Epub Reader vs eBoox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Epub Reader
This app offers a seamless reading experience for various ebook formats including EPUB, PDF, and CHM. It supports multiple compression formats and provides features like table of contents, note-taking, and bookmarking. Customize your reading with adjustable font sizes.
- Supports EPUB, PDF, CHM, RTF formats
- Opens compressed files (ZIP, RAR, 7Zip)
- Table of Contents navigation
- Note-taking functionality
- Bookmark management
- Customizable font size
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Epub Reader: Ultimate Ebook & Comic Viewer Experience seamless reading with a powerful, all-in-one document viewer designed for iOS. Now fully compatible with Kindle and Amazon ebook formats! All-in-One Format Support • Kindle Formats: MOBI, AZW, AZW3, AZW4, PRC • Ebooks & Docs: EPUB, PDF, CHM, RTF • Comics & Archives: CBZ, CBR, ZIP, RAR, 7Z, GZIP, TAR Key Features: • Smart Navigation: Effortlessly browse and skip chapters with the interactive Table of Contents. • Personalized Reading: Highlight text, take inline notes, and save your favorite pages with bookmarks. • Fully Customizable: Adjust font sizes and layouts to read comfortably, day or night. • Easy File Transfer: Instantly import books via Wi-Fi (desktop browser) or iTunes File Sharing. #Permanent professional version: * Make a one-time purchase and resume purchases anytime, anywhere. #Annual professional version: * Annual auto-renewable subscription, automatic renewal upon expiration. * Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://junjie-5cfc2.web.app/epubreader/privacypolicy.html Terms of Use: https://junjie-5cfc2.web.app/epubreader/terms.html Contact us: marryapps@163.com
eBoox
This application provides a comfortable and customizable reading experience for a wide variety of e-book formats. It offers features like bookmarks, highlights, dark mode, and offline reading, with seamless online synchronization. Books can be easily uploaded from various sources, including cloud storage and email.
- Supports EPUB, MOBI, FB2, DOC, TXT, and more
- Customizable fonts, text size, and brightness
- Dark mode and offline reading
- Bookmarks, highlights, and notes
- Online auto-sync of books and progress
- AD-FREE reading experience
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eBoox – the most pleasant book reader ever! * *according to my mom :) • Cute, simple and useful UI, • Effective reading tools: bookmarks, 3-colors highlights, interactive links and notes, • Dark mode and offline reading, • Customized settings - Fonts, Fields, Text size, screen Brightness, Page scrolling, ets. • Suppots all your e-books, even in ZIP: EPUB, MOBI, DOC, DOCX, TXT, FB2, PRC, RTF, ODT, HTML, AZW, AZW3 and others text documents, • PDF supported (beta), • !Completely AD-FREE, • !Online auto SYNC of ebooks and reading progress, • !FREE WEB e-reader available! Start reading your e-books right now! Upload books via iTunes, import your files from the email, web browser, cloud storages (iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, Yandex.Disk etc) or share via AirDrop. In the app you will find detailed guide How to add ebooks in different ways. And we've already added three classic welcome books so you can appreciate the e-reader right away! This is a upgraded version of eBoox. The old one is no longer supported. In order not to lose your books, progress, quotes and bookmarks, install this app version. Run it on device and wait for the data transfer to finish. When you make sure that all your books appeared in eBoox 2020, you can safely delete eBoox.old. You can turn on the synchronization for backup.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: eBoox at none against Epub Reader's 4. eBoox also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (88% vs 55%). Epub Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly) and chart position (#132 vs unranked). 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. Epub Reader sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. eBoox asks for nothing beyond the download.
eBoox holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11K and 3.5K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Epub Reader's written reviews are positive against 88% of eBoox's.
Epub Reader ships an update every 11 days, eBoox monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Epub Reader | eBoox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (11K ratings) | 4.8 (3.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.2% of reviews | 88.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 3.5K |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #132 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 177 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 俐 马 | REDIT, OOO |
Customer experience
Epub Reader
eBoox
User reviews
Epub Reader
From 11K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Fast and responsive
- 💡 Convenient file transfer via WiFi
- 🤩 Great for casual reading
Room to improve
- 🐛 Loses bookmarks and reading progress
- 🔍 Lacks search functionality
- 🌗 No dark mode option
- 📏 Limited customization options
- 💤 Doesn't remember last read position
eBoox
From 3.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth and fast reading experience
- 👍 Clean and intuitive interface
- 🔒 No ads or in-app purchases
- 💡 Ability to customize fonts and themes
- 🚀 Seamless syncing across devices
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional issues with highlighting and annotations
- 🔧 Limited font and customization options
- 🔧 Lack of built-in dictionary or translation features
- 🔧 Difficulty importing books from local storage
- 🔧 Inconsistent page numbering and progress display
Bugs and requests
Epub Reader
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when opening certain files
- Distorts images in some ebooks
- Fails to open ePub files consistently
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode
- Improve bookmark and progress tracking
- Implement search feature
- Increase customization options
- Allow variable screen timeout
eBoox
Reported bugs
3 issues- Highlighting and annotations sometimes behave unexpectedly
- Syncing between devices can be unreliable at times
- Occasional crashes or freezes when navigating the app
Requested features
7 requests- Add more font options, including bold and italic
- Implement a built-in dictionary or translation tool
- Allow direct import of books from local device storage
- Improve page numbering and reading progress display
- Add support for PDF files and annotations
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- Introduce a grid-style library view for book covers
- Implement automatic dark mode based on system settings
In-app purchases
Epub Reader
- Annual professional version$3.991 Year
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Passcode Lock$0.99
- Pro Version$5.99
eBoox
No in-app purchases
