Comparison

ReaderView vs Time@Location

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ReaderView

Transform cluttered web pages and documents into a clean, distraction-free reading experience. Save articles, videos, and more for offline access, with features like highlighting, note-taking, and full-text search.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free reading mode
  • Save content for offline access
  • Highlight passages and add notes
  • Full-text search across saved articles
  • Organize content with folders
  • Sync across devices with iCloud
Features
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Web pages, documents, podcasts, and videos can be difficult to save, read, and search later. ReaderView transforms them into clean, distraction-free articles so you can focus on what matters. Save content for later, read offline, highlight important passages, and quickly find them again. ReaderView works with: - Web articles and blog posts - PDF documents, including images, tables, and mathematical formulas - Word documents and text files - Apple Podcasts and Spotify podcast episodes - YouTube videos - Vimeo and Dailymotion videos - X/Twitter posts, long-form articles, and videos TRANSCRIPTS THAT FEEL LIKE ARTICLES ReaderView looks for publisher-provided captions before generating a transcript, giving you faster and more accurate results whenever captions are available. With media transcripts, you can: - Read while listening or watching - Tap a word or timestamp to jump to that moment - Follow synchronized highlighting and automatic scrolling - Summarize any article with on-device Apple Intelligence (supported devices only) - Navigate with source-provided or automatically generated chapters - Play, pause, seek, and adjust playback speed - Show or hide videos for a distraction-free reading experience - Keep videos visible while scrolling when shown - Cancel queued transcriptions - Download source media when available READ, ORGANIZE, AND FIND EVERYTHING - Open a clean Reader View with a single tap - Listen with high-quality voices that work offline - Save articles and images for offline reading - Highlight passages and add notes - Search across your entire library - Find text within individual articles - Organize articles into folders - Sync across devices with iCloud - Find saved articles using Spotlight - Read comfortably with Dark Mode and Auto-Scroll - Support for Asian and right-to-left languages, including Arabic and Hebrew COPY, SHARE, AND EXPORT Export articles as plain text, Markdown, HTML, WebVTT, or PDF. You can also copy or share the original link. WebVTT is available for timestamped media transcripts. Share content with ReaderView from Safari, Apple News, X/Twitter, Feedly, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Word, and many other apps. When captions are unavailable, automatic on-device transcription for podcasts and X/Twitter videos requires iOS 26 or later. Have feedback or ideas? Contact laurent@appblit.com. If ReaderView helps you, an App Store review would mean a lot.

About

Time@Location

Automatically track your time spent at various locations using geofencing. Log driving mileage effortlessly via CarPlay and get AI-powered insights into your time usage. Export detailed reports for your records.

Highlights
  • Automatic location-based time tracking
  • Background geofencing for arrivals/departures
  • CarPlay integrated mileage logging
  • AI assistant for data queries
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • PDF/CSV report export
  • GPX/KML mileage export
Features
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Time tracking that handles itself. Set up your locations once — office, home, client sites, wherever matters — and forget about it. Time@Location detects every arrival and departure automatically using geofencing in the background. No tapping. No timers. No forgotten entries. Automatic. Always. The app runs silently in the background 24/7, even when your phone is in standby. Arrival and departure times are recorded the moment they happen. Mileage log without the hassle. Connect to CarPlay and your drive starts recording automatically. Disconnect and it stops. Your route appears in the app instantly, complete with distance driven. GPX and KML export ready for tax and expense reports. AI assistant for your data. Ask questions about your own records: "How much time did I spend at the office this month?" or "Which week had the most drives?" — answered on-device from your real data. Multiple devices, one dataset. Optional iCloud sync keeps iPhone and iPad in sync automatically. Only one device records at a time — the other switches to view-only mode automatically. Your data stays yours. No account. No subscription. No sharing. All data remains in your iCloud account or exclusively on your device — your choice. Export reports as PDF or CSV — ready for your tax advisor, employer, or your own records.

Screenshots

ReaderView4 screens
Time@Location4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ReaderView at Free against Time@Location's $3.99. ReaderView also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Time@Location's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ReaderView is free to download; Time@Location costs $3.99 up front. ReaderView sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Time@Location asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ReaderView ships an update every 2 days, Time@Location every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ReaderView versus Time@Location: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReaderViewTime@Location
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.6 (67 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings67 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppBlit LLCRobert Ortner

Customer experience

ReaderView

All ratings67 ratings
Positive88.1%
Neutral3.0%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive88.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative7.1%

Time@Location

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ReaderView

One-time1
  • ReaderView PRO$4.99
None

Time@Location

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ReaderView free?
ReaderView is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Time@Location free?
Time@Location costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ReaderView or Time@Location have ads?
Neither ReaderView nor Time@Location shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ReaderView or Time@Location?
ReaderView ships an update every 2 days, and Time@Location every 4 days. Most recently, ReaderView was updated on September 30, 2026 and Time@Location on September 12, 2026.

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