Comparison

ReadMate AI vs Notch

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

Head to head
About

ReadMate AI

Features
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ReadMate AI helps you turn online reading into clear, natural audio. Save articles and PDFs, listen with Google Cloud Text-to-Speech, and continue from where you stopped across desktop and mobile. Key features: - Listen to saved articles and uploaded PDFs. - Continue reading progress across Chrome extension and mobile. - Choose voice and playback speed. - Keep a synced reading history when signed in. - Use Google Cloud Text-to-Speech voices. ReadMate AI is built for students, researchers, professionals, and anyone who wants to keep up with detailed reading while commuting, studying, or multitasking.

About

Notch

This app consolidates tasks, schoolwork, finances, habits, and notes into a single, private platform. It offers features like syllabus import, budget tracking, habit streaks, and customizable views. Designed for privacy, it stores data locally without cloud sync or user accounts.

Highlights
  • Consolidated life management
  • Private, local data storage
  • Syllabus and assignment import
  • Budget and financial tracking
  • Habit tracking with streaks
  • Customizable dashboard and themes
  • Quick-add assistant
Features
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Your whole life, one place. And it never leaves your phone. Notch brings tasks, classes, habits, money, health, meals, notes and reminders into one fast, private planner. Start with the free planner, or open the labelled sample planner to see every section filled in before you add a thing. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No cloud. No analytics. No tracking. Your records live in files on your iPhone. There are no servers and no way for anyone else to read what you enter. Lock it all behind Face ID. INCLUDED FREE • Unlimited tasks and notes • Up to five active habits, with streaks and history kept • One active class with assignments, grades and its dated agenda • One syllabus import, reviewed before it is saved • Alerts for your tasks and class deadlines • Daily backups on your device, export, themes, accent colours and Face ID lock • The full sample planner, to explore any section NOTCH PRO • Unlimited classes and syllabus imports: paste a Canvas assignments page or scan a screenshot, review the titles, dates and times, save • Calendar with day, week and month views, with your iPhone calendars alongside • Finance: income, spending, bills and subscriptions, budgets, debts, savings goals, investments, safe to spend and projected balance • A live shift tracker that counts your earnings in real time, right in the Dynamic Island • Health: workouts, splits, volume, nutrition and optional Apple Health insights • Meals: a week of meals built around your goals and budget, with the grocery list and prep plan to match • Travel, standalone Reminders, shopping lists, order tracking, bucket list and the weekly review • The full dashboard with the money trend QUICK ADD Type "$14 lunch" or "call mom friday 2pm" and it lands in the right place. Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen. MAKE IT YOURS Light and dark themes, custom accent colours, alternate app icons. Reorder tabs and dashboard sections to match how you think. PRICING Notch Pro is a yearly or monthly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase with no renewal. Eligible subscribers get a seven-day free trial; the price and terms shown before purchase apply. Manage or cancel a subscription in your Apple Account settings. Restore purchases from Settings on any iPhone signed in with the same Apple Account. Everyone who installed Notch before version 1.3 keeps Pro at no charge, on this phone and the next. Optional weather, exchange rates and place search contact their providers. Purchases are handled by Apple. Nothing else leaves the phone. Plan it. Notch it. Questions? notchsupport@gmail.com Privacy policy: https://notchplanner.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

ReadMate AI2 screens
Notch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ReadMate AI at every 3 days against Notch's weekly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ReadMate AI ships an update every 3 days, Notch weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ReadMate AI versus Notch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReadMate AINotch
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel NorteyMarko Deric

In-app purchases

None

ReadMate AI

No in-app purchases

None

Notch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ReadMate AI free?
ReadMate AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notch free?
Notch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ReadMate AI or Notch have ads?
Neither ReadMate AI nor Notch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ReadMate AI or Notch?
ReadMate AI ships an update every 3 days, and Notch weekly. Most recently, ReadMate AI was updated on October 25, 2026 and Notch on October 21, 2026.

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