Comparison

Squibo vs Let Me Read

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

Head to head
About

Squibo

This app helps individuals with ADHD visualize time passing with a melting acorn timer. It offers focus sessions, routine guidance, and a unique 'body doubling' feature without requiring cameras or strangers. The core features are free, with an optional Pro upgrade for more rooms and routines.

Highlights
  • Visual melting acorn timer
  • Live Activities and Dynamic Island integration
  • Home screen widget for quick focus
  • Offline ambient 'body doubling' rooms
  • Guided morning and evening routines
  • Radically private, no account needed
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TIME IS INVISIBLE. SQUIBO MAKES IT MELT. If you have ADHD, you know the drill: "just five more minutes" becomes an hour, deadlines sneak up, and clock numbers mean nothing. That's time blindness — and abstract numbers can't fix it. Squibo turns time into a physical thing: a glowing acorn that visibly melts as minutes pass. Your brain finally SEES time moving. That's the whole trick, and it works. MEET SQUIBO A friendly robot squirrel who collects an acorn every time you finish a focus session. Skip a day? Nothing breaks. No streaks, no guilt, no shame mechanics. Squibo is on your side. FOCUS THAT LIVES ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN - Live Activities keep your countdown visible without unlocking your phone - Dynamic Island shows your remaining time at a glance - Home Screen widget starts a focus in one tap - A gentle notification tells you when your acorn is ready Because unlocking your phone is where focus goes to die. BODY DOUBLING — NO CAMERAS, NO STRANGERS The "someone is working next to me" effect, without awkward video calls. Four built-in ambient rooms: Library, Café, Night, and Rain. Sounds start with your focus, pause when you pause, and keep playing with the screen locked. Works fully offline. MORNINGS ON AUTOPILOT Morning and evening routine cards walk you through one step at a time. Finish a card, flip to the next — or skip with zero guilt. Your routine stops being a memory test. RADICALLY PRIVATE - No account. No login. No cloud. - Everything stays on your iPhone - Privacy label: Data Not Collected — because we literally collect nothing FREE FOREVER, UPGRADE IF YOU LOVE IT The melting acorn timer, the Library room, Live Activities, and the widget are free. Squibo Pro unlocks all four ambient rooms and routines: - $4.99/week or $39.99/year, both with a 3-day free trial - Cancel anytime in Settings - Terms: https://squibo.app/terms.html Squibo is a support tool, not a medical device, and doesn't diagnose or treat any condition. It's just a very determined robot squirrel who wants you to finish that thing. Download Squibo and watch your first minute melt.

About

Let Me Read

Features
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Let Me Read is a quiet timer built around a single daily reading goal. Set how many minutes you want to read each day. The app draws that goal as an ensō, a Japanese brushed circle, and the circle closes as you read toward it. There is no list to check, no streak to protect, just one shape telling you how much of today is left. How it works Open the app and it shows you today: the ensō as far round as you've already read, and the minutes still needed to close it. Start a session, read, and when time is up a bell sounds to let you know, even with the ringer off. The timer only runs while the app is open: leave it and the session pauses, come back and it picks up where you left off. You can also set an ideal reading time, and the app will send a gentle reminder half an hour before, so you don't have to remember to open it. Every session you finish or end early is added to your day's total. Look back on it through a calendar (year, month, week and day), with a mark on any day that met your goal. What it doesn't do There's no account, no sign-in, and no syncing. Nothing you do in the app is shared with anyone, because the app never connects to the internet at all: your goal, your history and your sessions live only on your phone.

Screenshots

Squibo4 screens
Let Me Read4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Let Me Read at none against Squibo's 2. Let Me Read also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.5). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Squibo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Let Me Read asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Squibo versus Let Me Read: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquiboLet Me Read
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSerkan CoskunSAMUELE ONELIA

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Squibo

Subscriptions2
  • Squibo Pro Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Squibo Pro Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
None

Let Me Read

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Squibo free?
Squibo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Let Me Read free?
Let Me Read is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Squibo or Let Me Read have ads?
Neither Squibo nor Let Me Read shows ads.

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