Good Things Tree vs Readmate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Good Things Tree
Cultivate a digital tree by logging positive moments, big or small. Share appreciation with others by sending them virtual gifts that grow on their trees. Explore different tree types and ambient sounds for a personalized sanctuary.
- Log positive moments
- Digital tree visualization
- Send appreciation to others
- Browser-based sharing
- Multiple tree types
- Ambient sound options
- Review past entries
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What if every good thing you noticed actually went somewhere? Good Things Tree is a living 3D tree that grows from whatever you're glad happened. Not affirmations. Not prompts. Just... the stuff. "The barista remembered my name." "Mom called for no reason." "Someone brought cupcakes today." Each one becomes a real leaf on a real (okay, digital) tree. Leave it alone for a week. Come back. Your tree is still there, holding everything you gave it. It's weirdly loyal like that. SEND ONE TO SOMEONE Notice something good about a person? Tag them. They'll get a link that says "someone noticed something good about you." No download needed — it opens in any browser. On your tree, it shows up as a flower. If they send one back, a fruit appears on yours. You didn't ask for it. You can't ask for it. It just shows up, like a good surprise should. PICK YOUR TREE Four plant types, each with its own vibe. Classic tree. Cherry blossom. Autumn oak. Redwood. They grow differently, change with the seasons, and look genuinely beautiful at 4pm when the light does that thing. Turn on ambient sounds — wind, birdsong, crickets — or don't. Your tree, your rules. THE PART NOBODY EXPECTS You'll download this to add things. But you'll keep opening it to re-read them. Tap a branch. Scroll back three weeks. Find the one about the stranger who held the door and said "you look like you're having a day." You completely forgot about that. Your tree didn't. FRIENDS, NOT FOLLOWERS Tag people. See their trees. No feed. No likes. No comments section where someone says "first." Just trees growing next to each other, quietly. That's the whole social feature and honestly it's enough. WHAT THIS ISN'T No streaks. No scores. No "you haven't logged in for 3 days!" guilt trips. You show up when you want. You notice what you notice. The tree doesn't care about your consistency. It just keeps what you gave it. Built for the good things that deserved more than a thumbs-up emoji.
Readmate
This app helps you revisit and organize your saved book highlights and personal notes. It syncs with your reading history, allowing you to rediscover meaningful passages and share them as beautifully designed cards. Keep your favorite quotes accessible through widgets and search functionality.
- Sync WeRead highlights and thoughts
- Organize highlights by book
- Daily highlight reminders
- Search highlights and books
- Create shareable highlight cards
- Home screen widgets for highlights and bookshelf
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Some lines stay with you longer than the book itself. Every line you save means something to you. Revisit it later, and it may mean something different. Readmate brings them back. Sync your books, highlights, thoughts, and reading history from WeRead, and keep the words you once highlighted together on your own bookshelf. Revisit old highlights, read the thoughts you wrote at the time, find a line you remember, or turn a favorite passage into a card worth sharing. Sync your WeRead highlights & thoughts There is no need to organize everything you have already highlighted all over again. • Sync books, highlights, thoughts, and reading history from WeRead • Keep highlights and thoughts organized by book • Sync again to bring in newly saved highlights and thoughts • Return to books you have read from your bookshelf Your highlights. And the thoughts between. Sometimes what stays with you is not just the passage, but what you thought when you read it. • A note corner peeks out beside highlights with thoughts, pull it out to read what you wrote at the time • Switch to see what other readers wrote on the same passage, or browse all notes and reviews in Book Info • Tear off any note to copy the text, save it as an image, or share it Scroll through past highlights A line you highlighted does not have to be something you see only once. Scroll through your saved highlights in Readmate and rediscover words from your past reading. It might be something you highlighted yesterday, or a sentence from a book you finished years ago. Revisit a highlight every day Let something you once highlighted find its way back to you. • Set a daily highlight reminder • Rediscover a past highlight each day • Open Readmate directly from the reminder • Keep saved highlights and your bookshelf on your Home Screen with widgets You do not have to remember which book to open. A line you wanted to keep can simply show up again. Find the line you remember Remember a few words, but not where they came from? Search your books, authors, or highlight text to find the passage in your collection and return to the book it came from. Share the words worth keeping Some words are worth keeping. Some are worth passing on. • Turn highlights into beautifully designed cards • Choose from different templates, typography, and layouts • Adjust text size, line spacing, margins, and aspect ratios • Keep the book title, author, and attribution • Give longer passages room to breathe with multi-page or full-length layouts • Export cards and share them with other apps Keep highlights and your bookshelf on your Home Screen You do not have to open Readmate to view an old highlight again. Choose from different Daily Quotes and Bookshelf widget sizes and keep your books and saved lines where you can see them. A quick glance can bring back a book, a passage, or the reason you highlighted those words in the first place. Your reading stays on your device Readmate does not require an account. Your reading data is stored on your device. Your WeRead API key is securely stored in iOS Keychain, and highlight cards are rendered on device. Readmate currently supports WeRead, with more reading sources planned for the future. Some features require a one-time purchase. Readmate is an independent, unofficial product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Tencent or WeRead. WeRead and related names, logos, and trademarks belong to Tencent and their respective rights holders. Questions or feedback: hello@readmate.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Good Things Tree at none against Readmate's 1. Good Things Tree also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Readmate's advantage is ratings volume (40 vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Readmate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Good Things Tree asks for nothing beyond the download.
Good Things Tree holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Readmate has 40 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Good Things Tree ships an update every 9 days, Readmate every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Good Things Tree | Readmate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 89.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 181 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Evovance LLC | WHITESSPACE SDN. BHD. |
In-app purchases
Good Things Tree
No in-app purchases
Readmate
- Lifetime$2.99
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