BookFusion vs csBooks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BookFusion
Manage, read, and organize your eBooks across all devices with seamless cloud synchronization. Customize your reading experience with extensive settings, highlight notes, and text-to-speech functionality. Integrates with Calibre and supports various file formats.
- Cross-platform eBook reader and manager
- Cloud sync for reading progress and eBooks
- Customizable reading experience
- Highlighting and annotation tools
- Text-to-Speech (TTS) functionality
- Calibre integration
- Support for EPUB, PDF, CBZ/CBR
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Thousands of readers use BookFusion to manage, read and enjoy over 2 million eBooks. BookFusion is the best cross platform eBook reader and manager with cloud sync that allows you to easily read, organize and manage your eBooks across all your devices. ◇ Features ◇ Integrated Reader - Read all your EPUB, PDF, & CBZ/CBR eBooks both online and offline with clean and intuitive interface . Extensive Reader Settings - Customize your reading experience from vertical/horizontal margins, line spacing, fonts, bold/italics, colors and much more. Seamless Syncing - Sync your reading progress, highlights & annotations, eBooks and bookmarks across all devices. Pick up exactly where you left off. Organize & Manage - Easily organize and access all your eBooks seamlessly whether offline or online. Organize your eBooks using virtual bookshelves or place them into Series. Quickly find the eBook you are looking for using the category, tags or author filters. The perfect eBook Organizer & eBook Manager in one. Light & Dark Mode – Dark or Light the preference is yours! Highlights & Annotations - Highlight with your preferred colors and add tags to highlights to keep them organized. Sort your highlights by date or reading progress and easily export them to use in other apps in CSV, Markdown, HTML and PDF formats eBook Cloud - Keep your entire eBook collection at the tips of your fingers by storing them in the cloud and downloading them to read offline only when you need to. Any title just a click away. Text-to-Speech (TTS) - Listen to your favorite eBooks with Apple's native natural-sounding text-to-speech feature. Customize reading speed, voice and accessibility. Ideal for audiobook lovers busy lifestyles and accessible for all readers. Send to Kindle – Organize and quickly send your next read to your Kindle device with one click. Calibre Integration - The perfect Calibre Ally. Sync metadata, custom columns, series, tags and incremental updated PDF & EPUB files to all your devices. Your entire Calibre library on your devices when you need it. Vertical Writing Support - Read Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese eBooks with ease. Image/Area Highlights & Annotations (PDFs) - Easily annotate/highlight images, tables, graphs or even text. Any element at all in your PDF can now be highlighted and annotated. EPUB 3 Support - With support for the full EPUB 3 spec. You can read eBooks with rich interactivity support that includes video, audio, Q&A, games and much more. Widgets – Quickly view and jump back into your last read, currently reading, or highlights right from your home screen with iOS Widgets. Multi-Window Support (iPadOS & macOS) – Open multiple books side by side, drag books into Split View, or read and view highlights simultaneously. Perfect for multitasking, studying, or comparing texts. NOTE: You will need to install the BookFusion Calibre Plugin to sync your eBooks to all your devices. See the tutorial at https://support.bookfusion.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018852052-Installing-Using-the-BookFusion-Plugin-for-Calibre Open With - Don’t like the integrated reader? Use the open with functionality to send and read your eBooks with your preferred app. No lock-in Metadata & Book Details – Know what an eBook is about at a glance or easily edit the cover, description, author tags and other information. Additional Formats Supported via Web - These include: AZW, AZW3, AZW4, CBC, CHM, DJVU, DOCX, FB2, FBZ, HTML, HTMLZ, LIT, LRF, PRC, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT, TXTZ in a single app. These must be uploaded via the Web App before using the iOS App Choose from over 70,000 eBooks ◇ Other ◇ Have feedback or just want to chat? We would love to hear from you. Drop us a line at support@bookfusion.com or join us for a chat on Discord at https://www.discord.gg/7v34UYq Terms of Service - https://www.bookfusion.com/terms Privacy Policy - https://www.bookfusion.com/privacy
csBooks
This app allows users to read and manage ePub and PDF books from their device. It offers features like automatic thumbnail generation, reading progress tracking, customizable text size, and multiple themes for a comfortable reading experience.
- Read ePub and PDF files
- Manage book library
- Auto book thumbnail generation
- Reading progress tracking
- Customizable text size and font
- 8 stylish reading themes
- Cloud storage and desktop sync
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Read ePub, PDF, MOBI, Docx, CBZ, CBR, DJVU and MOBI book files with csBooks – the best ebook reader and digital library manager for iPhone and iPad. Import, organize, and read books offline with our all-in-one book reader app. The #1 ebook reader app for offline and online reading: ePub reader & ePub viewer PDF reader & PDF viewer MOBI reader & MOBI viewer CBZ comic book reader Word document reader (DOCX) Book Reader Features: ePub reader with adjustable fonts, text size & 8 reading themes PDF reader with page progress tracking & navigation MOBI ebook reader for Kindle-format files Comic book reader for CBZ files Book library manager with card view & list view Auto-generated book cover thumbnails Reading progress tracker Cloud sync & cloud backup for your ebook library Offline reading – read books without internet Import ebooks from Files, email & cloud storage Desktop sync for cross-device reading Best ebook reader for digital library management. csBooks organizes your ePub books, PDF books, MOBI ebooks, and comic books in one beautiful reading app. Fast ePub viewer, smooth PDF viewer, and full-featured book manager. Read ebooks offline. Sync your book library to desktop. Track reading progress. csBooks is the ebook reader and library app for serious readers. Download csBooks – ebook reader, PDF viewer & digital library app. ------- Developer contact: studiocaesium@gmail.com Privacy Policy: https://www.caesiumstudio.com/privacy-policy End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BookFusion at none against csBooks's shown. csBooks's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 76%). On price, update cadence, 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. BookFusion sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and csBooks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BookFusion | csBooks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (523 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 523 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BookFusion | Ravi Kumar Sharma |
Customer experience
BookFusion
csBooks
Bugs and requests
BookFusion
Reported bugs
5 issues- Highlights and notes not always saving properly
- Reading position sometimes resets unexpectedly
- Widget not functioning as expected
- Occasional crashes and freezes
- Issues with importing certain ebook formats
Requested features
6 requests- Add page numbers instead of just percentages
- Implement a true dark mode
- Improve PDF viewing and annotation capabilities
- Add support for DJVU format
- Provide an option to purchase a lifetime license
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- Implement better organization tools like folders/shelves
csBooks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BookFusion
- Casual Monthly$1.991 Month
- Advanced Monthly$4.991 Month
- Power Monthly$9.991 Month
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- Casual Yearly$18.991 Year
- Advanced Yearly$47.991 Year
- Power Yearly$95.991 Year
csBooks
- Unlimited Pro (Monthly)$6.991 Month
- Unlimited Pro (Yearly)$22.991 Year









