9 Best Aurora Reader Alternatives: Apps Like Aurora Reader for iPhone (2026)

Whether you want more options like Aurora Reader or a completely different take on the same concept, our curated list of 9+ similar apps has you covered. Updated for 2026 with the latest ratings and comparisons.

Top Alternatives to Aurora Reader

Clip Jar by Hangzhou Gongshu District Xiangde Software Development Studio

Organize and share text clips

Editor's Choice

🔧 Utilities

4.6(14 ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

Streamline your text clip management with this app. Save, search, and share text snippets from various sources effortlessly. Features include homescreen widgets, automatic pasteboard saving, and quick actions for links and contact information.

MKV PiP Player by Beijing Yima Network Technology Co., Ltd.

MKV M3U Video PiP & TV Casting

Strong Contender

🔧 Utilities

4.7😊(68 ratings)

$0.99In-App Purchases

Play any video file format with picture-in-picture functionality. Supports a vast array of video and subtitle formats, M3U playlists, and casting web videos to DLNA TVs. Offers playback speed control and multi-track audio/subtitle options.

What We Love

👍 Very good software
👍 Good app
👍 Very useful
👍 Good
👍 Powerful player
👍 Worth buying
👍 Absolutely worth it
👍 Extremely useful
👍 Good app, used it
👍 Very very good
👍 Excellent m3u player
👍 Good
👍 Smooth, no lag
👍 Good value
👍 Feature-rich and convenient
👍 Best player
👍 Absolutely the best player
👍 Very easy to use
👍 Extremely good
👍 Powerful and lightweight
👍 Very good
👍 Developer is attentive

Room to Improve

🐛 HD clarity cannot load
🐛 DLNA cast to TV has no response
🐛 Glitchy at times
🐛 Frequent crashes
🐛 M3U parsing slow
🐛 Search not smooth
🐛 Latest picture-in-picture fast forward/backward not working normally
🐛 Freezes every few minutes
🐛 External subtitles not working
🐛 Crashes when clicking recent playback
🐛 Picture-in-picture crashes after 10 seconds
🐛 Default to landscape, cannot adjust
🐛 File list always out of order

Randomly Toolbox by Justin Xin

Do almost anything

Worth Considering

🔧 Utilities

5.0(2 ratings)

Free

A free utility app offering a diverse range of tools for generating, picking, sorting, and simulating various data types. It includes features for numbers, text, dates, lists, dictionaries, security, charts, and developer utilities.