{"id":2217,"date":"2026-08-20T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T08:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoomer.com\/about-reflex\/when-to-choose-one-over-the-other\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T10:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T08:00:34","slug":"when-to-choose-one-over-the-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoomer.com\/about-reflex\/en\/when-to-choose-one-over-the-other\/","title":{"rendered":"When to choose one over the other"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The question does not really arise. The extension and Reflex do not compete in your day. They respond to different situations. But if you want a simple rule, here it is.<\/p>\n<h2>Choose the extension when<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>You are on your computer and reading a web page.<\/li>\n<li>You have chosen this content and want to understand it better.<\/li>\n<li>You have time to read, but want a boost on a difficult passage.<\/li>\n<li>You are working in your browser and want to stay in your workflow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Choose Reflex when<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>You are on your phone and a text has just arrived.<\/li>\n<li>You do not yet know whether this text deserves your attention.<\/li>\n<li>You do not have access to your computer or you are on the move.<\/li>\n<li>You want to process a document, ebook or file imported from your phone.<\/li>\n<li>You want to listen to a result aloud rather than read it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>In practice<\/h2>\n<p>Most users who have both no longer ask the question. The context chooses for them. In front of a computer screen with a browser open, it is the extension. Phone in hand with a text that has just arrived, it is Reflex.<\/p>\n<p>If you only have one of the two, the answer is even simpler. <strong>The extension covers your online reading. Reflex covers everything else.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The question does not really arise. The extension and Reflex do not compete in your day. They respond to different situations. But if you want a simple rule, here it is. Choose the extension when You are on your computer and reading a web page. You have chosen this content and want to understand it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflex-vs-the-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resoomer.com\/about-reflex\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resoomer.com\/about-reflex\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resoomer.com\/about-reflex\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resoomer.com\/about-reflex\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resoomer.com\/about-reflex\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resoomer.com\/about-reflex\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resoomer.com\/about-reflex\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resoomer.com\/about-reflex\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resoomer.com\/about-reflex\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}