Comparison

Sola. vs Yomiage

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

Head to head
About

Sola.

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Sola.は、青空文庫の豊富な文学作品を快適に読むための電子書籍リーダーです。 【主な特徴】 ◆ 縦書き/横書きレイアウトの切り替え 紙の本のような縦書きレイアウトで楽しむことも、あるいは、普段スマホで読み慣れた横書きレイアウトで気軽に読むこともできます。読みやすさにこだわったデザインです。 ◆ 豊富な作品 夏目漱石「こころ」「坊っちゃん」 芥川龍之介「羅生門」「蜘蛛の糸」 太宰治「人間失格」「走れメロス」 宮沢賢治「銀河鉄道の夜」「注文の多い料理店」 など、17,000作品以上の名作が無料で読めます。 ◆ オフライン読書 一度ダウンロードすれば、インターネット接続なしでいつでもどこでも読書を楽しめます。 ◆ 読書管理 ・読書中、未読、読了、お気に入りで整理 ・読書進捗を自動保存 ・本棚のリスト表示とグリッド表示を切り替え可能 ◆ 検索機能 タイトルや著者名から素早く作品を検索。読みたい本がすぐに見つかります。 ◆ カスタマイズ ・ライトモード/ダークモード対応 ・お好みのテーマカラーに変更可能 ・フォントサイズ調整 ◆ iPad対応 大画面でも快適に使える、レスポンシブデザイン。 ◆ プライバシー重視 個人情報の収集は一切なし。すべてのデータは端末内に保存されます。 【青空文庫について】 青空文庫は、著作権が切れた文学作品や著作権者が許可した作品を、ボランティアの方々が電子化し、無料で公開しているプロジェクトです。本アプリは青空文庫の公式アプリではありませんが、そのデータを利用させていただいています。 【こんな方におすすめ】 ・日本の古典文学を読みたい方 ・青空文庫を快適に読みたい方 ・縦書きでも横書きでも読書したい方 ・通勤・通学中に読書を楽しみたい方 ・オフラインで本を読みたい方 Sola.で、文学の世界をお楽しみください。

About

Yomiage

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Listen to PDFs, EPUB books, Word files and web articles with every core reading tool included at no cost: no account, no ads, no tracking. Follow along as each sentence is highlighted, search and bookmark passages, and keep listening through long documents. Core reading runs on your device and works offline. A note on voices: Yomiage reads with the voices built into your iPhone. For the most natural sound, download an Enhanced or Premium voice in Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content > Voices. (Siri voices can't be used by third-party apps.) ■ READ YOUR DOCUMENTS ALOUD • PDFs with selectable text, EPUB, DOCX and TXT. Scanned or photographed pages aren't supported (no OCR) • Web articles: paste a URL, or share from Safari and other apps • Sentence-by-sentence highlighting that follows the voice • Speed, pitch and pauses between paragraphs • Sleep timer (5–60 minutes) for commutes, chores and bedtime • Multi-part documents play continuously • Full-text search and bookmarks • English and Japanese voices are chosen automatically from the document's language • Drama Mode reads dialogue and narration in different voices • Touch and hold a word to set how it should be pronounced ■ LISTEN & PRACTICE: AUDIO AND VIDEO PLAYER Import mp3 / wav / m4a / mp4 / mov for listening practice: • A-B repeat for any passage you choose • Waveform scrubbing to jump back instantly • Speed presets • A mini player that keeps playing while you move around the app • Lock screen and headphone controls, background playback ■ LEARNING JAPANESE? 17,000+ CLASSICS BUILT IN Browse and download public-domain Japanese literature from the built-in Aozora Bunko catalog (Natsume Sōseki, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kenji Miyazawa and more). The texts are in Japanese; their furigana is used to choose readings. ■ HANDS-FREE AND ACCESSIBLE • Siri and Shortcuts to play and continue • Spotlight search for your documents (you can turn it off) • VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support • An alternative for people who prefer listening because of dyslexia, eye strain or low vision • Split view and keyboard shortcuts on iPad ■ PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account or sign-in, no ads, no behavioral data collection, no tracking • No third-party SDKs • Imported documents are read with on-device iOS voices Importing a web article needs an internet connection. Optional AI features send the text you choose to the provider whose API key you set up, only after you agree, and you can withdraw consent at any time. ■ YOMIAGE PREMIUM (OPTIONAL, AUTO-RENEWING SUBSCRIPTION) Everything above works without Premium. Premium unlocks integrations for people who already have OpenAI or Speechify API access: • Text cleanup, chapter insights and summaries, using your own OpenAI API key • Cloud voices, emotion styles and MP3 export, using your own Speechify API key Important: Premium includes no AI credits, API access or cloud voice time. Those providers bill you separately, and without your own API key the Premium features won't work. Premium is offered monthly or yearly. The price for your region is shown in the app before you buy. ■ SUBSCRIPTION TERMS • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews at the same price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Manage or cancel any time in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy Policy: https://legal-pages-hiros-projects-fdd12c60.vercel.app/privacy#tts-reader-en

Screenshots

Sola.4 screens
Yomiage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Yomiage at every 3 weeks against Sola.'s every 2 months. Sola.'s advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sola. ships an update every 2 months, Yomiage every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Sola. versus Yomiage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSola.Yomiage
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMewgonhiroyuki matsuzaki

In-app purchases

None

Sola.

No in-app purchases

None

Yomiage

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sola. free?
Sola. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yomiage free?
Yomiage is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sola. or Yomiage have ads?
Neither Sola. nor Yomiage shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sola. or Yomiage?
Sola. ships an update every 2 months, and Yomiage every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sola. was updated on November 5, 2026 and Yomiage on November 5, 2026.

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