Addicted to Reading vs Widget Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Addicted to Reading
This app transforms your PDF library into a daily reading game. Set a page goal, track your progress with a visual streak, and stay motivated with a unique retro interface. Your reading data stays private on your device.
- Import unlimited PDFs
- Daily page goal setting
- Win streak tracking
- Progress statistics
- Home screen widget
- Retro interface customization
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DuoBook turns your PDF library into a daily reading habit. Import any PDF you own, set a simple daily page goal, and let DuoBook keep you accountable — Duolingo-style — with a win streak that grows every day you hit your target. No account, no sign-up, no ads. Your books and your progress never leave your device. HOW IT WORKS Drop in your own PDFs — novels, textbooks, reports, whatever you're working through. DuoBook copies each file locally, generates a cover, and adds it to your shelf. Open a book, read at your own pace in a clean full-page PDF viewer, and DuoBook quietly tracks the pages you've read today. Set your daily objective (10 pages a day by default, fully adjustable) and watch a progress ring fill up as you read. Hit your goal and a pixel-art campfire lights up to celebrate — miss a day and your streak resets, just like the habit apps you already know. STAY MOTIVATED - Daily win streak with a best-streak record, so you always know your all-time high - A dedicated Statistics screen: an activity calendar for the last 5 weeks and a bar chart of your last 7 days, so you can see your habit take shape - A home screen widget (via WidgetKit) that shows your current streak and how many pages are left today — no need to open the app to stay on track - A profile screen with your own avatar, name, and bio BUILT YOUR WAY - Import unlimited PDFs from anywhere on your device - Automatic page-by-page progress tracking as you read — pick up exactly where you left off - Light and dark mode, switchable anytime - A distinctive retro "green terminal" look: neon green on black, a pixel font, hand-picked pixel-art icons, and an animated dot-matrix navigation bar — DuoBook feels like nothing else on the App Store PRIVACY FIRST DuoBook doesn't ask for an account and doesn't show ads. Your PDFs, your reading stats, and your streak are stored entirely on your device (and synced to your widget through Apple's own App Group storage). Nothing is uploaded, nothing is tracked. Whether you're chipping away at a textbook, working through a backlog of novels, or just trying to read more consistently, DuoBook gives you the small daily nudge — and the streak to prove it — to actually finish what you start. Download DuoBook and start your streak today.
Widget Reader
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Bring your own books into a quieter reading space. Widget Reader makes it easy to read a page, listen to a chapter, or enjoy a short passage from your Home Screen. • Import DRM-free EPUB, TXT, text-based PDF, MOBI/AZW, Markdown, HTML and FB2. • Choose files from your device, iCloud Drive or third-party cloud services enabled in Files. • Adjust fonts, text size, spacing, themes and page turns. • Listen with installed offline system voices, sentence highlighting and a sleep timer. • Save bookmarks, highlights and notes. Put your current book in a Home Screen widget. • Pro adds unlimited imports, organization, reading reports, advanced widgets, exports and optional private iCloud sync. Imported files are local copies; changes to the original do not update them. Export Google Docs to a supported format first. Scanned PDFs, OCR and DRM-protected books are not supported. Interactive widgets require iOS 17 or later. iPhone includes up to 10 unique books for free. Reading and library actions on iPad require Pro. Weekly and yearly subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled. Any trial is subject to App Store eligibility; see the purchase screen for current prices and terms. No app account or advertising. Books stay local unless you enable private iCloud sync. https://reader.jameshaoyu.com/privacy https://reader.jameshaoyu.com/subscription-terms https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Widget Reader at 15.0 against Addicted to Reading's 18.5. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Addicted to Reading | Widget Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Abubucker Siddeek Mohamed Sharik | 浩宇 黄 |
In-app purchases
Addicted to Reading
No in-app purchases
Widget Reader
No in-app purchases
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