LightYou vs CapBox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LightYou
Save, organize, and understand web articles with AI. This app transforms your reading into a searchable knowledge vault, offering a distraction-free reader, annotation tools, and spaced repetition for long-term retention. It prioritizes user privacy with local storage and optional WebDAV sync.
- One-tap article saving
- Customizable reader view
- Highlighting and annotation
- AI-powered chat and summaries
- Spaced repetition review
- WebDAV sync for cross-device access
- Offline reading
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LightYou — Your Reading Library, Reimagined Save every article worth reading. Highlight what matters. Ask AI anything about your library. LightYou turns the web into your personal, searchable knowledge vault. ▸ SAVE IN ONE TAP Share from Safari, Twitter, or anywhere on iOS. LightYou extracts the article content — no ads, no clutter, just the words. ▸ BEAUTIFUL READER Customize font, size, and theme (light, sepia, dark). Reader view strips out distractions so you can focus on what matters. ▸ HIGHLIGHT & ANNOTATE Select any text to highlight it in three colors. Add private notes. Your highlights become a searchable knowledge base. ▸ AI-POWERED UNDERSTANDING Chat with any article — ask questions, get summaries, translate passages, or explain difficult concepts. Powered by your choice of LLM API. ▸ SPACED REPETITION REVIEW LightYou surfaces articles worth revisiting on a spaced schedule, so the ideas you care about stay with you long-term. ▸ HOME SCREEN WIDGET A beautiful iOS widget keeps your top review items one glance away — with native dark mode support. ▸ WEBDAV SYNC Sync articles, highlights, and notes across all your devices via your own WebDAV server. Your data stays yours — no third-party accounts required. ▸ PRIVACY FIRST All articles stored locally on your device. AI requests use your own API keys. Optional WebDAV sync uses your own server. We never see your data. ▸ OFFLINE READING Saved articles are cached locally — read anytime, anywhere, with no connection. ▸ BEAUTIFUL IN BOTH LANGUAGES Full Chinese and English support, with typography that respects each language. Whether you're a researcher, student, writer, or just a curious reader, LightYou helps you go from "I'll read this later" to actually reading, understanding, and remembering. Start building your library today.
CapBox
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Your camera roll keeps filling up with screenshots you'll never find again. CapBox helps you file them into folders fast, so everything stays easy to find. What CapBox does - File screenshots and photos into folders one at a time or in batches. Folders are real albums in the Photos app, and you can import the albums you already have - Toss the ones you don't need into the trash, then delete them all at once - Search the text inside your photos to find the folder or shot you're looking for Everything happens on your device — nothing is ever uploaded anywhere. CapBox is free, with no in-app purchases. Privacy Policy: https://www.kkirukstudio.com/legal/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CapBox at none against LightYou's 1. CapBox also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). LightYou's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. LightYou sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CapBox asks for nothing beyond the download.
LightYou ships an update every 3 weeks, CapBox every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | LightYou | CapBox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 涛 李 | SungHyuk Yoon |
In-app purchases
LightYou
- LightYou Support Tip$1.99
CapBox
No in-app purchases









