Comparison

ReadMaxx vs Flow Todo

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

Head to head
About

ReadMaxx

This app helps you read faster and more effectively by displaying one word at a time at a controlled pace. It supports various input formats like PDFs, EPUBs, and web links, and includes optional haptic cues to improve focus and comprehension.

Highlights
  • Word-by-word reading display
  • Adjustable reading speed
  • Supports PDF, EPUB, web links, and pasted text
  • Optional haptic cues for structure
  • Reduces eye movement
  • Maintains attention and comprehension
Features
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ReadMaxx helps you get through more of what you want to read — whether you want to read it faster or understand the essentials in seconds. Import a PDF, EPUB, Web Link, or text you’ve pasted in. Then choose how you want to engage with it: read using ReadMaxx’s RSVP speed reader, or generate a concise summary and key points to quickly understand what matters. - Read faster - ReadMaxx’s RSVP reader presents one word at a time at a controlled pace, reducing eye movement and helping you maintain attention while reading. Optional haptic cues reinforce the structure of what you’re reading, from subtle taps at the start of each word to stronger signals at sentence boundaries — helping anchor attention without pulling focus away from the text. - Understand faster - When you don’t need to read every word, ReadMaxx can summarise your content for you. Generate a concise overview and key points from documents, books, articles, and other long-form text — giving you a faster way to understand what something is about and decide where to spend your attention. Read it. Summarise it. Get through more with ReadMaxx. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Flow Todo

Features
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Flow Todo is a calm, rhythmic to-do app for people who care more about doing the work than decorating it. It is built around a simple idea: most task apps make you fight with checkboxes, badges, and red numbers. Flow Todo does the opposite. Tasks move like water — gently surfacing what matters now, quietly holding what can wait, and tracking the time you actually spend in deep focus. If you have ever wanted a to-do list that feels less like an inbox and more like a breath, this is the one. — THE RHYTHM — Flow Todo organises your day into three natural currents: • Urgent — what truly needs you today • Flowing — what's in motion this week • Backlog — quiet work waiting for its moment You decide what belongs where. The app never nags, never piles on red badges, and never tries to gamify your guilt. — FOCUS SESSIONS — Tap any task to begin a focus session. A gentle timer counts the minutes you spend in deep work, builds your daily and weekly streak, and feeds your stats so you can see where your time actually goes — by category, by tag, by week. No leaderboards. No streaks shaming. Just an honest mirror of your work. — DESIGNED LIKE A SANCTUARY — Every screen is shaped by water. Soft gradients, quiet animations, calm haptics, and a typography that breathes. Flow Todo is the kind of app you keep open — not because it shouts, but because it doesn't. Built for iPhone and iPad, with a sidebar layout on larger screens that lets you keep your stream, your focus session, and your stats in view at the same time. — PRIVACY AS A FEATURE — Flow Todo collects nothing. No analytics. No ad SDKs. No crash trackers. No accounts. Your tasks live on your device — and, if you opt in to Flow Pro, in your own private iCloud database under your Apple ID. The developer cannot see, recover, or sell your data, ever. Read the full privacy policy at: https://www.magnusnorth.com/privacy.html#flow-todo — FREE TO USE — The free tier holds up to 6 tasks at a time and works fully offline. — FLOW PRO — Upgrade to Flow Pro to unlock: • Unlimited tasks • iCloud Sync across iPhone and iPad • All future Pro features • Quiet support for an independent developer Flow Pro is available three ways: • Monthly — auto-renewable subscription • Yearly — auto-renewable subscription, the best value • Lifetime — one-time purchase, yours forever Subscriptions automatically renew at the same price and duration unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. You can manage or cancel at any time in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions on your device. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a paid subscription is purchased. Privacy Policy: https://www.magnusnorth.com/privacy.html#flow-todo Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ — A NOTE FROM THE DEVELOPER — Flow Todo is built by one person, in the UK, for the kind of focused humans who wanted a task app that feels gentle. If you have feedback, requests, or just want to say hello, write to admin@magnusnorth.com. Thank you for trying it.

Screenshots

ReadMaxx4 screens
Flow Todo4 screens

Verdict

The call

ReadMaxx and Flow Todo 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ReadMaxx sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Flow Todo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ReadMaxx versus Flow Todo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReadMaxxFlow Todo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.217.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size288 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMAXX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDSteven Wilkinson

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ReadMaxx

Subscriptions3
  • Unlimited Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Unlimited Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Unlimited Monthly$4.991 Month
3 purchases

Flow Todo

Subscriptions2
  • Flow Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Flow Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Flow Pro Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is ReadMaxx free?
ReadMaxx is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flow Todo free?
Flow Todo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ReadMaxx or Flow Todo have ads?
Neither ReadMaxx nor Flow Todo shows ads.

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