Throughline Speed Reader vs Recall Reads
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Throughline Speed Reader
Enhance your reading speed and comprehension with intelligent pacing that adapts to natural language rhythms. This app presents text one word at a time, optimizing focus and reducing eye movement for a more efficient reading experience. It also offers AI-powered summaries and seamless integration across Apple devices.
- Adaptive word-by-word pacing
- Optimal Recognition Point (ORP) alignment
- AI-generated summaries with key takeaways
- Safari extension for saving articles
- Apple Watch app for reading on the go
- Detailed reading analytics dashboard
- Customizable fonts and interface
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Read articles and short documents on your iPhone or iPad. Throughline displays text one word at a time at a fixed focus point. Choose your speed, pause to browse nearby paragraphs, and resume where you stopped. Share web articles from Safari, paste copied text, or import TXT, PDF and DOCX files. Save reading items to your library and read saved text offline. The free reader includes a library of up to 10 items. Throughline Pro adds an unlimited library, advanced pacing controls, the Safari extension, reading analytics and Apple Watch reading. Pro also offers on-device summaries when Apple Intelligence is available for your device and language. The app interface is currently in English. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Recall Reads
This app helps you retain valuable information from books through daily reminders, widgets, and passive recall. Build a personal library of knowledge and revisit key ideas when they matter most.
- Organize saved books
- Generate concise insights
- Daily review reminders
- Home Screen widgets
- Lock Screen recall
- Apple Watch access
- Personal knowledge library
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Make the books you already read useful again. Add a book you care about and revisit its ideas in everyday moments. Recall Reads brings short insights to your Lock Screen, Home Screen and reminders, so you can return to what mattered without building a note-taking habit. No highlights to import. No notes to organize. Start with a book you've already read. FROM YOUR BOOKS TO YOUR DAY • Find a book by title or author, or scan a bookshelf and review the matches before adding them. • Explore clear, expanded insights in the app and shorter versions in your widgets. • Keep ideas visible with Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets. • Save insights you want to revisit and choose your reminder preferences. • Optionally sign in with Apple to sync your books and saved insights. START WITH FOUR BOOKS The free version lets you use up to four unlocked books and use the core recall features. Toshi+ unlocks more books and custom app icons. Available plans and prices are shown in the app before purchase. FOR THE BOOKS THAT MATTER TO YOU Revisit ideas about habits, work, psychology, relationships and personal growth—from books you chose because they mattered to you. Insights are AI-generated interpretations, not quotations or a replacement for the original book. Book recognition and insight availability vary by title. You can review scan matches before adding a book. Toshi+ is an auto-renewable subscription. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple account settings. Privacy policy: https://recallreads.app/legal.html#privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Throughline Speed Reader at free against Recall Reads's free with in-app purchases. Recall Reads's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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. Throughline Speed Reader sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Recall Reads sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Throughline Speed Reader against 5.0 for Recall Reads. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Throughline Speed Reader ships an update every 6 weeks, Recall Reads every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Throughline Speed Reader | Recall Reads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steven Townsend | Guido Sanchez Cardarelli |
Customer experience
Throughline Speed Reader
Recall Reads
In-app purchases
Throughline Speed Reader
- Throughline Pro - Monthly$1.991 Month
- Throughline Pro - Annual$12.991 Year
- Throughline Pro - Lifetime$29.99
Recall Reads
- Toshi + Monthly$9.991 Month
- Toshi+ Monthly$9.991 Month
- Toshi.+ Annual3 Days trial$34.991 Year
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- Toshi+ Annual3 Days trial$34.991 Year
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