Comparison

NoteBlob vs SpeedReader

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

Head to head
About

NoteBlob

This app is a markdown note editor that uses Git for version control, ensuring no proprietary formats or complex systems. It offers a powerful editor, full-text search, and a simple Git workflow for managing your notes. Your notes are stored in your own repository, providing open-source freedom and no vendor lock-in.

Highlights
  • Markdown editor
  • Full-text search
  • Git commit, push, merge workflow
  • Note linking
  • GitHub token backup
Features
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NoteBlob is a free and opensource markdown note editor for ios and macos backed by git. No proprietary formats, no complex versioning ; just a clean git client built for note taking and AI integration. ## WHY ANOTHER NOTE APP? Notes can be confidential and personal, yet note editors usually rely on opaque technologies and, at some point, a payment system. Notes should be easy to edit, versioned, independent of any company, exportable, and confidential. Moreover, in the age of AI, your notes should be model-readable and ready to process. NoteBlob fixes that by relying on something other than itself: at its core, it uses Git and Markdown, the most universal, well-known technologies for editing and backing up data. NoteBlob is simply an interface that makes the experience more user-friendly and iOS-compatible. It provides no custom mechanism or technology, the source of truth remains your Markdown files and your Git repository. Tired of it? Just delete the app; your notes stay in your Git repo as plain Markdown files. ## FEATURES - Markdown editor with a powerful live preview and a fast native editor - GitHub sync a straightforward commit, push, and merge workflow - Full-text search across all your notes / folders - Plugins enhance user experience by importing JS modules. -- Mermaid -- Syntax highlighting And more

About

SpeedReader

Features
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## App Description Reading shouldn't be this hard. SpeedReader is a free Safari extension that lets you speed read any web page using RSVP (Rapid Serial Visual Presentation) — showing one word at a time at a controlled pace. For neurodivergent readers — people with ADHD, dyslexia, or other processing differences — traditional reading is exhausting. Eyes jump between lines, focus drifts mid-paragraph, and articles get abandoned halfway through. RSVP removes the cognitive overhead of eye tracking and line scanning, so your brain just processes. **How it works** Tap the SpeedReader icon in Safari's toolbar. The article text is extracted automatically and words appear one at a time with a highlighted focus point. Tap anywhere to pause, tap again to resume. That's it. **Features** • Focus-point highlighting — each word highlights its optimal recognition point, the letter your eye naturally anchors to • Context preview — pause and see the surrounding sentence to re-orient quickly • Punctuation pacing — periods and commas add natural micro-pauses so content flows like speech • Speed control — 100 to 600 words per minute • OpenDyslexic font — toggle the dyslexia-friendly font with one tap • Light and dark mode — follows your system theme or override manually • Keyboard shortcuts — on Mac and iPad: Space to play/pause, arrows to navigate • Text selection fallback — select any text on a page and speed read just that • Works entirely offline — no data leaves your device No accounts. No subscriptions. No tracking. Free and open source.

Screenshots

NoteBlob4 screens
SpeedReader1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SpeedReader at 17.0 against NoteBlob's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

NoteBlob ships an update weekly, SpeedReader every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on August 11, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
NoteBlob versus SpeedReader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoteBlobSpeedReader
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGaetan ZanellaChris Cantu

In-app purchases

None

NoteBlob

No in-app purchases

None

SpeedReader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NoteBlob free?
NoteBlob is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SpeedReader free?
SpeedReader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NoteBlob or SpeedReader have ads?
Neither NoteBlob nor SpeedReader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NoteBlob or SpeedReader?
NoteBlob ships an update weekly, and SpeedReader every 4 days. Most recently, NoteBlob was updated on August 11, 2026 and SpeedReader on September 18, 2026.

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