Comparison

NotNul vs Bare Reader

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

Head to head
About

NotNul

Discover a vast collection of eBooks in various Indian languages, including Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, and Kannada. This app caters to book lovers worldwide, offering a diverse literary experience.

Highlights
  • eBook library
  • Multiple Indian languages
  • Hindi books
  • Urdu books
  • Punjabi books
  • Kannada books
Features
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NotNul is an e-learning web and mobile-based platform to publish and trade content in form of eBooks, audio books or animated books, e-learning video content etc. NotNul has been able to attract content from different domains such as literature (in Modern Indian languages including Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Marathi, Bhojpuri, English, Kannada etc) on a single platform. Also, NotNul has been an exclusive partner of BIRD (Bankers Institute of Rural Development) in bringing their high quality research content online.

About

Bare Reader

Features
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Bare Reader is a calm, distraction-free way to read your EPUB books on iPhone. No accounts. No ads. No sync nags. No feed pulling you away from the page. Just your library and your books — stored privately on your device. Less than 5MB in size, Bare Reader is as lightweight as it gets. READING, THE WAY IT SHOULD FEEL Open a book and everything else disappears. A clean, paginated reading view lets you move through pages the way that feels natural to you: swipe, tap the edges, or use the on-screen page buttons. PRIVATE BY DESIGN LeafReader works entirely offline. Your books and your reading never leave your device: there's no account to create and no data collected. What you read is nobody's business but yours. Bring your own EPUBs and enjoy a reader that gets out of the way. Bare Reader is completely free to use. If you enjoy the app, you can optionally purchase a one-time license to remove the occasional support reminder. Purchasing doesn't unlock anything or change how the app works; it's simply a way to support ongoing development.

Screenshots

NotNul4 screens
Bare Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bare Reader at every 5 days against NotNul's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. NotNul sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bare Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NotNul ships an update every 2 months, Bare Reader every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
NotNul versus Bare Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotNulBare Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNotNul Technologies Private LimitedNathaniel Rayestu Abdulrachman

In-app purchases

1 purchases

NotNul

One-time1
  • Adding Fund$49.99
1 purchases

Bare Reader

One-time1
  • Support Development$1.99

Questions

Is NotNul free?
NotNul is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bare Reader free?
Bare Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NotNul or Bare Reader have ads?
Neither NotNul nor Bare Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NotNul or Bare Reader?
NotNul ships an update every 2 months, and Bare Reader every 5 days. Most recently, NotNul was updated on October 17, 2026 and Bare Reader on October 9, 2026.

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