Caff vs Tsumoru
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Caff
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Caff is a speed reader for your own EPUB books. It shows one word at a time, right where your eyes already rest, so you can read faster without losing your place ā or your comprehension. Each word is anchored on its optimal recognition point and tinted at the center, so your eyes stop darting across the page and simply take the words in. Choose a pace that suits the moment, anywhere from a gentle 100 words a minute to a brisk 1000, and let the book come to you. Import any EPUB from Files, and Caff remembers exactly where you stopped in every book. HOW IT FEELS - Tap the center to play or pause - Tap left or right to step back or forward a word - Press and hold an edge to scrub through the book - Swipe to jump a sentence at a time MADE TO FIT YOU - Reading speed from 100 to 1000 words per minute - Adjustable word size and seven focus-point colors - Dark, Light, and Sepia themes - A sleep timer that pauses reading for you - Turn sideways to see the words on either side for extra context FIND YOUR PLACE - Bookmarks, a table of contents, and full-text search - Step back and forward through everywhere you've jumped - Your position is saved automatically, book by book PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Your books and your reading stay entirely on your device. No account, no tracking, nothing to sign up for. Caff turns the reading list you keep meaning to finish into one you actually do.
Tsumoru
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Track the time you spend reading, studying and practicing with Tsumoru. Start a timer, save your session, and see your hours add up. A fifteen-minute session counts too. Taking a day off never resets your total. START, FINISH, SAVE Choose a category and start the timer on your iPhone. Name your categories for what matters to you: language study, piano, reading or another skill. Create as many as you need. No NFC tag or Apple Watch required. SEE YOUR WEEK AND YOUR PROGRESS ⢠See your time by weekday in a weekly chart ⢠Review each category's total and the last 12 months ⢠Set an hours goal and daily or weekly time budgets ⢠Estimate when you will reach your goal at your pace over the last 7 days MORE WAYS TO START Start and end sessions from your Apple Watch. Use the Action button, or hold your iPhone to an NFC tag on your book or desk. Tap the tag again to finish. NFC is optional and needs a tag, sold separately, plus a Shortcuts automation set up once. PAUSED TIME DOESN'T COUNT Optionally block selected apps during a session. To use one, choose to pause and unblock, then reopen that app. Paused time is excluded from your record. Return to Tsumoru to resume the same session. YOUR TIME, AT A GLANCE See today's time and your running session on the Lock Screen, and your total and category breakdown in Home Screen widgets. Tsumoru also supports Live Activities, the Dynamic Island, StandBy and Apple Watch complications. KEEP PAGES AND NOTES Photograph the page when you finish reading to capture its page number. Dictate a note to remember what you worked on. Enable these options for each category. Text recognition and speech recognition run on your device. KEEP YOUR OWN PACE No ads, no account, no streaks, no rankings and no notification reminders. Records come from the timer. You can shorten or delete a session, but you cannot add time manually or increase recorded time. Records are stored on your iPhone and in your own iCloud. Export to CSV or JSON, or choose to save completed sessions to Calendar. REQUIREMENTS ⢠iPhone with iOS 26 or later ⢠Watch controls need watchOS 26 or later and a connection to your iPhone ⢠NFC needs a tag and a Shortcuts automation ⢠App blocking needs Screen Time permission ⢠Page capture needs camera access; dictation needs microphone and speech recognition access
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tsumoru at none against Caff's 1. Caff's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Caff sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tsumoru asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Caff | Tsumoru |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch ā better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 ā better | 26.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Afternoon Software | Yuta Tamaru |
In-app purchases
Caff
- Caff Pro$9.99
Tsumoru
No in-app purchases









