Comparison

Soko vs Sonarpad

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

Head to head
About

Soko

Features
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Soko helps you stop forgetting things by linking checklists to places and moments. Check what must be done before you go, what you need when leaving, and what to confirm after arrival. ■ Three timings Before — Lunch, memorization, reservations, and things that are too late to do at the door Packed? — Keys, earbuds, student ID, goggles, and other last checks before leaving On Arrival — Reception, submissions, meeting points, directions, and things to see after you get there ■ Check every time Tasks like keys or earbuds can return for your next outing after completion. Use it for daily school and work routines, or one-off trips like skiing and travel. ■ Templates Start quickly with templates for supermarket, travel, gym, office, hospital, school, ski resort, campsite, and restaurant. Register a place and get a checklist that fits it. ■ Arrival alerts and departure checklist Get notified when you approach a registered place. Before leaving, tap “Going now” to open a focused packing checklist. ■ Soko Pro • Unlimited tasks • Multi-device sync • Remove ads • Cloud backup Privacy Policy: https://kazusa703.github.io/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://kazusa703.github.io/terms.html Support: https://kazusa703.github.io/support.html

About

Sonarpad

This app helps you read, listen to, and organize various types of content, including documents, news, podcasts, and more. It offers text-to-speech functionality, search capabilities, and supports multiple export formats for your documents.

Highlights
  • Read and organize documents
  • Text-to-speech functionality
  • Import and export documents (DOCX, EPUB, PDF)
  • Follow RSS news feeds
  • Search and listen to podcasts
  • Search and listen to radio stations
  • Check routes, weather, and calendar
Features
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Sonarpad Mobile is an app designed to read, listen with text-to-speech, search and organise content in a simple and accessible way. With Sonarpad, you can manage documents, follow news and podcasts, search for radio stations, check routes, weather, calendar information and other useful everyday tools. Main features: • Documents: import and read text files, documents, books and content organised in folders. • Imports: import personal documents and search for text content from supported public sources. • Exports: export documents to DOCX, EPUB and PDF. • Voice reading: use text-to-speech with the settings chosen by the user. • News: follow RSS sources, import and export OPML files and organise sources into folders. • Podcasts: search, listen to and manage podcasts. • Radio: search for stations by language, country, city and genre and listen to live broadcasts. • Routes: search for directions, store routes in Documents and listen to instructions with text-to-speech. • Weather and recent cities: check the weather and quickly switch between cities. • Calendar: check days, holidays, quotes and reminders. • App theme: choose between automatic, light or dark mode. Sonarpad was created with special attention to accessibility, VoiceOver support and simple screens. Some features require an Internet connection and may depend on the availability of the external services used.

Screenshots

Soko2 screens
Sonarpad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sonarpad at none against Soko's 3. Sonarpad also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). Soko's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price 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. Soko sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Sonarpad asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Soko ships an update fortnightly, Sonarpad every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Soko versus Sonarpad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSokoSonarpad
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB257 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developeratsuko imaiAmbrogio Riili

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Soko

Subscriptions2
  • Soko Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Soko Pro Yearly7 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
None

Sonarpad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Soko free?
Soko is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sonarpad free?
Sonarpad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Soko or Sonarpad have ads?
Soko shows ads; Sonarpad does not.
Which is updated more often, Soko or Sonarpad?
Soko ships an update fortnightly, and Sonarpad every 5 weeks. Most recently, Soko was updated on October 25, 2026 and Sonarpad on October 24, 2026.

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