Comparison

Avalon Reader for FB2 books vs EPUB Reader

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

Head to head
About

Avalon Reader for FB2 books

Read your FB2 ebooks with this intuitive reader. Easily import books from various sources, customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts and color schemes, and sync your progress across devices via iCloud. Enjoy a seamless reading journey on your iOS devices.

Highlights
  • Import FB2 books from web, iTunes, cloud drives, and OPDS catalogs
  • Synchronize reading position across iOS devices via iCloud
  • Adjustable fonts, line spacing, page width, and color schemes
  • Easy navigation and book text search
  • Translate words and phrases using Yandex Translate
  • Book sharing and image gallery view
Features
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Avalon Reader - ebook reading application with simple and intuitive interface. You can collect unlimited number of titles in your Library and read them for you own pleasure. Application optimized for all iPad and iPhone models and high resolution Retina Display graphics. It is possible to load ebooks in fb2 format into application by a number of ways, like: - download fb2 books using your favorite web browser application and open it with Avalon Reader using "Open In..." iSO feature - use iTunes file sharing to copy files from you computer - import books from you preferred cloud drive - Dropbox, OneDrive and Google Drive currently supported, more options coming in next versions - find and download book in any OPDS internet catalog You can read book on any iOS device you own and synchronize reading position over iCloud account (require internet connection) Avalon Reader features: - Turn pages with a tap or swipe - Easy navigation inside the book - Open electronic books from any source - Automatically expands fb2 files from zip archive - Adjustable fonts and font sizes - Adjustable line spacing - Adjustable page width - Three color schemes - Sort books by File name, Book Title, Author or Recently opened - Book Information Page - Book Images Gallery View - all embedded images on one page - Book sharing - possible to transfer book to any destination supported by iOS or any application which can handle this file type - book text search - words and phrases translation using Yandex translate service (require internet connection)

About

EPUB Reader

This app allows you to import and read your DRM-free ebook files locally. It supports various formats and offers customizable reading settings for a personalized offline experience. You can also search, highlight, and annotate your books.

Highlights
  • Import DRM-free EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, FB2, TXT
  • Offline reading with no account
  • Customizable text and themes
  • Full-book search and highlighting
  • Chapter navigation and progress tracking
  • Export notes and highlights
Features
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EPUB Reader is an epub reader for the books you already own. Import your DRM-free EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, FB2 and TXT files into one local ebook library and read them offline, with no account and nothing uploaded. An ebook reader that takes the file as it is. EPUB reflows to your settings. DRM-free MOBI, AZW, AZW3 and PRC open directly, with AZW3 read from its KF8 layer for better typography. FB2 arrives as .fb2, .fb2.zip or .fbz, and TXT is decoded as UTF-8 or GBK, with a long chapterless file split into chapters you can navigate. The format is read from the contents of the file, so a book that lost its extension in mail still opens; what will not open is reported as unsupported or damaged. Reading is paginated, not an endless scroll: tap a side of the page or swipe. The contents list opens on the chapter you are in, the bottom bar carries the chapter name, page X of Y and your percentage through the book, and the progress bar jumps only when you let go. A reopened book starts on the page you left. Search the whole book from two characters up. Every hit arrives with its chapter name and the words around it; tap one and the reader lands there with the match highlighted. Highlight any passage in one of four colors, attach a note or copy it. Bookmarks, highlights and notes share one panel and export as plain text. Type size, page brightness, justified or left-aligned text and the light, sepia and dark paper themes are all free, night reading included. Every pixel of the reader follows the paper theme, and a book's own CSS cannot turn sepia or dark into dark text on a dark page. Offline books are the normal case here, not a mode you switch on: on a plane, in the subway, in a dead zone on the highway, the library and the book behave the same. At night the dark paper theme and the brightness slider let you read beside someone who is asleep. Studying, you highlight what matters, write your thought next to it, then export chapter, progress, passage and note into your notes app. Most of what sits beside this app in search is a different product. Content platforms hand you a catalog and want you signed in. Converters turn one format into another. Borrowing apps need a library card. Read-aloud apps are built around a voice. This one opens the files that are already yours and stays out of the way. • Open DRM-free EPUB, MOBI, AZW, AZW3, PRC, FB2 and TXT files • Format read from file contents, even with a wrong extension • TXT in UTF-8 or GBK, long files split into navigable chapters • Import several files in one go and get a single summary • Ebook library as a cover grid, three to six columns • Search by title or author, filter by reading, not started or finished • Sort by recently read, recently added, title or author to organize the shelf • Continue Reading card for the book you had open last • Page turns by tap or swipe, with a draggable progress bar • Contents list, chapter name, page X of Y and whole-book percentage • Full-book search with chapter name and context per hit • Four highlight colors, notes and copy from the selection bar • Bookmarks, highlights and notes in one panel, exportable as text • Line spacing, page margins and font family (Pro) Your books and your reading position stay in this app's storage on the device: no account, no sync, no record of what you read. To be clear about the edges: no PDF, no comic archives, no DOC or CHM, no conversion between formats, no way into books locked by another store's DRM, no text-to-speech, no audiobooks, no translation, no dictionary. The free library holds three books; EPUB Reader Pro lifts that limit and unlocks line spacing, page margins and font family. Bring your own files, drop them in and start reading. Terms of Use: https://zeroplay.io/docs/legal/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://zeroplay.io/docs/legal/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Avalon Reader for FB2 books4 screens
EPUB Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

Avalon Reader for FB2 books and EPUB Reader both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 65% of Avalon Reader for FB2 books's written reviews are positive against 0% of EPUB Reader's. Avalon Reader for FB2 books also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). EPUB Reader's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence 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

EPUB Reader is free to download; Avalon Reader for FB2 books costs $1.99 up front. EPUB Reader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Avalon Reader for FB2 books asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Avalon Reader for FB2 books against 5.0 for EPUB Reader. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Avalon Reader for FB2 books's written reviews are positive against 0% of EPUB Reader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Avalon Reader for FB2 books ships an update every 5 weeks, EPUB Reader every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Avalon Reader for FB2 books versus EPUB Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAvalon Reader for FB2 booksEPUB Reader
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuri StaloverovZeroPlay Ltd.

Customer experience

Avalon Reader for FB2 books

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral5.9%
Negative29.4%

EPUB Reader

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Avalon Reader for FB2 books

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

EPUB Reader

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Monthly3 Days trial$14.991 Month

Questions

Is Avalon Reader for FB2 books free?
Avalon Reader for FB2 books costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is EPUB Reader free?
EPUB Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Avalon Reader for FB2 books or EPUB Reader?
Avalon Reader for FB2 books and EPUB Reader are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Avalon Reader for FB2 books or EPUB Reader have ads?
EPUB Reader shows ads; Avalon Reader for FB2 books does not.
Which is updated more often, Avalon Reader for FB2 books or EPUB Reader?
Avalon Reader for FB2 books ships an update every 5 weeks, and EPUB Reader every 2 months. Most recently, Avalon Reader for FB2 books was updated on November 2, 2026 and EPUB Reader on October 31, 2026.

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