Comparison

NextDate Timeline vs SMSReader

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

Head to head
About

NextDate Timeline

Features
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Clinic visits, dental cleanings, haircuts, inspections. NextDate helps you remember plans that often end with β€œwhen is the next one?” NextDate is not a crowded general calendar. It is a focused timeline for appointments, checkups, maintenance, and repeat plans you want to remember later. Use it for: - Clinic and dental follow-ups - Hair salons, maintenance, inspections, and recurring errands - Plans where you want to keep the previous date and the next date together - Things you want to be reminded about before, on the day, or after the plan Features: - Add plans with date and time - Set reminders before the start - Optional same-day reminders - Follow-up check after the scheduled time - Snooze follow-up checks when the next date is not decided - Repeating plans such as weekly, monthly, or yearly - Clean year/month timeline - Custom categories, icons, notes, and optional photos - Optional iPhone Calendar sync - Weekly summary notification - File backup export and import Your data is stored locally on your device. NextDate does not use ads, third-party analytics, or tracking.

About

SMSReader

This app offers a fast and comfortable reading experience for digital books and documents. It supports various file formats, including PDFs and EPUBs, with advanced features for page turning, text display, and annotation. It also includes text-to-speech and translation capabilities.

Highlights
  • Fast page turning with multiple speeds
  • Customizable reading experience
  • Read Aloud text-to-speech
  • Voice-controlled page turning
  • Search and annotate documents
  • Paragraph translation and summarization
  • Organized bookshelf with cloud sync
Features
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SMSReader is a reader for digital books and documents, built to be fast and comfortable. Even in a book of thousands of pages, the next page appears the moment you tap the edge, and holding the edge flips through pages at speed. BUILT FOR THE LATEST DEVICES β€’ The most comfortable PDF viewer on iPhone Duo β€’ Extensive accessibility support (VoiceOver and more) FAST PAGE TURNING β€’ Tap the left or right edge to turn the page instantly, or choose a slide animation β€’ Hold an edge to flip continuously (7 speeds, from 6 to 60 pages a second) β€’ Flick, drag the slider, or type a page number to move β€’ Pinch in to go straight to an overview of the pages EASY TO READ β€’ Home View: remembers, for each book, the area you want to zoom into, and keeps that zoom as you read on one view at a time. Scanned books with wide margins and two-column pages become easy to read β€’ Right to left (vertical Japanese), left to right, or top to bottom. Two-page spreads and a cover shown alone are set automatically from the PDF β€’ Tall pages fit the width of the screen, handy for PDF screenshots of websites EPUB β€’ Read reflowable and fixed-layout EPUBs, turning pages as fast as with PDFs β€’ Vertical Japanese, ruby, tate-chu-yoko and emphasis marks, in the book's own fonts if you like β€’ Choose the text size, font, margins, line spacing and paper for each book β€’ Press and hold an illustration to see it over the whole screen, and pinch to zoom. Pictures larger than the page are fitted to it LISTEN AND SPEAK β€’ Read Aloud: reads the text, leaving out running heads and page numbers, and follows the ruby in Japanese. The word being read is highlighted; start from any word, or move a paragraph back or forward β€’ Turn Pages by Voice: say "next", "previous" or "page 12". Speech is recognized on the device β€’ Siri and Shortcuts: "Continue reading in SMSReader", "Read aloud in SMSReader" and more SEARCH AND ANNOTATE β€’ Search the text of a book or of your whole library, without missing words split across lines, with your search history at hand β€’ Select text to copy, look up or share, including vertical text and text with ruby β€’ Pages without text, such as scanned books, are read on the device and can be searched, selected, translated and read aloud β€’ Annotate and highlight pages with Apple Pencil or your finger (iPadOS 26 or later). The PDF itself is never changed TRANSLATION AND SUMMARIES β€’ Open the translation panel beside the page to see a translation of each paragraph. Tap a paragraph to match the original and the translation β€’ For translation and summaries, use Apple Translate, Apple Intelligence (on device), or an online translation or AI service with your own API key BOOKSHELF β€’ Organize your library in folders, and folders within folders β€’ Keep the library on this device, in iCloud Drive, or in a folder the Files app can open, such as Dropbox. Books in the cloud are downloaded when you open them β€’ Drop a whole folder to import its PDFs and EPUBs β€’ Sync where you are, bookmarks, annotations, shelves and more across your devices with iCloud β€’ Join several books to read them on as one β€’ Password-protected PDFs open with their password β€’ Shelves, one for each shelf tag, work across folders, and a folder can be filtered by shelf tag β€’ Use any page or image as a cover. Books can also be hidden β€’ Lock the whole app or single books with a passcode and Face ID PRIVACY β€’ No ads, no account, no analytics β€’ Books, bookmarks, annotations and settings stay on your device; with sync on, they are kept in your own iCloud β€’ Text is sent to an outside service only when you have set your own API key, confirmed where it goes and agreed, and then run a translation or summary β€’ Text selection and AI features such as translation and summaries are off for PDFs that forbid copying For iPad and iPhone (Duo), iPadOS / iOS 18 or later (some features need 26 or later). The app can be shown in Japanese or English.

Screenshots

NextDate Timeline3 screens
SMSReader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: NextDate Timeline at Free against SMSReader's $9.99. On update cadence, 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

NextDate Timeline is free to download; SMSReader costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NextDate Timeline ships an update every 3 days, SMSReader every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 7 level
NextDate Timeline versus SMSReader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNextDate TimelineSMSReader
PriceFree β€” better$9.99
Positive reviewsβ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationβ€”Paid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size3 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYusuke TeranishiKotatsu RIN

In-app purchases

None

NextDate Timeline

No in-app purchases

None

SMSReader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NextDate Timeline free?
NextDate Timeline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SMSReader free?
SMSReader costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do NextDate Timeline or SMSReader have ads?
Neither NextDate Timeline nor SMSReader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NextDate Timeline or SMSReader?
NextDate Timeline ships an update every 3 days, and SMSReader every 2 days. Most recently, NextDate Timeline was updated on October 31, 2026 and SMSReader on October 31, 2026.

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