cached for reuse. PRO: ONE-TIME PURCHASE Choose one book to try Pro features free. Unlock Pro for all your books with a one-time in-app purchase for major version 1. No subscription. Pro includes natural voice downloads, saved audio, bilingual EPUB export and vocabulary export. Family Sharing is supported. Restore purchases is available in Settings. YOUR CONTENT, YOUR CHOICES Core reading works without an account. Your library is stored locally. Online translation and speech send relevant text to the selected services; optional account sync uploads reading data. Downloaded voices and saved audio support offline listening, but online services and new downloads require a connection. Compatible, DRM-free content only. Audio exports are separate chapter or page recordings, not a single combined audiobook. Interface available in English and Spanish.
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Verdict
Manamo and NextPhase Reader are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Manamo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and NextPhase Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Manamo | NextPhase Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Krisan Murugendran | NextPhase LLC |
In-app purchases
Manamo
- Manamo Pro$7.991 Month
- Manamo Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
NextPhase Reader
- NextPhase Reader Pro$29.99









