Comparison

TLDR Books vs Readur

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

Head to head
About

TLDR Books

Access concise summaries of books in 5 or 10 minutes. Learn faster from key ideas, save books for later, and discover new reads by topic or author. AI-generated content aims to capture central ideas but may contain errors.

Highlights
  • 5 or 10-minute book summaries
  • Continue reading progress
  • Personalized home feed
  • Explore by topic/author
  • Save books for later
  • Search titles and authors
  • Light/dark/sepia themes
Features
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TLDR Books gives you the core ideas of any book in 5 or 10 minutes — wherever you are. Learn faster from the books you wish you had time to read. Save the ones you want to come back to. Request the ones we haven't covered yet. FEATURES • Two summary lengths — 5 min or 10 min, switchable mid-book • Continue Reading right where you left off • Curated picks for you on Home • Browse Explore by topic, author, popularity, or what's new • Save books to read later in My Books • Search across titles, authors, and topics • Light, dark, or sepia reading themes • Designed natively for iOS 26 with Liquid Glass • Sign in with Apple, Google, or email IMPORTANT — AI-GENERATED CONTENT Summaries in TLDR Books are generated by an AI model (Anthropic Claude). They aim to capture the central ideas of each book, but they are not exact reproductions and they can contain errors or omissions. Always go to the original source for critical decisions. PRIVACY We collect the minimum needed to make the app work — your name, email (for sign-in), reading progress, saved books, and notes. We never sell your data and we never use it for ad tracking. You can delete your account and all associated data at any time from Profile → Manage Account → Delete Account. SUBSCRIPTION Premium Yearly is optional and unlocks unlimited book summaries, priority generation, and early access to new features. The yearly plan is $49.99/year in the United States with a 1-week free trial where available. Payment is charged to your Apple ID and renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. TERMS Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tldrbook.app/privacy QUESTIONS support@alethiconsulting.com https://tldrbook.app/help

About

Readur

Transform any text into spoken word with natural-sounding voices that run entirely on your device. Import articles, PDFs, or scanned pages and listen offline with customizable playback speeds and features like background playback and a sleep timer.

Highlights
  • Text-to-speech conversion
  • Offline playback
  • Nine neural voices
  • Customizable playback speed
  • Background audio
  • Sleep timer
  • Text highlighting
Features
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Readur turns anything you want to read into something you can listen to. Paste a link, share an article from Safari, import an EPUB or a PDF, scan a printed page with the camera, or just paste text. Readur pulls out the actual writing — no navigation, no cookie banners, no comment sections — and reads it aloud in a voice you choose. NINE NEURAL VOICES, RUNNING ON YOUR IPHONE Most reading apps hand you the same robotic system voice. Readur offers nine downloadable neural voices that sound close to a person: Heart, Thea, Nora, Nicole, Wren, Iris, Michael, Elliot and Silas. They run entirely on your device. No streaming, no server, no account — once a voice is downloaded it works on a plane, on the Tube, anywhere. Each voice lists its measured reading pace, from 101 to 174 words per minute, so you can pick one that suits the book rather than guessing. That number was measured, not estimated. BUILT FOR ACTUALLY LISTENING • Background playback, lock screen and AirPods controls • A sleep timer that fades out rather than cutting off • Speed from 0.8x to 2x • Follow along with the text as it is spoken, line by line • Pick up exactly where you stopped, in every document • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and a Live Activity while you listen • Teach it how to say names and jargon it gets wrong YOUR READING STAYS YOURS There is no account and no sign-up. There are no analytics and no third-party tracking of any kind. Nothing you add to Readur and nothing it reads aloud is ever sent anywhere — speech is synthesised on your iPhone. The only two times Readur uses the network are when you give it a link to fetch, and when you choose to download a voice. That is the whole list. EVERYTHING IS FREE Every voice, every feature, no subscription, no unlock, no ads.

Screenshots

TLDR Books4 screens
Readur4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Readur at none against TLDR Books's 1. On price, ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TLDR Books sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year. Readur asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TLDR Books versus Readur: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTLDR BooksReadur
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlethi Consulting Inc.Foursomes LLC

Customer experience

TLDR Books

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Readur

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TLDR Books

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
None

Readur

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TLDR Books free?
TLDR Books is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Readur free?
Readur is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TLDR Books or Readur have ads?
Neither TLDR Books nor Readur shows ads.

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