Comparison

Inkveil vs Readtide

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

Head to head
About

Inkveil

This app allows you to read your personal comic collection from a self-hosted server on your mobile device. It offers a clean and immersive reading experience, tracking your progress and favorites. Designed for users who manage their own comic libraries.

Highlights
  • Read personal comic library
  • Connect to comic servers
  • Track reading progress
  • Mobile-friendly reading interface
  • Supports Komga compatible servers
  • Clean and focused design
Features
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Keep your personal library close with Inkveil. Connect your Komga server, browse series and books, save favorites and pick up where you left off. Configure compatible online sources to explore more content. Import CBZ, CBR, PDF and EPUB files. Read comics with natural page turns, multiple reading modes and adjustable settings in layouts made for iPhone and iPad. All reading features are free. The free version includes ads; Pro removes ads. Books come from your own files, servers or configured sources. Terms of Use (EULA): https://doc.ixiaoxiang.cn/inkveil/user-agreement

About

Readtide

Immerse yourself in reading with this ad-free app. It offers customizable reading experiences, including dynamic themes, note-taking, and vocabulary building. Track your reading habits and visualize your literary journey.

Highlights
  • Import EPUBs and public domain classics
  • Customizable typeface and size
  • Focus Mode for distraction-free reading
  • Dynamic 'Tide' themes for ambient lighting
  • Highlighting and vocabulary definition
  • Note-taking and quote sharing
  • Reading Constellations for theme correlation
Features
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Readtide is a reading app designed by a reader. An app that focuses on the rhythm of reading. No ads, no trackers, no privacy issues. No stress. Just you and the story, the way reading is meant to be. READ Import your own EPUBs, or browse thousands of free public domain classics from inside the Readtide app. Your books stay on your device, and they stay yours. Choose your typeface and size. Turn on Focus Mode when you want nothing between you and the page. Turn the phone sideways and the words follow, without losing your place. Full screen reading enabled which means more real estate for the words. FOUR TIDES Readtide moves with your day. High Tide at sunrise, Noon Tide at midday, Low Tide at dusk, Night Tide after dark. The light is always right for the hour you're reading in. KEEP WHAT MATTERS Highlight a line and it's saved. Tap a word you don't know and the definition comes to you, then stays in your vocabulary list. Tide Notes hold your note taking and "a-ha" moments. Quote Cards turn any passage into something shareable. SEE YOURSELF READING Rate a book and describe how it felt with moods and tropes. Then open Reading Constellations: every book you finish becomes a star, and lines form where themes correlate and echo across your reading. READTIDE SHORE Readtide is free for everyone, and the public domain classics stay free forever, for everyone. Readtide OCEAN paid features: - Reading Constellations - Unlimited notes and marginalia - Book ratings, moods and tropes - Book report cards and shareable quote cards - Next Tide, your reading queue - Currents, your reading stats - All four Tide themes - E-ink mode One-time purchase. Yours forever. NO NOISE No ads. No feed. No one watching what you read. Just you, the book, and the tide. Find your current.

Screenshots

Inkveil4 screens
Readtide4 screens

Verdict

The call

Inkveil and Readtide are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Inkveil sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Readtide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Inkveil against 5.0 for Readtide. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Inkveil versus Readtide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInkveilReadtide
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB49 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer榆麟 邓Readtide, LLC

Customer experience

Inkveil

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Readtide

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Inkveil

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime$2.99
1 purchases

Readtide

One-time1
  • Ocean$19.99

Questions

Is Inkveil free?
Inkveil is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Readtide free?
Readtide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Inkveil or Readtide?
Inkveil and Readtide are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Inkveil or Readtide have ads?
Neither Inkveil nor Readtide shows ads.

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