Lis vs Louise 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
Louise Reader
Access a wide range of ebooks and audiobooks from independent booksellers and digital libraries. Customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts, themes, and spacing. Supports EPUB, PDF, and audiobook formats, with options for bookmarks and annotations.
- Read DRM-free and LCP DRM protected ebooks
- Listen to DRM-free and LCP DRM protected audiobooks
- Customizable reading experience (fonts, themes, size)
- Bookmarks and annotations
- Text-to-speech for ebooks
- Supports EPUB and PDF formats
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Discover Louise, the best reading app for ebooks and audiobooks, delivered by your favourite bookseller or borrowed to a digital library. Enter a vast network of hundreds of independent booksellers and digital libraries, partners of ePagine or Numilog. You can also add your own ebooks stored on your device. No account required within the application. Features: - Read DRM free epub / PDF ebooks or protected with LCP DRM. - Listen to DRM free audiobooks or protected by LCP DRM. - Customize your reading experience: choose from a selection of fonts and color themes; set the character size for your reading comfort ; change the line spacing or the margin size. - Place bookmarks and annotate your ebooks. - Use text to speech options for your ebooks in epub format. Supported formats: - ebooks in epub and PDF formats - audiobooks as sold by your bookseller (ePagine network) If you encounter any issue or wish to send us your feedback and suggestions, contact : contact@louise-reader.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lis at 38% against Louise Reader's 14%. Louise Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 ships an update every 3 months, Louise Reader every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lis | Louise Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 38.1% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Art Book Magazine | TITE LIVE |
Customer experience
Lis
Louise Reader
In-app purchases
Lis
No in-app purchases
Louise Reader
No in-app purchases
