ReadME
Reading Made Easy
Three pages from school about a trip, a consent form and a payment. ReadME tells you what it says, what you need to do, and by when.
Your documents are read on your iPhone by Apple Intelligence. They are never uploaded.
Free with ads. iPhone with iOS 26 or later and Apple Intelligence turned on.
What it does
The gist, first
A short summary and the things you need to do, pulled from the document itself. The full text is always one tap away, laid out to fit your phone.
Dates, labelled
Every date that matters, with what happens then: "Science Centre trip", not just "3 October". Add it to your calendar or make a reminder in one tap. If the letter says Friday but the date is a Saturday, ReadME points it out.
Flights and hotels
Share a booking and get each flight in local airport times, and the hotel with its address ready to open in Maps or show to a taxi driver.
Ask about it
Not sure what a paragraph means? Ask the document a question and get an answer drawn from its text.
PDFs and screenshots
Share a PDF from Mail, WhatsApp or Files, or pick up to ten screenshots. Scanned pages are turned into text on the device.
Private where it matters
ReadME has no server and no account. The document is read by Apple Intelligence on your iPhone, and nothing in it is sent anywhere.
Free, with ads
The whole app is free. A small banner ad at the bottom of the screen pays for it; it never covers your document, and nothing from the document is sent to the ad network.
Languages
ReadME is in English for now.
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