Comparison

Daily Bard vs Coil Reader

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

Head to head
About

Daily Bard

Start your day with a single, beautifully presented page of Shakespeare, complete with the original text and a clear, plain-English explanation. This app offers a quiet, focused reading experience without distractions, allowing you to appreciate the Bard's work at your own pace.

Highlights
  • Daily Shakespearean page
  • Original text and plain English explanation
  • Hand-engraved plate illustrations
  • Home Screen widget
  • Full edition with Commonplace Book and Catalogue
  • Margin notes for personal annotations
Features
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Daily Bard gives you one beautiful page of Shakespeare every morning. An engraved plate sets the scene. Beneath it, the passage exactly as he wrote it. Turn the leaf, and there it is in plain English - what it actually means, without the fog. One page a day. No feeds, no streaks, nothing to chase. THE DAILY PAGE - A new hand-engraved plate and passage, revealed each morning. - The original words, verified against the Folger Shakespeare. - A clear, plain-English reading on the back of every leaf. - A quiet Home Screen widget that carries the day's plate and a single line - never the explanation. THE FULL EDITION - one purchase, forever - The Commonplace Book: every page you have seen, kept and bound. - The Catalogue: browse the whole folio by play and by kind. - Margin notes: set down a line in your own hand on any leaf. - A gentle morning notification, if you want one - one line, never a nag. WHY DAILY BARD Most apps want your attention all day. Daily Bard wants five quiet minutes. No streaks to protect, no infinite feed, no notifications begging you back - just Shakespeare, made a little more legible, one page at a time. Whether you are rediscovering the sonnets, working through the plays, studying for an exam, or simply want a moment of something well-made each morning, Daily Bard is built to be read and then set down. NO SUBSCRIPTION The Full Edition is a single purchase. Buy it once and keep it forever, across your devices. No monthly fee, nothing to cancel. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. Your reading, your bookmarks, and your margin notes stay on your device. Set in Playfair Display and EB Garamond. Texts verified against the Folger Shakespeare. Read one beautiful page, every day. --- Terms of Use (EULA): https://dailybard-site.codemad-edu.workers.dev/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://dailybard-site.codemad-edu.workers.dev/privacy/

About

Coil Reader

Features
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Coil turns reading into something you watch. Words arrive one at a time, anchored at a single highlighted letter, so your eyes stay still and your reading speed climbs — 300, 500, 700 words per minute — without the line-hopping and re-reading that slows you down. Behind every word is a living sky that responds to the story. Tense passages darken. Wonder brightens. The atmosphere follows the writing, sentence by sentence. 70,000 FREE CLASSICS INCLUDED Dracula. Pride and Prejudice. Crime and Punishment. Sherlock Holmes. The Project Gutenberg library is built in and free to read. BUILT FOR FOCUS • Adjustable speed, from a gentle pace to a full sprint • Smart pacing that breathes at commas and rests at sentence ends • Tap any word to hear it spoken • Kids mode for early readers • Reads beautifully in multiple languages, including right-to-left scripts PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No sign-up. No tracking. No ads. Your library lives on your device and works offline. COIL PREMIUM — one-time purchase, yours forever • Import your own PDF, EPUB, and TXT books • Speed-read news and RSS feeds from your favorite sites • Additional atmospheres and visual layers No subscription. Ever.

Screenshots

Daily Bard4 screens
Coil Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daily Bard at none against Coil Reader's 1. Coil Reader's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Coil Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Daily Bard asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daily Bard ships an update every 6 days, Coil Reader every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Daily Bard versus Coil Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily BardCoil Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPavithra KodmadInfinite Epiphany Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Daily Bard

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Coil Reader

One-time1
  • Coil Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Daily Bard free?
Daily Bard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coil Reader free?
Coil Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Daily Bard or Coil Reader have ads?
Daily Bard shows ads; Coil Reader does not.
Which is updated more often, Daily Bard or Coil Reader?
Daily Bard ships an update every 6 days, and Coil Reader every 10 days. Most recently, Daily Bard was updated on October 13, 2026 and Coil Reader on October 21, 2026.

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