Readmate vs Gallery Mate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Readmate
This app helps you revisit and organize your saved book highlights from WeRead. Rediscover past passages, search for specific lines, and share memorable quotes as beautifully designed cards. Your reading data stays private on your device.
- Sync WeRead highlights
- Organize by book
- Daily highlight reminders
- Search highlights
- Create shareable quote cards
- Home screen widgets
- Offline data storage
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Some lines stay with you longer than the book itself. Every line you save means something to you. Revisit later, and it may mean something different. Readmate brings them back. Sync your books, highlights, thoughts, and reading history from WeRead(More platform support coming soon.), and keep the words you once highlighted together on your own bookshelf. Revisit old highlights, find a line you remember, or turn a favorite passage into a card worth sharing. Sync your WeRead highlights There is no need to organize everything you have already highlighted all over again. • Sync books, highlights, thoughts, and reading history from WeRead • Keep highlights organized by book • Sync again to bring in newly saved highlights • Return to books you have read from your bookshelf Scroll through past highlights A line you highlighted does not have to be something you see only once. Scroll through your saved highlights in Readmate and rediscover words from your past reading. It might be something you highlighted yesterday, or a sentence from a book you finished years ago. Revisit a highlight every day Let something you once highlighted find its way back to you. • Set a daily highlight reminder • Rediscover a past highlight each day • Open Readmate directly from the reminder • Keep saved highlights on your Home Screen with widgets You do not have to remember which book to open. A line you wanted to keep can simply show up again. Find the line you remember Remember a few words, but not where they came from? Search your books, authors, or highlight text to find the passage in your collection and return to the book it came from. Share the words worth keeping Some words are worth keeping. Some are worth passing on. • Turn highlights into beautifully designed cards • Choose from different templates, typography, and layouts • Pick an aspect ratio that fits the content • Keep the book title, author, and attribution • Give longer passages room to breathe • Export cards and share them with other apps Keep highlights on your Home Screen You do not have to open Readmate to view an old highlight again. Choose from different Home Screen widget sizes and keep saved lines where you can see them. A quick glance can bring back a book, a passage, or the reason you highlighted those words in the first place. Your reading stays on your device Readmate does not require an account. Your reading data is stored on your device. Your WeRead API key is securely stored in iOS Keychain, and highlight cards are rendered on device. Readmate currently supports WeRead, with more reading sources planned for the future. Some features require a one-time purchase. Readmate is an independent, unofficial product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Tencent or WeRead. WeRead and related names, logos, and trademarks belong to Tencent and their respective rights holders. Questions or feedback: hello@readmate.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Gallery Mate
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Gallery Mate is a quiet companion for gallery and museum visits. Every exhibition can become a personal art journal—what you saw, how you felt, and the path you walked—saved securely in the cloud and ready to revisit anytime. Before your visit • Create a journal for any exhibition • Upload a poster to auto-detect the title, venue, dates, and curator • Plan your trip, add it to Calendar, and get reminders During your visit • Photograph artworks and add them instantly to this visit • Use AI OCR on wall labels to keep the artist, title, and description with each work • Capture notes in the moment—what you felt standing in front of the piece • Save related articles, podcasts, reviews, and further reading • Ask the built-in assistant questions grounded in your works, labels, links, and notes—not generic answers After your visit • Replay the whole visit on a timeline • Upload a floor plan, pin artworks, and reconstruct your route • Share a read-only link so friends can read your journal • Download an offline pack for unreliable venue Wi‑Fi Designed for people who love exhibitions The interface is inspired by a quiet gallery: generous space, restraint, and the artwork as the focus. Your journal, written by you Sign in with Apple, Google, or email. The app supports Chinese, English, and more. Cloud sync keeps your journals with you across devices. Gallery Mate helps you leave behind “I took so many photos, but I can’t remember that visit”—so every trip to see art is worth remembering. Some AI features may use credits. Capture, sync, and sharing require a network connection. Downloaded journals can be viewed offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Gallery Mate at 16.4 against Readmate's 18.0. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Readmate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Gallery Mate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Readmate ships an update every 3 days, Gallery Mate every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Readmate | Gallery Mate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (36 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WHITESSPACE SDN. BHD. | 宇琪 潘 |
In-app purchases
Readmate
- Lifetime$2.99
Gallery Mate
- Starter Credits$1.99









