Comparison

Zippy Speed Reader vs Alarmed

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

Head to head
About

Zippy Speed Reader

This app helps improve reading speed and focus by displaying text one word at a time at a customizable pace. It offers a distraction-free interface and tracks progress with motivational rewards. Content can be imported via pasting text or web links.

Highlights
  • One-word-at-a-time reading mode
  • Adjustable reading speed
  • Import text from paste or web links
  • Badges and achievements
  • Clean, minimal interface
Features
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Zippy Speed Reader lets you read text in a clean, distraction-free environment. By presenting words one at a time at a pace you control, Zippy helps you focus on the content without visual clutter. Paste text, enter a web address, or import content, and Zippy extracts the text and displays it in a simple format designed for focused reading sessions. As you read, Zippy tracks your progress and rewards consistency with badges and achievements—making it easy to stay motivated over time. Features One-word-at-a-time reading mode Adjustable reading speed to match your comfort level Import text from pasted content or web links Badges and achievements based on reading activity Clean, minimal interface with no distractions How it works 1. Paste text or provide a web address 2. Zippy extracts the readable text 3. Adjust the speed and start reading Privacy Zippy processes your content on your device. Reading activity and achievements are stored locally and are not shared or transmitted unless you choose to do so.

About

Alarmed

This app helps you avoid oversleeping by requiring you to complete a challenge before the alarm stops. Choose from various missions like math puzzles or shaking your phone to ensure you get out of bed. It also provides simple statistics to track your wake-up habits.

Highlights
  • Mission-based alarm challenges
  • Math puzzles
  • Phone shaking challenge
  • Memory challenges
  • Wake-up statistics
  • Snooze tracking
Features
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Alarmed is for people who keep hitting the snooze button on normal alarm clocks. Say bye bye to endless snoozing and multiple alarms just to wake up on time. Create alarms, pick a mission, and complete it so the alarm turns off. Choose from math puzzles, shaking phone, or memory challenges to make waking up harder to ignore. Create alarms, pick a mission, and complete it so the alarm turns off. Choose from math puzzles, memory games, exercise challenges and more to make waking up harder to ignore. ALARMED PRO Unlimited alarms and the math, shake and memory missions are free. Alarmed Pro adds mission chains (up to three missions on one alarm), the premium missions — Workout, Scan, Steps and Tiles — and the wake-up checkup, a second alarm a few minutes later that proves you actually stayed up. Alarmed Pro is available as: • Monthly — $4.99 per month • Annual — $19.99 per year • Lifetime — $39.99, one-time purchase Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://alarmed-app.vercel.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Zippy Speed Reader4 screens
Alarmed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Zippy Speed Reader at 5.0 against Alarmed's 4.4. Alarmed's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zippy Speed Reader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alarmed has 25 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Zippy Speed Reader versus Alarmed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZippy Speed ReaderAlarmed
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.4 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings225 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLEE WHITFIELDAgrima Pandey

Customer experience

Zippy Speed Reader

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Alarmed

All ratings22 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Zippy Speed Reader

No in-app purchases

None

Alarmed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zippy Speed Reader free?
Zippy Speed Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Alarmed free?
Alarmed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Zippy Speed Reader or Alarmed?
Zippy Speed Reader is rated higher. Zippy Speed Reader averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Alarmed averages 4.4 from 25 ratings.
Do Zippy Speed Reader or Alarmed have ads?
Neither Zippy Speed Reader nor Alarmed shows ads.

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