ReadIt vs NextPhase Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
ReadIt
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Turn the books you already own into audiobooks. Import any EPUB and ReadIt reads it aloud using the voices already on your iPhone. No streaming, no catalog, no account. Your library stays on your device. WHAT YOU CAN DO ⢠Import any EPUB you own ā books you bought, downloaded, or wrote yourself ⢠Listen with your phone's built-in voices, offline, with no network needed ⢠Follow along as each line is highlighted while it's spoken ⢠Pick up exactly where you left off, in every book ⢠Adjust speed, voice, type size, margins, and page colour ⢠Read in Paper, Sepia, or Night, whichever suits the room BUILT FOR LONG READING SESSIONS Playback continues with the screen off, and works from the Lock Screen and Control Center. A daily reading goal and a streak calendar keep the habit visible without nagging. STARTS WITH BOOKS INSIDE A handful of public-domain classics come bundled, so there's something to listen to the moment you open the app. YOUR LIBRARY STAYS YOURS Books, progress, and settings live in the app's own storage on your device. There is no account, and no copy of your library on our servers. Deleting the app deletes all of it. READIT PRO Free includes 2 hours of listening a day, up to 40 hours a month. ReadIt Pro removes both limits: ⢠Unlimited listening, with no daily cap ⢠No monthly hour limit ⢠Every book in your library, start to finish Monthly or yearly. Cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://readit.garcade.in/terms Privacy Policy: https://readit.garcade.in/privacy
NextPhase Reader
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Read it. Listen to it. Learn from it. Listen instead of read. Turn your documents and compatible books into audio. NextPhase Reader brings reading, listening and language practice together on iPhone and iPad, using content you choose. LISTEN TO YOUR CONTENT ⢠Read supported books and documents aloud using Apple device voices by default, with voice, speed and sleep-timer controls. Optional online voices are also available for live listening. ⢠Listen to the original text, its translation, or both. ⢠With Pro, prepare chapters or PDF pages as saved audio for offline playback. Export separate M4A recordings to Files or share them with another app. ⢠Create saved audio with downloaded Kokoro voices, on your device with the app in the foreground. Apple device voices and online voices are for live listening; online voices require an internet connection. READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU ⢠Import your own DRM-free EPUB, KEPUB, PDF, MOBI, AZW3, FB2, TXT, RTF, DOCX and HTML files. ⢠Explore free classics through Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks, or connect a compatible OPDS library. ⢠Adjust text size and reading layout, choose Light, Sepia or Dark, and keep highlights, notes and bookmarks. ⢠Read text-based PDFs in their original layout or as flowing text. Scanned PDFs without selectable text are not supported for translation or speech. LEARN FROM YOUR READING Stay motivated. Read in the languages you want. Import content for side-by-side reading. ⢠Read original and translated EPUB paragraphs together: side by side on wider screens, interleaved on narrow screens. ⢠Save words in context and return to them with spaced-repetition review. ⢠Use pronunciation guides for supported languages, including pinyin, furigana and romaja. ⢠With Pro, highlight saved words as they reappear, export vocabulary as CSV, and export compatible books as bilingual EPUBs. Your first vocabulary CSV export is free. TRANSLATION CHOICES Built-in online translation needs no API key. Apple on-device translation requires a supported device, OS and downloaded language pair; unavailable language packs may lead to an online fallback. You can also use your own DeepL, OpenAI, Google Cloud or Azure key. Provider availability and quality vary by language. Completed translations are cached for reuse. PRO: ONE-TIME PURCHASE Choose one book to try Pro features free. Unlock Pro for all your books with a one-time in-app purchase for major version 1. No subscription. Pro includes natural voice downloads, saved audio, bilingual EPUB export and vocabulary export. Family Sharing is supported. Restore purchases is available in Settings. YOUR CONTENT, YOUR CHOICES Core reading works without an account. Your library is stored locally. Online translation and speech send relevant text to the selected services; optional account sync uploads reading data. Downloaded voices and saved audio support offline listening, but online services and new downloads require a connection. Compatible, DRM-free content only. Audio exports are separate chapter or page recordings, not a single combined audiobook. Interface available in English and Spanish.
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Verdict
ReadIt and NextPhase Reader are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters ā price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them ā neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. ReadIt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and NextPhase Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | ReadIt | NextPhase Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 153 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Om Sharma | NextPhase LLC |
In-app purchases
ReadIt
- ReadIt Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- ReadIt Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
NextPhase Reader
- NextPhase Reader Pro$29.99









