Handy Reader vs Pit.Kit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handy Reader
Enhance your reading speed with this app, designed for efficient comprehension of digital texts. It supports various file formats and offers a distraction-free interface with customizable display options to suit your reading style.
- Speed reading functionality
- Supports PDF, FB2, EPUB, DOCX, TXT, ODT, HTML
- Word-focused display
- Customizable fonts and themes
- Adjustable reading speeds
- Distraction-free interface
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Introducing Handy Reader – the ultimate app designed to transform your reading experience with a focus on speed reading. Whether you're reading e-books, browsing articles, or exploring any digital text, Handy Reader offers a clean, intuitive interface that lets you read without distractions. Handy Reader supports a wide range of file formats such as PDF, FB2, EPUB, DOCX, TXT, ODT, HTML, and more—ensuring all your favorite content is just a tap away. Featuring an advanced word-focused display, you can effortlessly concentrate on individual words or groups of words at once, effectively boosting your speed reading capabilities while maintaining comprehension. The app can be personalized to fit you perfectly: choose your preferred fonts, switch themes, and adjust reading speeds to create an environment tailored to your needs. Whether you're looking to boost your reading speed or simply want a unique way to enjoy your favorite books, Handy Reader is here to help. Happy reading and even happier speed reading!
Pit.Kit
This app provides a private space to capture thoughts, notes, and media. Organize your ideas with tags and search, and set reminders to ensure nothing is forgotten. It offers seamless integration with device features for quick access.
- Capture text, photos, voice notes, documents, locations, and links
- Organize with tags and search
- Set reminders from notes
- Siri commands and Shortcuts integration
- Private iCloud sync and backups
- In-app helper for usage and note manipulation
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Thoughts rarely arrive neatly organized. And they don’t tend to wait around. I made Pit.Kit because I wanted somewhere to put a thought down as easily as I’d send a message to a friend. I kept getting caught up in organizing a note before I’d finished having the thought. Sometimes I lost it along the way. So I built the thing I wanted: open a chat, send whatever’s in your head, done. Make a chat for a trip, a project, or just “random stuff.” Drop in text, photos, videos, voice notes, documents, locations, or links shared from other apps. Each thought can be as short, messy, or unfinished as it needs to be. You don’t have to give every note a title or make it fit a template. Just put it down. When you need something again, search your notes, follow a tag, or jump to a date. Mark things done and filter what still needs your attention. Add a reminder to a note, keeping the original thought right there with it. Add nudges when one reminder might not be enough. There are quicker ways in, too. Create reminders through Siri or Shortcuts, open the reminder composer from your Lock Screen or Control Center, and use widgets to see what’s coming up. Then there’s Notty, the little helper you’ll find around the app. Ask how something works, get help rewording a note, or ask about the notes in a chat. Notty can also find reminders and prepare changes for you to review. You confirm before it changes your saved notes or reminders. Notty’s AI runs on your device. On supported devices, it can use Apple Intelligence. Pro adds Expanded Intelligence, a downloadable on-device model for deeper reasoning, broader language support, and understanding photos you ask about. With Pro, you can also turn on personalization so Notty’s replies take your preferences and note habits into account. Pro also adds Custom Entries: optional rating and measurement inputs you can set up inside a chat. Rate a coffee, log a measurement, and keep those entries alongside your ordinary notes. Your notes are stored on your device first, so you can keep capturing without an internet connection. Optional private iCloud backups help you recover them later. Pit.Kit collects usage and crash diagnostics to help improve the app. Your note contents, attachments, and conversations with Notty stay out of those diagnostics. Your notes stay yours. No feed. No followers. No workspace to set up. Just somewhere to put things down before they get away. Custom Entries, Expanded Intelligence, Notty personalization, and widget customization require a Pit.Kit Pro subscription, available in-app. Expanded Intelligence also requires a model download. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://isapps.app/pitkit-privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pit.Kit at 5.0 against Handy Reader's 4.8. Pit.Kit also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). Handy Reader's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Handy Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pit.Kit sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pit.Kit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Handy Reader has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Handy Reader ships an update every 2 weeks, Pit.Kit weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Handy Reader | Pit.Kit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ihor Prysiazhniuk | Idan Yehuda Schechter |
Customer experience
Handy Reader
Pit.Kit
In-app purchases
Handy Reader
- Handy Reader Pro$7.99
Pit.Kit
- Professional (monthly)$2.491 Month
- Professional (yearly)$14.991 Year
- Professional for life$29.99









