ReadStream vs Risha
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReadStream
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ReadStream is a reading app for people who love books — whether you read them yourself or listen to them read back to you. I built it because I was tired of losing my place in downloaded books and chapters, juggling formats, and never quite knowing where I'd left off. If that sounds familiar, this might be the app you've been looking for. What you can do with it: • Import books and chapters in Word, EPUB or PDF format, organise them into series, and always come back to exactly where you stopped. • Fetch chapters from sites like Royal Road or Project Gutenberg, keep them in your library, and pull in updates whenever new ones appear. • Listen to your books read aloud — useful when your eyes are tired, or when you'd rather just close them and let the story come to you. • Save articles from the web and follow RSS feeds, so your long-form reading and the stories you track all live in the same place. • Keep notes as you go, against any book or chapter, without needing a separate app to do it. • Choose from a range of reading themes, including a warm paper mode that feels closer to an actual page than a screen. Most reading apps are built around content they want to sell you. ReadStream is built around content you've already found. Your imported chapters, your downloaded audiobooks, the serials you follow on Patreon or Royal Road — it's all treated as first-class material, organised the way you'd want a proper library to work. Everything stays on your device. Nothing is chasing you for your attention. It won't suit everyone. If you want a shop, a social feed, or reading challenges with badges, this isn't that. It's a quiet app for people who just want to read. If your reading life is currently scattered across half a dozen folders and formats, ReadStream is one place to bring it home. https://dscreations.co.uk/readstream/support
Risha
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Risha is an app for reading, writing and publishing novels and stories in English, Arabic, French and Spanish. Read original mystery, romance, horror and drama, read offline whenever you like, or write your own novel and publish it for readers who follow you. More than 350 published novels and over 4,000 chapters, written by more than 120 authors. Choose the languages you want to read in. Novels and stories for every taste • Mystery and thriller: puzzles, crimes and investigations that keep you hooked to the last chapter. • Psychological and social novels, and true-to-life stories about people, family and society. • Romance novels, love stories and drama full of emotion. • Horror novels and suspense stories for fans of fear. • Action, adventure, science fiction, fantasy and historical novels. Read offline Download the chapters of your favorite novel and read them without internet, on the road or anywhere. Comfortable reading on iPhone and iPad • Dark mode and light mode. • Adjust font size and line spacing. • Auto-scroll, so you can read hands-free. • Pick up where you left off. • A dedicated iPad layout that makes the most of the big screen. Write and publish your novel for free • An easy chapter editor on iPhone and iPad, with saved drafts. • A "How to write a novel" guide, from the first idea to publication. • Publish your novel after a content review. • An author dashboard with reading statistics for your novels. • Author badges, plus comments and gifts from your readers. • Your chapters are hidden from screen recording while they are read. A community of readers and writers • Comment on chapters and reply to readers and authors. • Follow your favorite authors and keep novels in your library. • Vote every week for the novel of the week. Points and rewards • Keep your daily streak and earn points by reading and taking part. • Spend points to unlock new chapters before their free release. A safe place to read Novels are reviewed before they are published, comments are moderated, and you can report anything offensive, so reading stays enjoyable and respectful. In your language The app is available in eight languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese and Indonesian. Optional purchases Risha is free to download and read. Optional in-app purchases include Risha Pro Lifetime (one payment), a monthly or yearly Account Verification subscription, gift plans and novel promotions. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. • The verification subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The renewal is charged within the last 24 hours of the period. • You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://syrdroid.com/privacy_policy_Risha.html Start now: download Risha, choose your languages and start your next novel, or publish the first chapter of yours today. Support and suggestions: the "Contact us" page in the app, or Yaman8da@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ReadStream at none against Risha's 10. ReadStream also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Risha sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. ReadStream asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | ReadStream | Risha |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | David Sealey | Yaman Dakouri |
In-app purchases
ReadStream
No in-app purchases
Risha
- Frame Level 2 (Members)$1.39
- Garden set (Members)$1.39
- Garden set$1.99
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- Frame Level 3 (Members)$2.09
- Manuscripts set (Members)$2.79
- Legendary Frame (Members)$3.49
- Night set (Members)$3.49
- Manuscripts set$3.99
- Mythic Frame (Members)$4.89
- Night set$4.99









