Cue vs NexReader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Cue
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Cue is a cozy corner for the internet you mean to come back to. No feeds, no noise, no account β just your queue, waiting for the right moment. SAVE WITHOUT LEAVING Tap Share in any app and pick Cue. Tag it and add a note right there in the share sheet β Cue never opens, and you stay exactly where you were reading. The preview catches up on its own, title and image and all. Copied a link? Cue offers it when you open the app. Beautiful previews work across the sites that usually resist them: YouTube, X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Reddit, TikTok, Hacker News, GitHub, Wikipedia, arXiv and more. TAGS THAT ALMOST TAG THEMSELVES When you save, Cue suggests the tags you'd probably pick for that link β one tap files it. Tags sort themselves alphabetically, wear their own colors, and the tag box doubles as a live filter. Housekeeping is built in: merge duplicates, recolor, and see which tags have gone quiet. EVERY TAG BECOMES A SHELF Your Library keeps a shelf for each tag, so you can find things by how you filed them β and your archive is a shelf too. Search everything, or narrow by tag and by what kind of thing it is: Video, Post, Thread, Paper, Repo, Audio, Article, detected automatically. In the mood to watch something? Two taps. A QUEUE THAT ENDS Swipe a card to archive it when you're done, pin what matters, and enjoy the calm of an empty queue. Cue is designed to feel finished, not infinite. PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE - No account. No ads. No analytics. No tracking. - Everything lives on your device and syncs through your own private iCloud β we run no servers and cannot see your data. - Your library is yours: export it as JSON or CSV anytime, or erase everything with one tap. OPENS THE APPS YOU LOVE Optionally open saved links directly in their native apps β YouTube, X, Instagram, Spotify, Apple Music, GitHub and more. Cue is lovingly small: fast to open, quick to save, calm to browse. Give your someday-links a home.
NexReader
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Read Markdown the way it was meant to look. NexReader turns any .md file into a clean, comfortable page. Headings, tables, code, task lists and quotes are rendered natively β no web view, no clutter, nothing between you and the words. It is made for the documents you actually receive: notes, READMEs, specs, and the long answers AI tools write for you. BEAUTIFUL RENDERING β’ Full GitHub-Flavored Markdown: headings, bold and italic, lists, task lists, quotes, tables and links β’ Code blocks with syntax highlighting for 16 languages, and one-tap copy β’ Tables that keep their alignment and scroll sideways instead of squashing β’ Images you can open full screen and pinch to zoom MAKE IT YOURS β’ Four reading themes: Classic White, Sepia, Midnight and AMOLED Black β’ Four typefaces, including New York for long reads β’ Text size, weight, line height, letter spacing and paragraph spacing β’ Three reading widths, so lines never run too long on a big screen FIND YOUR WAY β’ An outline of every heading, with your current section marked β’ Find in document, with every match highlighted β’ Opens exactly where you left off β even after you change the text size A LIBRARY THAT STAYS TIDY β’ Real folders you can create, rename and rearrange β’ Favorites, sorting, search, and reading progress on every document β’ Your documents also appear in the Files app, in the same folders GET FILES IN EASILY β’ Import from Files, or open .md files straight from other apps β’ WiβFi Transfer: drop files from any computer's browser onto your iPhone or iPad. No cable, no cloud, no account GREAT ON IPAD β’ Your library and the page side by side β’ Keyboard shortcuts for find, the outline, text size and moving between sections ALSO ON MAC β’ Open any .md file from Finder in its own window β’ The same library, themes and typography, with a full menu bar NO ACCOUNT NEEDED There is nothing to sign up for, and your documents stay on your device. NexReader collects no data at all: no analytics, no tracking, no ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Cue at 15.1 against NexReader's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Cue | NexReader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | β |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 β better | 26.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Di Filippo | Phyo Myanmar Kyaw |
In-app purchases
Cue
No in-app purchases
NexReader
No in-app purchases





