Read Live vs Be Washington
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Read Live
This app provides a structured, audio-supported system to improve reading fluency, phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension for learners of all ages. It offers access to four distinct curriculum options, including support for Spanish readers, and tracks student progress across devices. A Read Live account is required to use the program.
- Four curriculum options
- Audio-supported system
- Develops reading fluency
- Improves comprehension
- Tracks student progress
- Spanish reading support
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Read Live delivers measurable results for struggling and developing readers of all ages. With this app, your students can access their Read Live student stories and exercises in an experience designed to take advantage of the iPad’s capabilities. Improve fluency and phonics skills while supporting vocabulary and comprehension development with Read Naturally Live. Build mastery and automaticity in phonics and decoding with systematic phonics instruction with Word Warm-ups Live. Enable structured, engaging, and independent reading practice with One Minute Reader Live. Help native Spanish speakers or others to learn to read Spanish text fluently with Read Naturally Live–Español. Visit our website to learn more about Read Live: readnaturally.com/go-read-live *** A Read Live account and internet connection are required to use this app. Don’t have an account yet? Don't worry: you can create a free account and start using the program within 1 business day! Read Live was designed by teachers for use in schools. Here's what some teachers are saying: “A great program. Kids enjoy using it. They see their progress in fluency and comprehension skills.” – Special Education Teacher, VT “Love, Love, Love this program to help build our students' fluency. All of the stories are engaging for the students. The technology is easy for both students and teachers to use.” – First-Grade Teacher, WI “This program has dramatically increased the fluency, comprehension and writing abilities of my ELL students. Their MAP scores have risen as much as 15 points in a trimester. It provides great individualization.” – ELL/ESL Teacher, IL KEY FEATURES • Full access to all four curriculum options: Read Naturally Live, Word Warm-ups Live, One Minute Reader Live, and Read Naturally Live–Español. • Structured, audio-supported system keeps students motivated and holds them accountable for their own success. • Develops reading fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, and phonics. • Excellent for Response to Intervention (RTI) or Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS). • Student progress syncs across computer and iPad. • Free iPad app for Read Live account holders. ________________________________________ Need support? We’re here to help. Email us at support@readnaturally.com *** IMPORTANT!! You must have a Read Live account to use this app.
Be Washington
Step into the shoes of the first U.S. President and make critical historical decisions. Interact with advisors and explore pivotal moments in American history through an engaging theater experience.
- Make historical decisions as George Washington
- Interact with historical advisors
- Explore four key historical scenarios
- Single-player and multiplayer modes
- Download media for offline play
- Educational resources for teachers
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Do you have what it takes to lead like Washington? The popular interactive theater at Mount Vernon is now available to play at home and in the classroom. Step into the boots of the first president and commander and chief and make the very same decisions he had to. Hear from his contemporaries and advisors such as Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Knox and more. Hosted by Chris Jackson, who played George Washington in the broadway musical Hamilton, players will be introduced to four key decisions Washington had to make: the Battle of Second Trenton, the Newburgh Conspiracy, the Genet Affair, and the Whiskey Rebellion. Hear from those who would have advised Washington, rate their persuasiveness, then make your decision and see if you would have lead like Washington. Each of the four scenarios run approximately 15 minutes and can be played in a single player mode or in a multi-player network game. For multi-player game play, everyone should be playing in the same room, one computer is the host of the game an the others join and play the game. This app allows users to download all media onto their local device for smoother game play. For additional materials including lesson plans for teachers visit http://bewashington.org/.
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Read Live at 5.0 against Be Washington's 1.9. Read Live also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 15 months) and review sentiment (29% vs 11%). Be Washington's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Read Live holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Be Washington has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Read Live's written reviews are positive against 11% of Be Washington's.
Read Live ships an update every 4 months, Be Washington every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Read Live | Be Washington |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.9 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.3 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Read Naturally, Inc. | George Washington's Mount Vernon |
Customer experience
Read Live
Be Washington
In-app purchases
Read Live
No in-app purchases
Be Washington
No in-app purchases
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