Kioku vs DocReader

Kioku is a personal knowledge library for Mac. Save articles, PDFs, websites, and your own Markdown notes into organized vaults you can read, search, annotate, and keep with you offline. Use Kioku to turn scattered research into a calm, durable library. Paste a URL to archive a single page, save a PDF from your Mac, or crawl more of a site when you want a deeper reference vault. Kioku stores your content as Markdown with downloaded assets, so your library stays portable and readable outside the app. Write your own notes with a focused Markdown editor, add images, create internal links, and keep authored notes separate from saved web pages. While reading, select passages to save excerpts and notes so important ideas do not disappear after the first pass. Kioku also includes optional local AI features for summaries, retrieval, chat, and study cards. Supported models run on your Mac, keeping those experiences local to your device. Features: Save articles, PDFs, pages, and websites into Markdown vaults Read saved content offline in a native Mac interface Write and edit Markdown notes Organize saved pages into vaults Search your library Annotate passages and save excerpts Generate summaries with optional on-device AI Create study cards from saved pages and notes Store content in a local or iCloud Drive-backed folder Keep your library portable with Markdown files and assets Kioku is for readers, researchers, students, builders, and anyone who wants a quieter place to collect what matters.

DOCREADER — READ PDFS & EPUBS, LISTEN OFFLINE, KEEP YOUR LIBRARY LOCAL DocReader is a full-featured reader for study, work, and leisure: open PDFs and EPUBs from your device, resume where you stopped, and switch to read-aloud with highlighting when your eyes need a rest. Reading and listening with system or offline voices is free—no account needed. READ-ALOUD & VOICES Start, pause, or stop from the toolbar; highlighting follows speech where content supports it. Skip chosen headings or lines in manuals and reference EPUBs. • System TTS: built-in voices, no download. • Kokoro offline voices (Sherpa ONNX): natural speech from an optional pack, synthesized on-device. • Supertonic: an optional pack for very fast on-device speech—great for long documents and cooler phones. Adjust rate and speaker, or keep the screen awake during playback. READING COMFORT Light, dark, or system theme, with a PDF dark mode tuned for legibility. Set default PDF and EPUB scale (fit page, fit width, and more) and scroll speed. In-document panels keep theme, fonts, and voice settings a tap away. LIBRARY & FORMATS Recent documents with timestamps on the home screen. Open files through the system picker, and DocReader remembers your last page or section. Beyond PDF and EPUB, open Markdown, text, logs, subtitles, JSON, CSV, source code, HTML, and common images. SCANNED PDFS / OCR When a PDF has no text layer, on-device OCR recovers text for reading and read-aloud, without sending page images to a cloud OCR service. PROJECT GUTENBERG Browse and download public-domain titles when online; they join your library for offline reading and listening. DOCREADER PREMIUM (OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION) Everything above is free. A subscription adds: • Background listening: keep reading aloud with the screen off or in other apps • Premium cloud voices: natural, expressive voices from leading speech providers • Sync: your books (1 GB of cloud storage) and reading progress on every device signed in to your account • Monthly credits for premium voices, used by how much you listen Subscribing requires a free DocReader account. Your plan and credits are shared across your devices. AVAILABLE PLANS • Lite: USD 4.99 / month, 2,500 credits each month • Pro: USD 14.99 / month, 7,500 credits each month Credit packs (one-time purchases for subscribers; credits never expire): • 2,500 credits: USD 4.99 • 10,000 credits: USD 19.99 Prices may vary by country and are shown in your local currency before you buy. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS • Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. • Subscriptions renew automatically at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. • Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Cancelling stops the next renewal; your plan stays active until the period ends. • Unused monthly credits expire at the end of each period. TERMS & PRIVACY Terms of Use: https://docreaderapp.blogspot.com/2026/04/docreader-terms-and-conditions-of-use.html Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docreaderapp.blogspot.com/2026/04/docreader-privacy-policy.html Your library, preferences, and reading positions stay on your device unless you subscribe and sync. The network is used only for features you choose: Gutenberg, voice-pack downloads, cloud voices (the text being read is sent to the speech provider), and sync. SUPPORT Questions or bugs: 2asoftwaredevelopers@gmail.com or reach us through the contact us page in the app.