ReaderView vs Draftly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Draftly
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Everyone can quickly produce professional-level content in any language, any occasion! Draftly is not here to replace writers — it's your most powerful "writing accelerator". Whether you're a social media manager producing daily posts, a professional writing business reports, or a writing enthusiast seeking inspiration, Draftly saves you drafting time and ensures content quality and logical structure. KEY FEATURES • Flexible Writing Goals: Easily choose writing "purpose" and "style", and precisely control word count (100 to 3000 words) to perfectly fit any scenario. • Multi-Source Reference Materials: Not just generating from thin air! Paste web links or upload TXT, PDF files, and AI will write precisely based on your provided materials. • Intuitive Structured Outline: Enter topic and desired conclusion, add content sections freely. AI will organize the logic and produce well-structured, high-quality articles. • Revolutionary Revision and Version Management: Not satisfied with the first draft? Simply input revision directions, and the system presents old and new versions "side-by-side" as cards for easy comparison, with "keep" or "discard" options to perfectly control article direction. • Professional Markdown Editor: Supports visual rendering of Markdown syntax including headings, blockquotes, bold, italic, and lists. Click to seamlessly switch between editing modes. • One-Tap Export and Share: Supports plain text and PDF export formats, allowing your creations to be quickly applied across major platforms. • Personalized Interface: Offers 5 premium theme colors (Midnight Blue, Forest Green, Warm Orange, Minimalist Grey, Lavender Purple), with dark/light mode auto-switching and dynamic font sizing for the most comfortable writing environment. Say goodbye to staring at blank screens. Download Draftly now — turn inspiration into words, and make writing simpler and more efficient than ever! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ReaderView at 16.0 against Draftly's 18.6. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. ReaderView sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Draftly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | ReaderView | Draftly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (67 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AppBlit LLC | CHI HAO CHIU |
Bugs and requests
ReaderView
Reported bugs
10 issues- Unable to read PDFs from web
- Images get blurred in saved files
- Error message: "No Content Yet"
- App not working on iPhone 13 Pro
- Lost all folders and files
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- Forces sharing its own link
- Disabled copy-paste
- Comments not appearing in reader view
- Formatting issues: gaps between lines
- App not working with Apple's News app (iOS 10)
Requested features
18 requests- Support for Simplified Chinese
- Folders displayed on home page
- In-App Purchase for macOS version
- Swipe to go back/exit function
- Dark mode in reading mode
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- More color options, tags, and note management tools
- Sync with Instapaper
- Add comments along with annotations
- Import Instapaper articles with highlights
- Filter highlights by color
- Text search function
- Return to page location after exiting reader
- Sync saved stories across devices
- Sync with Evernote and Dropbox with tags
- Copy all text function
- Copy text feature for text-to-speech
- Sync with Evernote
- Change default colors
Draftly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ReaderView
- ReaderView PRO$4.99
Draftly
- Draftly Monatsabo$2.991 Month
- Draftly Lifetime Access$39.99









