Comparison

Smart Reading vs Beresta

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

Head to head
About

Smart Reading

Access concise summaries and audio versions of non-fiction books. Quickly grasp key ideas for self-development, career, and business without full reading. Explore a curated library with practical insights and actionable advice.

Highlights
  • Book summaries
  • Audio versions
  • Key ideas extraction
  • Self-development content
  • Career and business insights
  • Offline access
  • Weekly library updates
Features
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Smart Reading — приложение для чтения и прослушивания нон-фикшен книг по саморазвитию, бизнесу, психологии, маркетингу, инвестициям, истории в кратком формате. Здесь можно читать, слушать и скачивать книги в удобном формате и быстро получать ключевые идеи. Smart Reading подходит тем, кто хочет читать регулярно, развивать навыки, учиться новому и находить полезные идеи для работы и жизни. В библиотеке собраны материалы по самым востребованным темам: личная эффективность, общение, лидерство, карьера, семья, мышление, привычки, финансы и управление. Что есть в приложении: - книги и аудиокниги в одном приложении - ключевые идеи и саммари по нон-фикшен книгам - тесты для закрепления материала - тематические треки и подборки для обучения - онлайн- и офлайн доступ - заметки, цитаты и сохранение важных фрагментов - удобная библиотека для чтения и прослушивания каждый день Почему выбирают Smart Reading? - Читайте и слушайте быстрее. Получайте суть книги, главные выводы, примеры и практические рекомендации в удобном формате. - Экономьте время. Вместо сотен страниц — понятная структура, основные идеи и то, что можно применить на практике. - Учитесь регулярно. Короткие форматы помогают встроить чтение в повседневную жизнь: дома, в дороге, на прогулке или между делами. - Выбирайте нужные темы. Бизнес, психология, саморазвитие, маркетинг, инвестиции, история, отношения и другие направления в одной библиотеке. - Читайте и слушайте как удобно. Переключайтесь между текстом и аудио, используйте офлайн-доступ и возвращайтесь к сохраненным идеям позже. Что внутри библиотеки В Smart Reading собраны материалы по популярным нон-фикшен книгам и авторам, которые помогают лучше понимать себя, развивать карьеру, принимать решения, строить отношения, управлять временем и осваивать новые подходы в работе и жизни. Все материалы создаются редакторами: мы изучаем большие книги и превращаем их в понятный, структурированный и полезный формат для чтения и прослушивания. Каждую неделю библиотека пополняется новыми материалами. Для кого приложение Smart Reading подойдет, если вы: - любите книги и аудиокниги - хотите читать больше, а тратить меньше времени - ищете идеи для саморазвития и работы - хотите быстро выбирать, какие книги изучать глубже - цените удобный формат чтения и прослушивания в одном приложении Smart Reading — это удобное приложение про книги, аудио и знания, которые легко встроить в повседневную жизнь. Читайте, слушайте, сохраняйте идеи и собирайте свою библиотеку для роста, карьеры и вдохновения. Apple Terms of Use (EULA) – https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Beresta

Currently charting
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Beresta keeps what you read and what you took from it: books, articles, highlights — and the notes they turn into. BOOKS STAY FILES Opens EPUB, FB2, PDF, MOBI and plain text. Importing copies: the file you brought stays where it was. Any book comes back out as a file under its real name through Share; on the Mac, "Save a copy of the library…" lays the whole library out as Author/Title folders. A book may hold several files at once — the reader picks the one that reads best, and you can pick another by hand. HIGHLIGHTS YOU CAN TAKE WITH YOU A quote, your own thought beside it, tags, bookmarks. On iPad, ink over PDF pages with Apple Pencil. All of it exports into an Obsidian vault as ordinary Markdown files rather than "our format": a person edits the note, not the program, and the next export will not overwrite what you wrote. There is a separate Obsidian plugin, open source. SYNC WITHOUT SOMEONE ELSE'S SERVER Beresta has no server of its own and no account. Devices exchange through a place you choose. To Backblaze B2 and WebDAV everything travels sealed: the key is derived from your passphrase on the device itself and stays with you. Through a folder — your own, a shared one, or one inside iCloud Drive — the files travel as they are: there the storage protects them, not Beresta, so pick a folder you trust. A LIBRARY, NOT A FILE LIST Authors, series, tags, nested shelves. Search by title and author everywhere; search inside the book you are reading, too; full-text search across the whole library on the Mac. Reading statuses and a reading log. On the Mac, import from Calibre brings covers and your own highlights along, and import from Zotero brings articles and notes. ARTICLES FROM THE WEB RSS subscriptions deliver articles straight into the library and store them the way books are stored: text, images and the original source. On the Mac a page can be clipped with the Safari extension — it ships inside the app, nothing to install. ON ALL YOUR DEVICES One purchase covers Mac, iPhone and iPad. Widgets: continue reading, and quote of the day. A nearby device offers to continue the book you started; if that is too much, one switch in settings turns it off. WHAT BERESTA DOES NOT DO No account. No analytics, no telemetry, and nothing leaves your device on its own. If something goes wrong, "Diagnostics" in Settings builds a report, shows it to you in full before anything is sent, and you decide whether to send it at all. No ads. It does not decide for you where your books live. Keeping your own files is not about distrusting clouds. It is about libraries taking years to build, and apps living shorter lives than that. A year of updates is included. After that you can extend for new features — or stay with what you bought: the app keeps working.

Screenshots

Smart Reading4 screens
Beresta4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Smart Reading at Free against Beresta's $19.99. Smart Reading also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Beresta's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days) and chart position (#69 vs unranked). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Smart Reading is free to download; Beresta costs $19.99 up front. Smart Reading sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Beresta sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Reading ships an update every 9 days, Beresta every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Smart Reading versus Beresta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart ReadingBeresta
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating4.8 (125 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews67.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings125 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank—#69 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB41 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperIvigreen LLCDmitriy Laukhin

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Smart Reading

Subscriptions8
  • 1 месяц7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • 1 месяц$12.491 Month
  • Подписка на 1 месяц$12.991 Month
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  • 1 год подписки7 Days trial$53.991 Year
  • 1 год подписки7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Годовая подписка7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • 1 год подписки7 Days trial$67.991 Year
  • Годовая подписка7 Days trial$67.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime subscription$199.99
5 purchases

Beresta

One-time5
  • Supporter$5.99
  • Updates for 12 months$9.99
  • Updates after a break$14.99
Show 2 more
  • Believer$24.99
  • Evangelist$59.99

Questions

Is Smart Reading free?
Smart Reading is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beresta free?
Beresta costs $19.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Smart Reading or Beresta have ads?
Neither Smart Reading nor Beresta shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Reading or Beresta?
Smart Reading ships an update every 9 days, and Beresta every 2 days. Most recently, Smart Reading was updated on November 1, 2026 and Beresta on October 31, 2026.

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