Comparison

epuBear Reader vs eBooks Pro

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

Head to head
About

epuBear Reader

This app is a feature-rich EPUB reader offering seamless navigation, customizable reading options, and AI-powered tools for enhanced learning and content exploration. Enjoy personalized recommendations, on-device translation, and AI chat for deeper book analysis.

Highlights
  • EPUB 2 and EPUB 3 support
  • Seamless navigation
  • Night mode
  • Text search and selection
  • Audio and video playback
  • Customizable reading options
  • AI-powered recommendations and translation
Features
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Our epuBear Reader acts as a standalone reader for EPUB format books with no ads and no limitations and the solution is based on epuBear SDK developed by SCAND. epuBear Reader Features: • Reading EPUB 2 and EPUB 3 documents. • Seamless navigation through pages, chapters, bookmarks, and links. • Night mode for comfortable reading in low light. • Text search and text selection for efficient content discovery. • Support for audio and video playback within EPUB files. • Customizable reading options such as: - Font size adjustment. - DoublePage mode support. - Background and text color adjustments. • Bookmark and notes management for tracking key points in your books. • Opening pictures to view in separate screen. • Text-to-speech support for enhanced accessibility and audio-based reading experiences. • Multilingual support, including vertical and right-to-left writing modes. • AI-powered reading and learning tools: - Personalized book recommendations based on the user’s bookshelf. - On-device translation of selected text into multiple languages. - AI chat for discussing and analyzing books and documents. - Context-aware answers to questions about the current book. - AI-assisted learning and deeper content exploration. - Automatic summaries of books, chapters, and selected passages.

About

eBooks Pro

This app is a versatile eBook reader supporting numerous file formats including EPUB, PDF, and documents. It offers editing capabilities, cloud integration, customizable reading options, and an AI assistant for summaries and translations. Organize your library with ease and enjoy a personalized reading experience.

Highlights
  • Supports EPUB, PDF, TXT, DOCX, and more
  • Edit documents directly within the app
  • Import/export from cloud services
  • Customizable themes and font sizes
  • AI-powered summaries and translations
  • Interactive annotations and form filling
Features
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Read EPUB books and PDFs, listen with a lifelike voice, and keep the passages that matter to you. eBooks Pro brings your library, notes and AI Assistant together on iPhone and iPad. FIND BOOKS • Browse Free Books: public-domain and openly licensed books, ready to download. • Add the book websites you like; EPUB and PDF links save straight to your library. • Import books from Files or download one from a link. READ YOUR WAY • Turn pages with a realistic page curl, slide them, or scroll. • Choose the font, text size, margins and a light, dark or sepia theme, with dark pages in Dark Mode. • On iPad, read one page in portrait and two side by side in landscape. • Reader Mode hides everything but the page. • See the time left in the chapter and the book, or the printed page numbers when a book has them. • Jump anywhere with Go To, then return to where you were with one tap. • Keep your place on the line with the Reading Ruler. • Tap or pinch a picture to see it full screen. LISTEN • Read Aloud from the toolbar or from any passage you select. • Books in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Hindi, Japanese and Chinese can use a natural voice that runs on your device. HIGHLIGHT AND ANNOTATE • Highlight in six colors and add a note to any highlight. • Draw and add sticky notes right on the page. • Bookmark a page with one tap. • Share a passage as a quote card. • Look up words and review them later in your Vocabulary list. • Annotate PDFs, fill in forms, and insert text or images. UNDERSTAND THE STORY • Story So Far recaps what you've read, without spoilers. • People & Places lists the characters and places you've met so far. • Ask your AI Assistant about a book: its answers stay within the chapters you've read. • Get summaries and translate passages to read across languages. TRACK YOUR READING • Put books on your Want to Read, Reading and Finished shelves. • Set a daily reading goal, keep your streak going, and count the books you finish this year. • Add the Currently Reading widget to your Home Screen. • Pick up where you left off on your other devices with iCloud. • Up Next opens the next book in a series from your library as you finish one. ORGANIZE YOUR LIBRARY • Arrange books and documents in folders and subfolders. • Sort by author and see each book's series at a glance. • Make your collection easier to browse with custom covers. • Import and export through Files, including iCloud Drive and compatible cloud storage providers. OPEN AND EDIT MORE • Convert EPUB books to PDF. • Edit PDF, plain text, RTF, Markdown, HTML and TeX documents. • View other document formats, including Word, Pages, spreadsheets and presentations. • Open images, audio and video alongside your reading material. Privacy Policy http://www.noteswriter.com/Kairoos_Privacy_Policy.html Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

epuBear Reader4 screens
eBooks Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: epuBear Reader at Free against eBooks Pro's $4.99. epuBear Reader also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (83% vs 50%). eBooks Pro's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 7 months). On ratings volume, 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

epuBear Reader is free to download; eBooks Pro costs $4.99 up front. eBooks Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. epuBear Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

eBooks Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of epuBear Reader's written reviews are positive against 50% of eBooks Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

epuBear Reader ships an update every 7 months, eBooks Pro every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
epuBear Reader versus eBooks Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterepuBear ReadereBooks Pro
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.2 (6 ratings)4.8 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings68 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB461 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSCAND LLCKairoos Solutions SL

Customer experience

epuBear Reader

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

eBooks Pro

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

epuBear Reader

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

eBooks Pro

Subscriptions2
  • eBooks Pro Full AI Assistant3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • eBooks Pro Annual3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • eBooks Pro Upgrade$3.99

Questions

Is epuBear Reader free?
epuBear Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is eBooks Pro free?
eBooks Pro costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, epuBear Reader or eBooks Pro?
eBooks Pro is rated higher. epuBear Reader averages 4.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while eBooks Pro averages 4.8 from 8 ratings.
Do epuBear Reader or eBooks Pro have ads?
Neither epuBear Reader nor eBooks Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, epuBear Reader or eBooks Pro?
epuBear Reader ships an update every 7 months, and eBooks Pro every 8 days. Most recently, epuBear Reader was updated on November 2, 2026 and eBooks Pro on November 3, 2026.

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