Comparison

Blink vs Sutra

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

Head to head
About

Blink

This app presents text one word at a time to enhance focus and reading speed. It offers adjustable speed, a clean interface, and customizable layouts for a more efficient reading experience.

Highlights
  • One-word-at-a-time reading
  • Adjustable reading speed (WPM)
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Customizable layouts and colors
Features
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Blink is a book reader app that helps you stay focused and read with clarity by presenting text one word at a time. Instead of moving your eyes across lines of text, Blink moves the words for you, creating a steady visual rhythm that increases reading speed and keeps your attention anchored with: • One-word-at-a-time reading • Adjustable reading speed (WPM) • Clean and distraction-free interface • Fully customizable layouts and colors Blink is designed for readers who want to improve focus, reduce distractions, and read more efficiently.

About

Sutra

Access your entire book collection from various sources in one beautiful app. Enjoy a customizable reading experience with synced progress, bookmarks, and highlights across devices. Organize your library with series info, search, and collections.

Highlights
  • Connect Kavita, Calibre, and OPDS servers
  • EPUB and PDF reading with page-curl effect
  • Rich typography and reading themes
  • iCloud sync for progress, bookmarks, and highlights
  • Offline downloads
  • Highlighting and search functionality
  • Series grouping and collections
Features
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Sutra is a warm, thoughtful home for every book and comic you love. Bring together your self-hosted library, your manga, your classic EPUBs, and those “just one more chapter” reads in one beautifully calm reader. Connect Kavita, Komga, or Calibre; explore any OPDS catalogue; or discover a new favourite from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks. READ YOUR WAY • Enjoy EPUB, PDF, CBZ, MOBI, fixed-layout comics, and manga in one place • Move through comics panel by panel, or take in the whole page • Read right-to-left manga and beautiful iPad two-page spreads • Make the page yours with fonts, text size, spacing, themes, auto-scroll, page turns, and Sutra-only brightness control A LIBRARY THAT FEELS LIKE HOME • Browse dedicated Series and Collection views, with Favorites always close by • Sort by Recently Read, Title, Author, or Date Added while staying in a familiar cover grid • Let Sutra recover missing Calibre series details and keep your library beautifully organised • Pick up where you left off with dependable progress and finished-book sync for Kavita and Komga BUILT FOR SELF-HOSTERS • Connect Kavita, Komga, Calibre, Grimmory, or another OPDS server • Stream comic pages from Kavita and Komga when available, or download for offline reading • Keep your highlights and reading progress with you across your Apple devices Sutra is free to enjoy for EPUB and PDF reading, with no ads and no subscription. Unlock unlimited CBZ, MOBI, and Komga reading once, and keep it forever.

Screenshots

Blink4 screens
Sutra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sutra at Free against Blink's $0.99. Blink's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). On update cadence, ads and device support 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

Sutra is free to download; Blink costs $0.99 up front. Sutra sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Blink asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blink ships an update every 6 days, Sutra weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Blink versus Sutra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlinkSutra
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—4.3 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better73.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeonardo LittigKoustav Dasgupta

Customer experience

Blink

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sutra

All ratings17 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral17.6%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative13.3%

In-app purchases

None

Blink

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Sutra

One-time4
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
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  • Sutra Pro$6.99

Questions

Is Blink free?
Blink costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sutra free?
Sutra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Blink or Sutra have ads?
Neither Blink nor Sutra shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blink or Sutra?
Blink ships an update every 6 days, and Sutra weekly. Most recently, Blink was updated on October 28, 2026 and Sutra on October 25, 2026.

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