Comparison

Must Read This vs Learn Something New

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

Head to head
About

Must Read This

Features
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Must Read This is a daily reading app for people who want to learn consistently without committing to long, heavy content. Choose the topics you care about, pick your reading depth, and get short article recommendations designed to fit into a busy day. Read in your language, save favorites, listen with read-aloud mode, and come back anytime for a quick learning session. What you can do in Must Read This: - Get personalized daily reading recommendations - Explore science, history, technology, philosophy, psychology, space, health, art, lifestyle, nature, economy, and more - Read short knowledge articles with estimated reading time - Switch between languages - Customize font, size, line spacing, theme, and focus mode - Save bookmarks and keep your reading history - Listen to articles with built-in text-to-speech - Rate articles and leave comments - Share interesting reads with friends Must Read This is designed to make learning feel calm, practical, and sustainable, one short reading session at a time.

About

Learn Something New

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Learn something new every day โ€” in the same time you'd spend doomscrolling. Swipe an endless feed of real encyclopedia articles, stop on whatever grabs you, and actually keep what you read. Most feeds are built to keep you numb. This one is built to make a fact stick. Every article you open can be turned into a short summary you'll finish, an explain-it-simply version when the topic is dense, a set of flashcards, or a quick quiz โ€” so the thing you read at 11pm is still in your head next week. A daily streak, a reading goal in minutes, and a weekly report keep the habit honest. WHAT YOU GET - An endless feed of fascinating articles you can filter by topic โ€” space, history, science, art, weird trivia - Long articles turned into a 1, 3, or 5-minute read, plus an "explain it simply" version and a "why it matters" take - Flashcards and multiple-choice quizzes generated from any article, so reading turns into remembering - Articles read aloud hands-free while you walk, cook, or commute - A personal library: bookmarks, named folders, and full reading history you can go back to - A daily streak, streak calendar, progress dashboard, and weekly report that show the habit adding up PERFECT FOR - Doomscrollers who want the same thumb habit to leave something behind - Students and lifelong learners who study best in five-minute pieces - Trivia and pub-quiz people stockpiling facts worth repeating - Anyone with a commute, a queue, or ten idle minutes to fill WHY NOT JUST BROWSE THE ENCYCLOPEDIA YOURSELF? Because a raw encyclopedia page is a wall of text with no reason to come back. Here the article arrives already sized to your attention span, with a flashcard deck and a quiz one tap away, a Daily Pack waiting each morning, a 5-Minute session when time is short, and Focus Mode when you want one article and zero distractions. The site gives you information; this gives you a habit. PRIVACY No account, no sign-up, no email. Your bookmarks, folders, history, streak, and quiz results stay on your iPhone. Reminders are optional and stay off until you turn them on. FULL ACCESS The feed, search, Daily Pack, bookmarks, and three AI-assisted article tools a day are free. Full Access unlocks unlimited summaries, explain-it-simply, why-it-matters, ask-a-question and mind maps; flashcards and quizzes for every article; 5-Minute Mode and Focus Mode; unlimited bookmarks and folders; and the progress dashboard with weekly reports. Available as a weekly plan, a yearly plan, or a one-time lifetime unlock โ€” pick one, and cancel a subscription anytime in Settings. ABOUT THE CONTENT Article text comes from Wikipedia and is available under the CC BY-SA license. This is an independent reading app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation. An internet connection is required to load articles. Open this feed tonight instead of the one you always open, and start a streak. Terms of Use (EULA): https://web-levi.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://web-levi.web.app/privacy-policy Questions? Email tphuc.work@gmail.com

Screenshots

Must Read This4 screens
Learn Something New4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Must Read This at none against Learn Something New's 3. Must Read This also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Learn Something New sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Must Read This asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Must Read This versus Learn Something New: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMust Read ThisLearn Something New
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size46 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYusuf OZACETPhuc Pham

In-app purchases

None

Must Read This

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Learn Something New

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Premium$5.997 Days
  • Annual Premium$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$59.99

Questions

Is Must Read This free?
Must Read This is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Learn Something New free?
Learn Something New is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Must Read This or Learn Something New have ads?
Neither Must Read This nor Learn Something New shows ads.

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