Comparison

Quick Reads vs thatsbooks

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

Head to head
About

Quick Reads

Discover and enjoy a curated collection of short stories with an intuitive interface. Listen to stories with audio narration to improve reading speed and dictation. Engage with a community of readers by sharing comments and ratings.

Highlights
  • Curated short stories
  • Audio narration option
  • Story summaries and author bios
  • User profiles for comments and ratings
  • Offline story access
  • Reading time and rating information
Features
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A great story fits any moment. Quick Reads makes it easy to discover short fiction for the time you have. Find a familiar classic, stumble upon a hidden gem, or settle into a story you’ve been meaning to read. From Mark Twain and Edgar Allan Poe to Oscar Wilde and H. G. Wells, explore distinctive voices, surprising ideas and memorable characters. FIND YOUR NEXT STORY Explore Today’s Pick, Hidden Gems, Short but Brilliant and other collections. Search for writers, stories and themes, or browse by estimated reading time to find something that fits your break, commute or quiet evening. READ YOUR WAY Enjoy an elegant reader with adjustable fonts and text size. Choose Light, Dark or Sepia, follow your reading progress and return to where you left off. KEEP YOUR STORIES CLOSE Save stories to My Library for offline reading. Keep your saved stories, current reads and finished stories organized in one place. LISTEN, TOO Use built-in read-aloud to listen to a story when you’d rather hear it. MEET THE WRITERS Discover the people behind the stories through author biographies and other works from the same writer. Browse the collections before signing in and choose one story to read as a guest. Create a free account to read more and save stories to your library. Make a little room for a good story.

About

thatsbooks

Features
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that's Books is an e-commerce platform specializing in sales of published books , with three languages available: English, Spanish and Arabic. At present, there are over one thousand kinds of printed books and e-books in English, Spanish, Arabic, French, German, Russian, Italian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean and other languages, and it keeps rising. that's Books belongs to China Intercontinental Press, a Chinese publisher specializing in publishing of multi-language books and journals about China. The Press mainly publishes books on Chinese topics such as history, culture, literature, economy, society, politics, religion, travel, etc.

Screenshots

Quick Reads4 screens
thatsbooks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quick Reads at none against thatsbooks's 6. thatsbooks's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. thatsbooks sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Quick Reads asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Reads ships an update every 2 months, thatsbooks every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Quick Reads versus thatsbooks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick Readsthatsbooks
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB70 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperLeftlane Group LLCChina Intercontinental Press

In-app purchases

None

Quick Reads

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

thatsbooks

One-time6
  • PrepaidCard0.99$0.99
  • PrepaidCard5.99$5.99
  • PrepaidCard11.99$11.99
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  • PrepaidCard17.99$17.99
  • PrepaidCard29.99$29.99
  • PrepaidCard49.99$49.99

Questions

Is Quick Reads free?
Quick Reads is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is thatsbooks free?
thatsbooks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quick Reads or thatsbooks have ads?
Neither Quick Reads nor thatsbooks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Reads or thatsbooks?
Quick Reads ships an update every 2 months, and thatsbooks every 3 months. Most recently, Quick Reads was updated on November 2, 2026 and thatsbooks on October 26, 2026.

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