Comparison

Read Later! vs NanNanCat Notes

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

Head to head
About

Read Later!

Features
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Found something great on Threads, told yourself "I'll read it later" โ€” and never found it again? Read Later was built for exactly that moment. - Save like sending a message Tap Share, and your categories appear right in the share sheet like contacts. One tap = saved and sorted. - Snapshot on save Title, summary, and thumbnail are captured instantly. Even if the original post gets deleted or goes private, your copy stays. - Never forget what you saved The Home Screen widget rotates through your unread saves every few hours, and a gentle weekly recap reminds you to pick one. - Sorted automatically Articles are auto-filed by keywords (Daily, Food, Finance, Fun โ€” fully customizable), with full-text search across everything. - Your data stays yours Everything lives on your device. No uploads, no tracking, no ads. No account, no subscription โ€” just open and go. Available in English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese.

About

NanNanCat Notes

Features
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NanNanCat Notes is a handwriting notes app, made by a university student in Taiwan and named after their cat, NanNan. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no locked features, no ads โ€” just a plain tool. HANDWRITING AND DRAWING Fountain pen, ballpoint, brush and highlighter with freely adjustable width and colour โ€” save your favourites. Shape recognition, a ruler, sticky notes, washi tape, stickers and text boxes are included. Inserted photos can be cropped, resized and rotated. RECORDING WITH INK REPLAY Record a lecture or meeting, and optionally capture the timing of your writing โ€” during playback the ink reappears stroke by stroke in time with the audio. Choose the built-in mic or a connected headset. THREE KINDS OF DOCUMENT Besides paged notebooks, there's a whiteboard for thinking out loud and a text document that exports as Markdown. All three share the same folders and search. SYNCS ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Sign in to the same Apple Account and notes written on iPad appear on iPhone by themselves โ€” no account to create, no sync button to press. Or keep everything local with iCloud turned off entirely. HANDWRITING SEARCH AND ON-DEVICE AI Search your own handwriting. Summarising, proofreading and translating all run on the device โ€” your notes are never sent to any server. PRIVATE AND SECURE Set a passcode for the app and unlock it with Face ID or Touch ID. No ads, no tracking, no third-party analytics. TAKE IT ANYWHERE Export notebooks as PDF or as a re-editable file format, and text documents as Markdown. The Files app always has an up-to-date PDF of every notebook. Available in Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean. Questions or suggestions? Reach us on Discord or by email.

Screenshots

Read Later!4 screens
NanNanCat Notes2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NanNanCat Notes at daily against Read Later!'s every 3 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Read Later! ships an update every 3 days, NanNanCat Notes daily. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Read Later! versus NanNanCat Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRead Later!NanNanCat Notes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYUNG HUNG WANGJunda Chu

In-app purchases

None

Read Later!

No in-app purchases

None

NanNanCat Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Read Later! free?
Read Later! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NanNanCat Notes free?
NanNanCat Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Read Later! or NanNanCat Notes have ads?
Neither Read Later! nor NanNanCat Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Read Later! or NanNanCat Notes?
Read Later! ships an update every 3 days, and NanNanCat Notes daily. Most recently, Read Later! was updated on September 30, 2026 and NanNanCat Notes on September 28, 2026.

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