Aurora Reader vs CCFile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aurora Reader
Save, read, and organize articles from the web with a clutter-free reading experience. Look up word definitions, add notes, and listen to articles hands-free. Syncs across devices via iCloud.
- Save articles from web
- Clutter-free reading view
- Offline article access
- Word definition lookup
- Highlighting and note-taking
- Article-to-speech functionality
- iCloud sync across devices
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Save articles, read articles, learn new words, record new thoughts… Aurora Reader is a premium Read-It-Later app that builds with latest technologies and packs a ton of exciting features. SAVE ARTICLES • Find Aurora Reader’s extensions from Share sheet in Safari, Twitter, Medium and many other apps, and use them to view or save articles • On iPad, use Drag & Drop to import multiple articles from another app at once • With automatically iCloud Sync, you can save articles on your iPhone and read them later on your iPad, iPod touch or Mac* READ ARTICLES • Article view automatically removes clutter from webpage and shows only the main article content for you • Immersive reading experience let you keep focus • No network, no problem: saved articles can be read at anytime, even without network • Customize your reading experience with multiple fonts and themes • Reading progress is automatically sync with iCloud, so you can easily switch device and continue reading from where you left off LEARN NEW WORDS • On article view, you can check word definitions simply by one tap. To close definitions view, it’s also as simple as a tap or swipe • Check word definitions in multi-language dictionaries • Aurora Reader can get you a great amount of definitions in least amount of time, thanks to the customized search engine with special optimization • Words you look up can be automatically saved to Aurora Reader’s companion app: Aurora Dictionary • Install or delete dictionaries from Dictionary Manager view RECORD NEW THOUGHTS • Select, swipe, highlight, and add notes • Save unlimited highlights and notes • Choose the highlight color that match your style REWIND • Rewind your reading journey with Search • Search saved articles, notes, folders and more from iOS home screen or in-app search bar • Accurately locate sentences and paragraphs with Full-Text Search ORGANIZE • Organize your articles and notes with Folders • Enjoy the freedom to create unlimited folders and subfolders • Quickly find your folders with Search • Use Drag & Drop to move and reorder your folders, articles and notes RELAX • Listen to articles with high fidelity voice, hands-free and eyes-free • Check currently reading paragraph on in-app Now Playing view. Find some unfamiliar words? just tap to look up • Listen with just your Apple Watch (requires watchOS 6.0 or later, and a pair of Bluetooth headphones) • Switch between multiple speech languages and voices * Aurora Reader for Mac is available on Mac App Store
CCFile
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Powerful file transfer management tools, greatly improve your daily work efficiency, more black technology to surprise you. 1. Document Browsing Includes a variety of sorting methods: name, date, type, size and ascending and descending order; a variety of file layout methods: list, single row, double row, three row, four row, five row, so that you can view the file as you like, and have the same browsing experience as PC. 2. Document Sharing It supports sharing files with other applications from this application. At the same time, you can share pictures, videos, texts and links to this application from "photos", "memos" and "Safari" of Apple applications. 3. File Transfer WiFi supports the transfer of files with PC in the LAN. Currently, there are web pages and Dav services. At the same time, you can use iTunes or mobile assistants to transfer files. Network Neighbor function enables you to access and download PC shared files at any time under the LAN. It also supports online viewing of pictures, videos, music, text and so on. Sharing function of clipboard supports easy access to and viewing mobile phone shared text under LAN. 4. Password Protection Support the setting of numbers and TouchID passwords, and can set the verification time interval as needed to protect your privacy at all times. 5. Browsers Built-in browser supports downloading resources, pictures and videos from any website. Creative in the form of documents to show the collection of web pages and downloaded documents. Support file download breakpoint continuation, background download. 6. Picture Browsing Combining multiple layouts of documents, it brings the best browsing experience of pictures, and more convenient functions such as image rotation and flip. Long Map Function: One Click to view vertical or horizontal long maps, super-long micro chat record and high-definition "Qingming Shanghe Tu" are not in the words. 7.Video Watching Supports almost all video formats, and no longer bothers to find various players for playing video. The comfortable video viewing experience is no longer bothered by the repeated drag and adjustment of video progress. Speed doubling function: featured speed doubling function, a variety of speed adjustment, speed listening training, slow movement are all mastered. Timer: Set a good time, listen to music or MV before bed, easy freehand brushwork~ 8.Music appreciation With the same framework as video playback, automatic circular playback, support flac, ape high-definition music format, can still be appreciated after locking the screen. It also includes speed doubling and timing functions. 9. Book Reading Support large capacity TXT reading, pdf, word, etc. 10.Compression and decompression Support zip, rar, 7z format decompression, and ZIP format file compression. 11.Live TV Creative format, write live links to text, you can try to parse and play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aurora Reader at none against CCFile's 13. Aurora Reader also leads on ads (none vs shown). CCFile's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. CCFile sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Aurora Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
Aurora Reader ships an update every 6 weeks, CCFile weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 12, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aurora Reader | CCFile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Junyu Kuang | 志强 余 |
In-app purchases
Aurora Reader
No in-app purchases
CCFile
- Image viewer extension$0.99
- Password and TouchID$0.99
- 太阳$0.99
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- 浩瀚星空$0.99
- 老式唱片$0.99
- 七星瓢虫$0.99
- Music&Video player extension$1.99
- remove AD$2.99
- Network Neiborhood$2.99
- 月卡$2.99
- Unlock all functions$6.99
- YearCard$24.99
- 永久会员$39.99









