Lis vs Namo eBook Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lis
Enjoy a premium reading experience for all your ebooks and audiobooks, regardless of their source. Customize your reading with various fonts, themes, and spacing options. Sync your progress across devices and use speech synthesis to listen to your books.
- Read ebooks (ePub, PDF)
- Listen to audiobooks
- Customizable reading experience
- Bookmark and annotate
- Speech synthesis for ebooks
- Cross-device sync
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Lisa offers an unrivalled reading experience for all ebooks and audiobooks. Read every kind of editorial genre, from any source (book seller, library or anywhere on the web...), whenever you want. Features: - Read ebooks in ePub, protected with the LCP DRM or not. - Listen to audiobooks, protected by the LCP DRM or not. - Customize your reading experience: choose from a selection of fonts and color themes; change the line spacing or the margin size. - Bookmark and annotate your ebooks. - Use speech synthesis for the app to read aloud your ebooks in ePub format. - Log in to sync your books and readings across devices and resume where you left off. Formats supported: - digital books in ePub and PDF formats - audiobooks in M4B, MP3, MP4, ZIP, ZAB, Audiobook Readium, Audiobook Readium LCP formats If you encounter difficulties or wish to send us your feedback and suggestions, contact us via info@artbookmagazine.com. Good readings
Namo eBook Reader
This application offers a robust and accurate way to view EPUB2 and EPUB3 ebooks. It supports various layout types, advanced styling, and provides a suite of user-friendly reading tools for a customizable experience.
- EPUB2 and EPUB3 support
- Reflowable and fixed-layout ebooks
- HTML5, Javascript, CSS3 rendering
- Table of contents, bookmarks, memos
- Customizable themes and fonts
- Text search and zoom
- File sharing import
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Namo Reader supports both EPUB2 and EPUB3. It is easy to use and intuitive, and expresses e-books fast and accurately. 1. Complies with the IDPF EPUB standard. - Supports both reflowable and fixed-layout e-books. - Expresses HTML5, Javascript, and CSS3 completely. - Check out Namo Reader for e-books (reflowable vertical writing e-books, fixed-layout e-books) that are not properly represented by other readers. 2. Provides a variety of user-friendly features. - Table of contents, bookmarks, memos, highlights - Changing themes and fonts, adjusting font size and line height, and controlling brightness - Screen rotation lock - Text search - Zooming in and out - User library settings - A shortcut and a collection of recently read books - Collection functions based on reading situation - Adding e-books by file sharing feature such as AirDrop, open in, iTunes 3. Provides perfect contents security by viewing without decompressing e-books, and enables efficient use of device storage space.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lis at 5.0 against Namo eBook Reader's 2.0. Namo eBook Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lis holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 38% and 38% positive.
Lis ships an update every 3 months, Namo eBook Reader every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lis | Namo eBook Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.1% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Art Book Magazine | ARASOFT.Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
Lis
Namo eBook Reader
In-app purchases
Lis
No in-app purchases
Namo eBook Reader
No in-app purchases
