ReadLoft vs Color Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReadLoft
This app transforms text into natural-sounding audio, allowing you to listen to books, PDFs, web articles, and even text from images. It offers AI-powered summaries, flashcard creation, and voice cloning for a personalized listening experience. Track your reading goals and enjoy offline access to your content.
- Listen to PDFs, EPUBs, Word docs, and text files
- Convert web links to audio articles
- Extract text from images and screenshots
- AI-powered summaries and Q&A
- Create flashcards from documents
- Clone your voice for narration
- Offline listening
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ReadLoft reads anything aloud — in a natural voice — so you can finally get through the books, PDFs, and articles piling up. LISTEN TO ANYTHING • Import PDFs, EPUBs, Word docs, and text files • Convert any language to English • Paste a web link and hear the article • Snap a photo or screenshot — ReadLoft reads the text off it • Natural, human-like voices with adjustable speed THOUSANDS OF FREE CLASSICS Browse and read famous public-domain books — Austen, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Dumas and more — free, in one tap. SMART TOOLS, RIGHT ON THE PAGE • AI Summary — get the gist in seconds • Ask AI about what you're reading • Turn any document into flashcards, then quiz yourself • Sleep timer, bookmarks, and highlights • Word-by-word highlighting that follows along as it reads MAKE IT YOUR OWN VOICE Clone your voice and hear every book read in it, or choose from studio-quality premium voices. FINISH WHAT YOU START Set a real goal and track your reading time, words, and streaks — no shame, just progress. WORKS OFFLINE Download books and listen on a plane, a run, in a car, or anywhere with no signal. No ads. No clutter. Just press play and finish the thing you care about. — Subscriptions: ReadLoft offers optional auto-renewable subscriptions (Pro, Pro+, Premium) with monthly and annual options. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://readloft.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://readloft.app/privacy
Color Notes
Organize your thoughts and tasks with a visually intuitive system. Assign pastel colors to notes, rename them to categorize, and filter your entries with a single tap. This app offers quick note-taking, organization features, and privacy by storing data locally.
- Color-coded notes
- Customizable color names
- Filtering by color
- Folders for organization
- Pinning important notes
- Search functionality
- Local data storage
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Color Notes is a fast, friendly notepad where every note gets a pastel color - and every color can mean something. Rename colors into Work, Office, Leisure, Urgent or anything you like, then filter your notes with one tap. COLOR IS THE SYSTEM - 12 soft pastel colors that look great in light and dark mode - Rename any color: Sage becomes "Mentorship", Storm becomes "Work" - Tap a color in the sidebar to see just those notes, with counts at a glance STAY ORGANIZED - Folders with their own colors for bigger projects - Pin important notes to the top - Search everything - titles and content - Grid or list view, sorted by date, title or color QUICK BY DESIGN - Long-press any note to pin, recolor, move, share, copy or duplicate - Notes save as you type; empty notes clean themselves up - Made for iPhone and iPad, with a proper sidebar layout on iPad - Hardware keyboard shortcut: Cmd-N for a new note PRIVATE Your notes are stored on your device. No account, no sign-up. FREE AND PRO Color Notes is free with 4 colors, up to 10 notes, and occasional ads. One single purchase unlocks all 12 colors, unlimited notes and removes every ad - forever. No subscription. Write it down. Color it in. Privacy Policy https://chalplex.blog/apps/color-notes/color-notes.php Terms of use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ReadLoft at 5.0 against Color Notes's 1.0. ReadLoft also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. ReadLoft sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Color Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ReadLoft holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | ReadLoft | Color Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Madhura Basavaraju | Chaleepa Mallawa |
In-app purchases
ReadLoft
- ReadLoft Pro (Monthly)$5.991 Month
- ReadLoft Pro+ (Monthly)$9.991 Month
- ReadLoft Premium (Monthly)$14.991 Month
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- ReadLoft Pro (Annually)$59.991 Year
- ReadLoft Pro+ (Annually)$99.991 Year
- ReadLoft Premium (Annually)$149.991 Year
Color Notes
- Color Notes Pro$2.99









