Readtide vs ReadPace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
ReadPace
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Finish books on time. ReadPace measures your real reading speed and turns any page count into a finish date and a simple daily plan. Log a few timed reading sessions. ReadPace learns your true pace in pages per minute, then shows exactly when you will finish at that rate, how many pages a day to hit a deadline, and how long the next chapter will take. WHAT READPACE DOES - Measures your true reading speed from the timed sessions you log - Projects a finish date for any book from your recent pace - Shows the pages a day to finish by a target date - Tracks several books at once - Estimates the reading time for any chapter - Builds streaks, records, and a pace trend so progress stays visible YOUR READING, PRIVATE Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no cloud, no tracking. Your books never leave your device. FREE AND PRO ReadPace is free to measure your speed and estimate a finish date for one book. One simple, one-time purchase, with no subscription ever, unlocks Pro: - Track several books at once - Deadline schedules: the pages a day to hit any date, with ahead or behind tracking - Export a reading report PDF and a CSV of every session INSIGHTS THAT ADD UP See your pace over time, pages per week, current and longest streak, and records like your fastest session and the longest book you have finished. Made for readers who want to finish the pile, not just add to it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Readtide at 15.1 against ReadPace's 18.0. 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
Both are free to download. Readtide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ReadPace sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Readtide | ReadPace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Readtide, LLC | InnovaLabWorks |
In-app purchases
Readtide
- Ocean$19.99
ReadPace
- ReadPace Lifetime$49.99









