ReadInstead vs Gotcha

You opened YouTube to watch one specific video. By the time you found it, three other thumbnails had pulled at you, autoplay had queued the next thing, and the speaker was already four minutes in at a pace you did not set. The content is good. The interface is the problem. ReadInstead turns the videos you already trust into full articles you can actually stay with. The same creators, the same talks, the same lectures and interviews and long-form thinking - in a quiet reader where the medium stops moving and you set the pace. Reading is not slower than watching. What changes is your attention. Video carries you through. Reading asks you to stay. One channel, no edits, no autoplay countdown - just the argument and you. This is not a summarizer. It is a faithful reformatter. The article is structured for the page, with headings, paragraphs, examples, and the reasoning that connects one idea to the next. The creator's reasoning stays. Their examples stay. Their conclusions stay. The AI is a typesetter, not an author. FIVE READING SHAPES, ONE SOURCE The article takes the shape that fits the read. - Textbook - definitions, structure, study-ready recaps - Newspaper - conclusions first, built for scanning - Analytical - premises, evidence, the shape of the argument - Essay - a reflective read that keeps the speaker close - Detective - the idea unfolds like an investigation The mode changes structure, not what the creator said. DESIGNED FOR READING - Search YouTube, browse channels, or paste a URL - Start with a video you would genuinely like to read - Choose full, medium, or brief length - Read in 26 supported languages - Save articles to your library - Resume reading across devices - Customize font, size, line height, and theme - Use Focus Mode when you want the interface to disappear Articles end. No autoplay after the last line. No recommendation feed under the page. CALM BY DESIGN ReadInstead does not run advertising or third-party tracking SDKs, and there are no third-party analytics SDKs inside the app. No streaks, no notifications pushing you back, no engagement traps. The app is built to be opened, used, and put down - and to be a place you actually want to return to, on your own time. WHAT THIS IS FOR For the reader who already knows reading feels better. For the saved-tab list that keeps growing. For the lecture you wanted to take in, the interview you wanted to think about, the talk you would rather sit with than scroll past. Same creators. Quieter medium. Articles that end. ReadInstead is free to start. Previously generated articles stay in your library permanently. readinstead.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Gotcha is a free animal identifier, bird identifier and bug identifier. Every photo you take becomes a species in your collection and an animal in the zoo you build. Gotcha is a free animal identifier app for iPhone. Photograph any animal, bird, insect, spider, snake, reptile, frog, butterfly or fish and it identifies the species, cuts it out of the photo, and adds it to your collection. Then the animals move into a wildlife zoo park you build and run as a tycoon. Gotcha turns the world outside your door into a collection game. See an animal, a bird, or a bug? Snap a photo. Gotcha cuts the creature out, identifies the species, and files it in your index. Then it moves into your park. NEW IN 2.0: BUILD YOUR PARK Every animal you photograph now has somewhere to live. You inherit an old zoo. Closed for years, grown over, forgotten by everyone except Kody. Clear the boulder out of the gateway, lay a path in from the gate, raise your first habitat, and move in an animal you photographed yourself. Then open the turnstiles and let the visitors through. - Every animal in your park is one you caught in real life - Build grassland and desert habitats, and feed your animals to grow them - Lay paths, place decorations, and clear land to make room for more - Keepers do the building, one job at a time. Gems finish any job right now - Your gate keeps taking ticket money while the app is closed CLIMB THE LEAGUES Your crowd is your score. Pull a bigger crowd and your park climbs eight leagues, from a roadside stop all the way to a world wonder. Every week brings a new twist that the whole game plays at once. VISIT YOUR FRIENDS Walk into a friend's park, see what they made of theirs, and leave one park your vote for the day. Fame is given, never taken. THE ZOO PASS A new season every 28 days, with a free reward track you fill by playing. Stars are earned by running your park, never bought. CATCH ANYTHING THAT MOVES - 2,200+ real species to find, across six rarity tiers - Snap any animal, bird, insect, spider, snake, frog or fish and get an instant identification - The creature is cut cleanly out of your photo, right on your device - Caught species fill in as color stickers. The rest wait as silhouettes - Food for your animals comes from one place only: out there, with your camera KODY SHOWS YOU AROUND Kody is your park's mascot, and he is the one who found the place. He walks you through opening day and turns up whenever there is something worth knowing. GOTCHA+ Gotcha is free to play. Gotcha+ is an optional subscription that adds the premium season track, a fourth keeper, unlimited catching, and a gate that holds a full day of takings. You can catch, identify, and build a park without it. So go outside. The park is not going to fill itself!