ReadTrace Pro vs Tilely

A quiet, serif-first read-later app for people who treat long-form articles like books. — Save anything from the web — Tap "share" in Safari, or paste a URL inside the app. ReadTrace pulls out the body and images, strips the chrome, and saves a clean copy to your private library. Once it's saved, the network can vanish. Articles, images, and fonts are cached for fully offline reading. — Read on cream paper — Every article renders in Fraunces — a warm contemporary serif — over a soft cream background that's easier on the eyes than stark white. No ads, no related stories, no tap-to-load-more. The reader remembers your scroll position so you can return weeks later and pick up exactly where you left off. — Organize favorites with collections — Drop favorites into custom buckets — "Work", "Travel", "Things to write about someday". Each collection is its own shelf inside the Favorites tab. Tap a chip to narrow the library; tap it again to clear. — Search what you remember, not what you typed — Built-in semantic search uses Apple's on-device language embeddings to understand intent. Search "AI startups" and find articles about Vibe Coding training camps — no exact keyword required. Combined with literal substring matching across titles, authors, hostnames and tags, you'll find anything you've read. — Auto-tagging via on-device NLP — Every saved article is read once by Apple's NaturalLanguage framework and labeled with 3–5 keyword tags. As your library grows from ten articles to a thousand, tags keep it browsable. — Reading time, done right — Counts Chinese characters and Latin words separately at native reading speeds, so a long bilingual article gets an honest minute estimate instead of an English formula glued onto Chinese prose. — A safety net for what you save — Deleted articles don't vanish. They sit in the Recycle Bin for 30 days, then quietly clear themselves out. Restore anything with one tap — no second-guessing your gestures. — iCloud backup — A single backup file holds every article and every cached image. Restore on a new phone in seconds — fully offline-restorable, no servers to depend on. — Built for privacy — No accounts. No analytics. No tracking pixels. Your reading is between you and your phone. iCloud Drive is the only network endpoint we touch, and only if you choose to back up. — Built for iOS — Safari Share Extension. App Intents. Dynamic Type-aware reader. SwiftData persistence. Light-only by design — the cream palette is the point. — Quietly made — ReadTrace Pro is small. One developer, one design system, one belief: the web is full of writing worth reading carefully, and that writing deserves a calm, paper-feeling home you can return to. For people who want a smaller, quieter library — not an algorithmic feed.

Tilely is a calm activity timer, daily planner, and time review app that turns what you actually do into a clear visual day. You do not need to plan every minute first. Choose an activity and task, then start when you are ready, pause when life interrupts, and add optional photos or notes when you finish. Work, study, reading, exercise, family time, chores, and rest become visible blocks in your calendar. At the end of the day, trends help you see where your time went — and what you accomplished. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Start when ready: Choose a favorite activity and task from Home before timing • Plan today: Add one-time or repeating items, then check them off or start a timer • Time flexibly: Pause, resume, finish, or exit without saving • Take real breaks: Choose a 5, 10, or 20-minute countdown, or rest without a timer • See your time: Compare plans with actual time in day, week, and month views • Fix missed entries: Add records later and adjust their start or end time • Keep a visual journal: Attach photos and notes to completed activities • Review your rhythm: Explore activity rankings, trends, and period comparisons • Use Apple Watch: Check today's total and quickly start favorite activities • Export your data: Create JSON, CSV, and media exports whenever you want • Sync with iCloud: No Tilely account required • Stay distraction-free: No ads or third-party analytics The free version includes the complete timer and break flow, up to 12 visible activities, all timeline history, basic 7-day and 30-day reports, and permanent access to detailed records you created. Tilely Pro offers a lifetime purchase, with annual and monthly subscriptions also available. Every Pro option unlocks task insights, custom date ranges, plan and actual time comparisons, customizable PDF reports, and unlimited activities. Subscriptions can be managed from your Apple Account, the lifetime option does not renew, and Apple handles payments and purchase restoration. Your data is stored on your device first and can sync through Apple CloudKit to your private iCloud database. Detailed photos currently remain on your device. Build your day, one tile at a time. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://jacklv-coder.github.io/tilely-site/privacy/