Comparison

KyBook 2 Ebook Reader vs Books Reader

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

Head to head
About

KyBook 2 Ebook Reader

This app is a versatile e-book reader that supports a wide range of formats including EPUB, MOBI, and PDF. It offers extensive customization for reading modes, cloud storage integration, and text-to-speech capabilities for audiobooks.

Highlights
  • Supports EPUB, MOBI, PDF, DJVU, and more
  • OPDS catalog and cloud storage integration
  • Customizable reading modes (font, theme, size)
  • Text-to-speech for e-books and audiobooks
  • Book cataloging and organization
  • Speed reading and text summarization
Features
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Attention, since October 1, 2019, the third edition of the application is available on the App Store - KyBook 3 Reader. The best way to read your books ever! KyBook supports all the major e-book formats, OPDS catalogs and Cloud Storage. Continuously developing and improving in close contact with thousands of KyBook users. Key features:

 - EPUB, FB2, RTF, PDF, DJVU, MOBI, AZW3, CBR, CBZ, CBT, MP3, M4A, M4B formats - OPDS catalogs
 - Cloud Storage - Flexible reading mode settings - Handy cataloguer - Text-to-speech technology More: - Supports e-books in EPUB (DRM-free), FictionBook (fb2, fbz, fb2.zip), TXT, RTF, PDF, DJVU, Comic Book (cbr, cbz, cbt), MobiPocket (mobi), Kindle (azw3), and Audio Book (mp3, m4a, m4b) formats. - Provides access to enormous collection of free electronic books through OPDS-catalogs support. - Finds books in your Cloud Storage or anywhere in Internet. - Saves your books into iCloud, Dropbox, Yandex Disk, Google Drive, OneDrive, Cloud Mail.ru, ownCloud (WebDAV) and Shared folders (SMB/CIFS). - Allows customize: font, colour theme, text size, text alignment mode, margins, paragraph indention, hyphenations and more. - Provides easy navigation inside the book using table of content, bookmarks or notes. - Helps organizing your books, cataloging them, grouping and sorting in different modes. - Provides detailed information about each of your book. - Allows choosing book covers from different sources, changing titles and subjects and even more. - Uses text-to-speech technology to voice any e-book. - Supports translation of text and the vocabularies in StarDict and Lingvo DSL format. - Integrates with social networking services. - Supports of archives in ZIP, RAR and TAR format. - Provides Speed Reading. - Allows to stream audio for audio books in Cloud Storage. - Supports fuzzy search and search using regular expressions in a text book. - Supports automatic text summarization and precis-writing. - Supports preview of iWork, Microsoft Office, CSV, HTML files.

About

Books Reader

This app provides a seamless e-reading experience, managing your ebook collection and offering customizable reading settings. It supports various formats and includes features like bookmarking, note-taking, and a read/unread tracker.

Highlights
  • Supports multiple ebook formats (epub, fb2, mobi, PDF)
  • Manages and organizes ebook collections
  • Customizable text size, color, theme, and brightness
  • Progress tracking and bookmarking
  • Note-taking and excerpt selection
  • Read/unread book tracker
  • Filtering and search functionality
Features
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Books Reader - its a perfect e-reading experience. Overdrive your reading skills everyday. For everyone reader we gift free books and e-reading collections. Books Reader is a laconic pocket library and intuitive tool for a perfect reading experience. Without extra fluff or complexity, it takes care of all the basic needs: managing your ebook collections, getting the text on the screen and letting you interact with it as you go at your prime reading. For a start, the app builds a library for you by rounding up all the book files stored on the device. Books Reader works with most popular ebooks formats (epub, fb2, mobi etc.), including zip archives. If necessary, you can tweak the list manually, by adding or removing specific titles for ibooks. However big your collection gets, browsing will remain easy thanks to a provided set of filters. Besides, the system is keeping track of your history to display the books in order of relevance. Viewing the book, you can adjust the settings for the best effect: change size and color of the text, pick the right theme and brightness level, use various controls options for turning pages. The combination of a progress bar, bookmarking and a search tool help to navigate the text effortlessly. Make sure to select the excerpts that stayed with you and import them to Notes with just a couple of taps. Books Reader offers: - A variety of ebook formats (epub, fb2,PDF, mobi and others); - Auto unpacking of zip archives; - A smart manager of the books stored on your device; - Read/unread books tracker; - Filtering system (by author, by date added or read, etc.); - Adjustable page/text settings (brightness, size, color, theme and more); - Several controls methods (scrolling, tapping or using buttons); - Marking pages and taking notes. Privacy Policy: https://villow.studio/privacy Term Of Use: https://villow.studio/terms

Screenshots

KyBook 2 Ebook Reader4 screens
Books Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

KyBook 2 Ebook Reader and Books Reader both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 68% of KyBook 2 Ebook Reader's written reviews are positive against 38% of Books Reader's. KyBook 2 Ebook Reader also leads on ratings volume (2.4K vs 22) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. KyBook 2 Ebook Reader sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Books Reader sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for KyBook 2 Ebook Reader against 4.7 for Books Reader. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KyBook 2 Ebook Reader has 2.4K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of KyBook 2 Ebook Reader's written reviews are positive against 38% of Books Reader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KyBook 2 Ebook Reader ships an update fortnightly, Books Reader every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
KyBook 2 Ebook Reader versus Books Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKyBook 2 Ebook ReaderBooks Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.4K ratings)4.7 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.7% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings2.4K — better22
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB59 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKonstantin BukreevVillow

Customer experience

KyBook 2 Ebook Reader

All ratings2,337 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral2.5%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews251 reviews
Positive67.7%
Neutral6.0%
Negative26.3%

Books Reader

All ratings22 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative37.5%

Bugs and requests

KyBook 2 Ebook Reader

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Books not loading properly
  • Restore purchases not working
  • Sync issues with cloud services
  • Unexpected behavior after updates

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to edit color themes
  • Organize books into folders
  • Annotation and note-taking features
  • Resume reading from last page
  • Goodreads integration
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  • Adjustable font size and brightness

Books Reader

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

KyBook 2 Ebook Reader

One-time2
  • Upgrade to Pro Version$1.99
  • Upgrade to Pro Version$2.99
9 purchases

Books Reader

Subscriptions4
  • Regular donation$1.991 Month
  • Regular donation$3.991 Month
  • Regular donation$5.991 Month
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  • Regular donation$9.991 Month
One-time5
  • Donation$1.99
  • Donation$3.99
  • Donation$5.99
Show 2 more
  • Donation$9.99
  • Custom Fonts & Themes$9.99

Questions

Is KyBook 2 Ebook Reader free?
KyBook 2 Ebook Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Books Reader free?
Books Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, KyBook 2 Ebook Reader or Books Reader?
Books Reader is rated higher. KyBook 2 Ebook Reader averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while Books Reader averages 4.7 from 22 ratings.
Do KyBook 2 Ebook Reader or Books Reader have ads?
Neither KyBook 2 Ebook Reader nor Books Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KyBook 2 Ebook Reader or Books Reader?
KyBook 2 Ebook Reader ships an update fortnightly, and Books Reader every 3 months. Most recently, KyBook 2 Ebook Reader was updated on November 6, 2026 and Books Reader on November 3, 2026.

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