Tomelet vs NextPhase Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Tomelet
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Read the book the way it was printed. Tomelet starts from what the publisher made ā the fonts, spacing and images ā and lets you work on top of it. It is a private reader for EPUB, PDF and many more formats, with its own typesetting engine. THE PAGE COMES FIRST ⢠Publisher fonts, styles and images are kept by default. ⢠Change the type size and the text reflows without losing the design. ⢠Bright, sepia, dark and black themes; margins, line spacing, alignment and hyphenation are yours to set. WRITE ON THE PAGE ⢠Highlight, underline, add notes and bookmarks in EPUBs and in PDFs with selectable text. ⢠Draw with Apple Pencil ā pressure changes the line ā or switch on finger drawing. ⢠Export a book's notes as Markdown or JSON. THE FORMATS YOU OWN EPUB, PDF, MOBI, AZW3, FB2, DjVu, CBZ comics, DOCX, TXT, Markdown and HTML, plus older formats such as CHM, LIT and Palm eReader ā all DRM-free. Books locked with DRM are recognised and explained; Tomelet doesn't remove protection. EVERY LANGUAGE ON THE PAGE Right-to-left text such as Arabic and Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese and Korean with ruby annotations, and hyphenation come from one rendering engine. Tomelet itself speaks 28 languages. A LIBRARY THAT TIDIES ITSELF Titles, authors, series and covers come from the file and, unless you turn it off in Settings, from Open Library. Automatic tags, collections and series keep things in order, and search finds books in your library and words inside a book. FREE TO READ. PAY FOR SYNC. The free app is the whole reader, not a trial: every format and reading feature, notes, export and local backup, offline and with no account. It is supported by one ad before a book opens ā never while you read, and never on your first day. TOMELET SYNC Tomelet Sync keeps your books, reading positions, highlights, notes and ink in step across your iPhone, iPad and computer, removes ads, and includes 10 GB of encrypted storage. Everything is encrypted on your device before it is uploaded; our servers never hold a key that can read your library. A new device is approved from one you already trust, or with your Recovery Key. Tomelet Sync is an auto-renewable subscription, billed monthly or yearly, with a free trial for eligible new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account; the subscription renews unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and you can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://tomelet.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://tomelet.app/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
The clearest difference is ads: NextPhase Reader at none against Tomelet's shown. Tomelet's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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. Tomelet sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 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 | Tomelet | NextPhase Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | ā |
| Ads | Yes | No ā better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac ā better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | TOMELET PTE. LTD. | NextPhase LLC |
In-app purchases
Tomelet
- Tomelet Sync Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Tomelet Sync Yearly14 Days trial$99.991 Year
NextPhase Reader
- NextPhase Reader Pro$29.99





