Comparison

HTML Reader Offline vs .html

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

Head to head
About

HTML Reader Offline

This app allows users to read local HTML and ZIP files offline. It's designed for developers, students, and learners to access documentation and course materials on their devices without an internet connection. Features include smart ZIP support, a built-in reader, table of contents, bookmarks, and reading progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Offline HTML and ZIP file reading
  • Smart ZIP support with index.html detection
  • Built-in WKWebView reader
  • Auto-generated table of contents
  • Bookmarks and reading progress saving
  • Light, Dark, and Auto themes
  • Long-image export
Features
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Open HTML files and ZIP websites on iPhone and iPad — completely offline. No account, no tracking, no ads. HTML Reader Offline turns your device into a portable library for local web content. Save a tutorial, a documentation site, an exported notebook or any .html / .zip bundle, then read it anywhere: on a plane, on the subway, or somewhere with no signal at all. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT • Truly offline. Files live on your device. Nothing is uploaded and no connection is ever required. • Single files or whole sites. Import one .html page, or a ZIP bundle with its CSS, scripts and images intact. • A private space per document. Each document loads in its own isolated storage area, so two tutorials never overwrite each other's saved state or progress. • Fits every screen. The interface adapts to the actual display — compact on a phone, spacious on an iPad or a folding phone's inner screen. READING THAT GETS OUT OF THE WAY • Automatic table of contents built from the page headings — jump to any section in one tap. • Full-text search inside the page, with a match counter and one-tap navigation between hits. • Bookmarks for the passages you want to return to. • Highlights in five colours, each with an optional note; they stay anchored to the text through font changes and rotation. • Adjustable font size, light / dark / sepia themes, and a subtle progress bar. • Reopens exactly where you left off. A LIBRARY YOU CAN ACTUALLY MANAGE • Folders with drag-and-drop, so documents stay organised. • Library-wide search: look across every document at once and land straight on the matching paragraph. • Reading statistics: total time, today's time, your daily streak, and a 7-day chart. • Backup and restore: export the entire library — documents, progress, bookmarks, highlights and settings — into one ZIP file, and bring it back whenever you need it. SHARE WHAT YOU'RE READING • Send a document to anyone as a single .html file, or as a ZIP bundle they can open in any browser or re-import into the app. PRIVACY, PLAINLY No sign-up, no analytics, no advertising, no third-party trackers. The app never makes a network request for you, and your files never leave your device. Tip Jar (optional): Settings → Tip Jar offers a one-time, voluntary tip. It unlocks nothing — every feature in the app is free for everyone. Have a question or an idea? The support link below reaches me directly.

About

.html

Features
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.html is an HTML document viewer. It is not an editor: no code writing, no console, no syntax highlighting. It stores the HTML files you already have, keeps them organized, and opens them when you need them. AI generates more HTML files than ever: reports, calculators, dashboards, interactive summaries. They come out of a chat, get opened once in a browser, and disappear among tabs and downloads. .html is the tool for handling them. FREE AND PRO .html is free: open and view any HTML with the full viewer, and save up to 3 documents. With .html Pro, as a yearly subscription or a one-time purchase, you get unlimited documents, versions, folders, search across the text of all your documents, PDF export and merging documents. WHAT IT DOES • Saves every HTML inside the app — its own copy, which opens offline. • Shows it full screen, with no address bar and no tabs. • Runs the document as it is: its scripts, styles and buttons all work. • With Pro, organizes files into folders, with pinned documents on top and sorting by date, name, or your own order by dragging. • Groups them by date automatically: today, yesterday, last 7 days, last 30 days. • Shows each document with a real thumbnail. • Follows your iPhone's light or dark appearance. • Works on iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo. On iPad, the list and the document are side by side. PASTE HTML Did the chat give you code instead of a file? Copy it, tap + and choose "Paste HTML". It's saved as a document instantly, even if it's just a snippet. EXPORT AS PDF (PRO) Share any document as a PDF, exactly as you see it on screen: with anything you checked or filled in, and with its colors. Ready to send, print or save to Files. SEARCH • Searches titles and folders; with Pro, also the text inside every document, ignoring case and accents. • Inside a document, the magnifying glass highlights every match and takes you from one to the next. VERSIONS (PRO) Import a file with the same name again and it isn't duplicated: it's saved as a new version of the same document, which moves to the top. Earlier versions stay there, with their dates, and you can open any of them. MEMORY A document opened in Safari starts from scratch every time. Not here: whatever the document saves stays saved. Tick a checkbox in a list, fill in a form, switch a tab in a dashboard — close the app, come back days later, and it is exactly as you left it. Each document keeps its own state, and none can read another's. PRIVACY No account, no sign-up, no ads, no analytics. The app never connects to a server: your documents never leave your iPhone. ADDING DOCUMENTS Through the + button: pick a file from the Files app or paste the code you've copied. Also via "Open with" from Files, Safari or Mail. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lightsidestudio.github.io/.html-web/privacy.html

Screenshots

HTML Reader Offline4 screens
.html4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: HTML Reader Offline at 5.0 against .html's 4.5. HTML Reader Offline also leads on iOS requirement (16 vs 18.0). .html's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HTML Reader Offline sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and .html sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HTML Reader Offline holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HTML Reader Offline ships an update every 6 weeks, .html every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
HTML Reader Offline versus .html: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHTML Reader Offline.html
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer发达 陈LUCAS LONGUEIRA MARINO

Customer experience

HTML Reader Offline

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

.html

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HTML Reader Offline

One-time1
  • A Cup of Coffee$0.99
2 purchases

.html

Subscriptions1
  • .html Pro Yearly$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • .html Pro Forever$6.99

Questions

Is HTML Reader Offline free?
HTML Reader Offline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is .html free?
.html is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HTML Reader Offline or .html?
HTML Reader Offline is rated higher. HTML Reader Offline averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while .html averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do HTML Reader Offline or .html have ads?
Neither HTML Reader Offline nor .html shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HTML Reader Offline or .html?
HTML Reader Offline ships an update every 6 weeks, and .html every 9 days. Most recently, HTML Reader Offline was updated on October 6, 2026 and .html on October 24, 2026.

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