Read Live vs Riverside DataManager
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.
Riverside DataManager
This app helps manage and report on standardized educational assessments. It supports various forms of Iowa Assessments, CogAT, and Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests. Streamline your data collection and analysis for these key educational evaluations.
- Manage Iowa Assessments Forms E, F, G
- Report on Logramos TERCERA EDICIÓN
- Process Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)
- Analyze CogAT Screening Forms
- Handle Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests (GMRT)
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DataManager allows you to streamline the management and reporting of Iowa Assessments™ Forms E, F and G, Logramos® TERCERA EDICIÓN, Cognitive Abilities Test™ (CogAT®) Forms 7 and 8, CogAT Screening Forms, and Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests® (GMRT®).
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Read Live at 5.0 against Riverside DataManager's 3.5. Read Live also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 11 months). Riverside DataManager's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 29%) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). 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 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Riverside DataManager has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of Read Live's written reviews are positive against 50% of Riverside DataManager's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Read Live ships an update every 4 months, Riverside DataManager every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Read Live | Riverside DataManager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.5 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.3 | 10.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Read Naturally, Inc. | Internet Testing Systems (ITS) |
Customer experience
Read Live
Riverside DataManager
In-app purchases
Read Live
No in-app purchases
Riverside DataManager
No in-app purchases
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