Reading Browser vs Moonflower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Reading Browser
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Reading Browser turns cluttered websites into clean, book-like pages focused entirely on the content. - Premium Reading Mode: Instantly strip away distractions for a pure, focused reading experience. - Recently Read: Quickly jump back into your favorite articles with a dedicated reading history. - Private Browsing: Surf the web securely without saving your history or data. - Eye Care: Comfortable Dark and Sepia themes designed for long reading sessions. Download now to experience the web the way it was meant to be read.
Moonflower
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Moonflower gives every website a beautiful dark mode in Safari โ designed to feel like it was always meant to be there. Create your own themes with exactly the colors you want, and fine-tune every website individually: its own theme, its own on/off rule, its own exceptions. Most sites still don't offer a dark theme. Moonflower fixes that: its engine reads each page's actual colors and generates a tailor-made dark theme on the fly, so text stays crisp, images stay natural, and nothing looks washed out or inverted. DARK MODE, DONE PROPERLY โข Works on every website, automatically โข Dynamic colors: a custom dark theme generated per site โ not a crude filter โข Respects sites that already have a dark mode (or override them if you prefer) โข Smart image handling: photos stay untouched, bright diagrams and logos are gently adapted โข Flash-free page loads โ pages paint dark from the first moment DESIGN YOUR OWN THEMES โข Six hand-tuned themes to start: Black, Dark, Gray, Sepia, Paper, Focus โข Create unlimited custom themes โ pick your exact background and text colors โข Fine-tune image brightness, grayscale, and sepia per theme โข Edit with a live preview on a real article, so you see every change instantly FINE-TUNE EVERY WEBSITE โข Auto, On, or Off โ globally or per site โข Give each website its own theme โข Pause a site until tomorrow with one tap โข Ignore a site's built-in dark mode when yours looks better โข Keyboard shortcuts for toggling, cycling themes, and pausing A READER BUILT IN โข One tap turns any article into a clean, beautiful reading view โข Apple Books-style themes โ each with a light and dark variant โข Adjustable text size, and your custom reader themes come along EVERYWHERE YOU BROWSE โข iPhone, iPad, and Mac โข iCloud sync keeps your themes and site settings identical on all your devices PRIVATE BY DESIGN Moonflower collects no data. Which sites you visit never leaves your device โ all darkening happens locally, with no accounts, no analytics, and no tracking of any kind. FAIR PRICING Free for 3 days, full-featured. Then a single one-time purchase unlocks Moonflower forever, on all your devices. No subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Reading Browser at 16.0 against Moonflower's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Reading Browser sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Moonflower sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Reading Browser ships an update every 4 weeks, Moonflower every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reading Browser | Moonflower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks โ better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac โ better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 โ better | 26.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | An Nguyen | Roman Marchenko |
In-app purchases
Reading Browser
- Unlock reading mode$2.99
Moonflower
- Moonflower Unlock$0.99









