Readio vs SyncBridge Tasks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Readio
This app transforms web articles, PDFs, and documents into audio for offline listening. It offers a personalized podcast-like experience with on-device processing and seamless integration with your device's audio controls. Enjoy your content anywhere, anytime, without accounts or tracking.
- On-device text-to-speech
- Adjustable playback speed
- Offline article and PDF listening
- CarPlay and Lock Screen controls
- Podcast feed integration
- Customizable reader themes and fonts
- Background audio playback
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Readio turns the articles, PDFs, and documents you read into audio you can listen to - like a personal podcast feed built from anything on the web. Share a link from Safari, paste a URL, drop in a PDF, or subscribe to an RSS feed. Built entirely on-device. Runs on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Mac. No accounts. No tracking. No subscription. One price, yours forever. LISTEN ANYWHERE * High-quality on-device text-to-speech with a full Siri voice picker * Pitch-preserving 0.5x-2x playback - no chipmunk effect * Skip forward / back, jump by paragraph, scrub the timeline * Resumes where you left off, even across reboots * Auto-advance respects your progress - finished articles let the next queued one resume; Skip Next restarts fresh * Adjustable pause between articles, plus a sleep timer with "stop at end of article" PODCASTS & AUDIO * Add a podcast episode by RSS feed, direct audio link, episode page, or a local audio file * Plays right alongside your articles - same player, queue, CarPlay, and Lock Screen controls * Filter your Library to just audio, with a mic badge marking episodes WORKS WITH YOUR LIFE * CarPlay with pre-rendered audio for stutter-free highway driving * Articles render to disk in the background so wireless playback uses a real audio file * Lock screen, Control Center, Bluetooth, AirPods, and car-stereo controls all wired up * Background audio that survives phone calls without auto-resuming * Share extension - send any URL from any app into your queue A PLAYER THAT FEELS RIGHT * Tap the mini player and the artwork flies up into the full player with a matched-geometry morph * Album-style zoom into playlists and detail views * Animated waveform on whichever article is currently playing * Twelve accent palettes and iOS 26 Liquid Glass chrome throughout CLEAN READER VIEW * Five themes (Auto, Light, Sepia, Dark, Black) and eight reading-optimized fonts * Drop-cap opener, wider iPad column, sticky header with a live "X min left" pill * Tap to immerse - toolbars hide for distraction-free reading; one tap brings them back * Long-press any sentence to share it as a beautifully-rendered quote image * Read and listen interchangeably - your position syncs across both modes DOCUMENTS, NOT JUST ARTICLES * Import PDFs, HTML files, plain text, and Markdown * Read in the native viewer or extracted into the reader and listened to * Stored on-device - never sent to a server * Open from Files, AirDrop, or any share sheet KEEP THE WHOLE PAGE * Save full-page snapshots - code blocks, images, and layout intact * Available offline once captured, viewable from inside the article * Per-article default view, or turn it on globally SMART PLAYLISTS * Today, Quick Listens, Long Reads, Recently Played, Unstarted — auto-curated for the time you have * Build your own with a rule editor: by source, by length, by recency * Updates live as your library changes; tap to listen to the whole set ORGANIZE * Continue Listening carousel - pick up where you stopped on every in-progress article * Playlists with custom gradients and SF Symbol icons * Drag-to-reorder queue, swipe-to-remove, Edit button so handles are always visible * Long-press in Library, Search, or Up Next for one-tap Play, Start Over, Add to Queue, Move to Top, Archive, Delete * Auto-archive completed articles - restorable from Archive any time * Search with sort and instant keyboard dismiss * iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad RSS FEEDS * Subscribe to any feed - articles import automatically and are ready to listen * Smart deduplication so the same article never queues twice * "Restored from Archive" indicator when a re-shared article is already in your library PRIVATE BY DESIGN * Articles fetched directly from the source over HTTPS * Nothing leaves your device except the article URL itself * No analytics, no telemetry, no third-party SDKs * One-time payment - no subscription, no ads, ever REQUIRES iOS 17 OR LATER. Designed for iPhone and iPad. Compatible with Apple Silicon Mac.
SyncBridge Tasks
Effortlessly keep your tasks synchronized between Apple Reminders and Google Tasks. Manually initiate syncs or automate them with Shortcuts. The Pro version unlocks multiple sync pairs for enhanced organization.
- Sync Apple Reminders and Google Tasks
- Sync task titles, notes, completion status, and dates
- Manual sync option
- Automatic sync on app open/return
- Apple Shortcuts integration
- Multiple sync pairs with Pro version
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SyncBridge is a simple app for syncing lists between Apple Reminders and Google Tasks. It is designed for people who use Apple Reminders on their Apple devices and Google Tasks with their Google account, and want to keep basic task information aligned across both services. Choose one Apple Reminders list and one Google Tasks list, then tap Sync Now. SyncBridge does not automatically guess which lists should be paired. Only the lists you choose are synced. SyncBridge syncs task titles, notes, completion status, and dates. In addition to manual sync, SyncBridge can sync when you open or return to the app. You can also use the Sync Now action in Apple Shortcuts to create an automation that runs sync when the Reminders app is opened or closed. The free version lets you create one sync pair. SyncBridge Pro lets you create multiple sync pairs, so you can sync separate Reminders and Google Tasks lists for different uses. SyncBridge stores sync settings and task matching information on your device. It does not store your tasks on its own server.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SyncBridge Tasks at Free against Readio's $4.99. Readio's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0). On ratings volume, 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
SyncBridge Tasks is free to download; Readio costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Readio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Readio | SyncBridge Tasks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jaswanth Reddy | Sanko System Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
Readio
SyncBridge Tasks
In-app purchases
Readio
No in-app purchases
SyncBridge Tasks
No in-app purchases









