Longbox vs TaleReady

Longbox is a comic reader for people who already have the comics. Point it at your CBZ, CBR and PDF files and it opens them. No account, no upload, no waiting for a library to sync before you can read anything. READING • Fit to width, height or whole page — whichever suits the book • Turn your phone or iPad sideways to read two pages at once, and art drawn across a spread still gets the screen to itself • Pinch to zoom anywhere, double-tap to snap • Right-to-left for manga, set per series and remembered • Night and sepia filters, plus in-app brightness that leaves your system setting alone • Opens on the page you left, every time • Entirely offline — nothing is streamed unless you ask for it YOUR LIBRARY • Import from the Files app — anything on your iPhone or in iCloud Drive • However many comics you own — a hundred or ten thousand, there's no limit • Issues group into series on their own • Search, favourites and reading history • Up to eight libraries, any of them behind a passcode • Reading streaks and a leaderboard, if you want to be on it ALL OF THAT IS FREE The reader is never behind a paywall. Not the filters, not the fit modes, not the reading direction, not reading offline. There's no cap on how many comics you keep, either. If it opens a comic, it costs nothing. LONGBOX PREMIUM • Connect a Komga, Kavita or OPDS server — browse it, read from it, download for offline • Hide comics you'd rather not see, without touching the server • Browse your Dropbox from inside Longbox: a single issue or a whole folder, without leaving the app • Sharpening and upscaling for scans that need it • Beta features first – Panel by panel (alpha) — splash pages and complicated layouts often won't detect • Automatic metadata — publisher, year, creators and characters • EPUB novels — contents, adjustable type, themes and highlighting • Unlimited libraries • Smart Lists that keep themselves current • Your place follows you — across your devices, and in step with your server both ways • Your own picture as the app background • Seven accent colours, each with its own app icon Comics you have already downloaded from a server stay readable forever, even if Premium lapses. Paying us was never what made them yours. PREMIUM PRICING Longbox Premium is available as a one-time purchase, or as a subscription billed monthly or yearly with a 7 day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://getlongbox.app/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://getlongbox.app/terms.html

Leave your iPhone at home. Take your audiobook with you on Apple Watch. TaleReady is a private audiobook player for DRM-free audio files you already own, thousands of free LibriVox classics, and your own podcast feeds. TaleReady prepares the next stretch on Apple Watch, verifies that the watch can actually play it, and remembers exactly where you stopped. FREE CLASSICS FROM LIBRIVOX • Browse and search public-domain audiobooks read by LibriVox volunteers • Add a book in one tap; it downloads in the background, even with your iPhone locked • No ads, no account, no subscription YOUR PODCASTS ON YOUR WRIST • Paste a private RSS link, such as a paid podcast membership • Play an episode on iPhone, or send it to Apple Watch with one tap • Finished episodes clean themselves up; Settings shows what takes space YOUR OWN FILES Import a folder, choose MP3 or M4A files, or open a chaptered M4B. LISTEN COMFORTABLY ON IPHONE • Browse and search books, authors, and chapters • Arrange files into one audiobook and reorder chapters • Adjust playback speed • Add bookmarks and mark chapters as played • Fall asleep with Sleep Timer and find your place again • Hear the start of a sentence after a longer pause with Smart Resume • Make speech clearer with optional Voice Boost • Continue from the Lock Screen, AirPods, or CarPlay LEAVE YOUR IPHONE BEHIND Choose how much of your book to prepare for Apple Watch—from a custom listening window to the whole book. TaleReady counts only audio the watch has received and verified as playable, so the time shown as ready is the time actually available offline. Play prepared chapters directly on Apple Watch during a walk, run, workout, or commute. Your listening position and played chapters stay aligned when you return to iPhone. Apple Watch can also control playback on a nearby iPhone. FREE CORE. ONE OPTIONAL UPGRADE. Import and listen without limits. Manual one-hour Apple Watch preparation is free. TaleReady Pro is a single lifetime purchase that adds larger Watch windows, Always Ready, and automatic cleanup. No subscription. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No tracking or analytics. Your imported audio, listening history, and bookmarks stay on your devices.