Summit Reader vs Text Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Summit Reader
This app offers robust document management with unlimited storage, nested folders, and quick searching. It supports various archive formats, converts PDFs and Word docs to text, and allows easy exporting and customization of document covers. Enjoy a pleasant reading interface with diverse fonts and advanced TXT handling.
- Unlimited document storage
- Nested folder organization
- Archive format support (zip, rar, 7z)
- PDF/Word to text conversion
- Customizable document covers
- Advanced TXT chapter segmentation
- Pleasant reading interface
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The Document Management App You'll Love Summit Reader stands out as an extremely user-friendly document management app with several key features: Organizational Capabilities Unlimited document storage, fully functional in the free version. Supports nested folders for detailed organization. Enables quick file searching. Allows batch renaming of files for efficient management. Support for Common Archive Formats Compatible with popular formats like zip, rar, and 7z. Directly decompresses files within the app. Supports password-protected and multi-part archives. Format Conversion Features Extracts pure text from PDF and Word documents. Eliminates the need for separate apps to convert PDF to text or Office files to text. Easy Document Exporting Facilitates the export of individual documents, multiple documents, or entire folders. Compresses folders for easy storage or sharing. Beyond these highlights, Summit Reader also offers unique functionalities: Customizable Document Covers Original feature to modify document covers. Import covers from your photo gallery or search for images on Baidu. A great way to enhance the look of TXT documents which typically lack attractive covers. Advanced Document Management Custom categorization, name editing, and order rearranging. Automatically prioritizes recently read documents. Allows moving documents between different categories. Pleasant Reading Interface User-friendly design with features like automatic reading position saving. Supports conversion between Simplified and Traditional Chinese. Customizable spacing and eye-friendly night mode. Diverse Font Selection 12 different fonts to choose from. Option to download and import other fonts. Advanced Handling of TXT Documents Automatically segments chapters in TXT format. Allows custom rules for chapter segmentation, including the use of regular expressions for convenience. Experience the joy of organizing and reading with Summit Reader, inspired by the high-rated novels of Yuan Dou Dou.
Text Viewer
This app allows you to view text-based novels and e-books directly on your smart devices. Easily transfer files from your PC via Wi-Fi, import from cloud storage, or use FTP and iTunes. Customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts, colors, and page transitions.
- View TXT files
- Wi-Fi file transfer from PC
- Cloud app import (iCloud, Dropbox, etc.)
- FTP and iTunes file support
- Customizable font, color, and brightness
- Page transition effects
- File management (create, delete, move)
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Simple text based novel viewer app that can view text file on your smart devices. Now, you can read E-book of text-based novel You can directly transfer text file from PC to App under identical Wi-Fi connection. If you are using iCloud app, the text file uploaded to iCloud can be imported into this App. It supports FTP and iTunes. Pages can be switched using tapping, left-right/up-down dragging, or scrolling. Each switching gesture feature can be turned on and off in the settings. It supports automatic scrolling (in-app purchase required). It is compatible with iPhone and iPad, and it can customize view mode as horizontal or vertical in the setting. In addition, it supports various features such as cutting file, and changing font, color, and brightness. Text viewer app is designed for viewing text-based novels (books) easily. It is being continuously improved for facilitation. If you have any questions or suggestions after installing app, please send an email to junhuloveapple@gmail.com, or click ‘send an email’ button located at the top right of your app's settings screen. We will try to response and update quickly. (It may take a day or so to answer if you ask using the comment system of Apple. If you need immediate response, please email us.) ** FEATURES ** - txt file extension - UTF-8 and multilanguage encodings - Writing direction: Function for languages that are read in the left direction (iOS 14+) - Enables to upload using PC web browser with Wi-Fi - File import from cloud apps such as iCloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, Mega, and Box etc. - FTP: search, download - SSHFTP - Secure FTP not supported - Enables to upload file using iTunes file sharing - File copy in the cloud app or mail attachment - Enables to set text size, space, and thickness - Adds page transition animation effects - Locks app and file - phone/tablet - Choose font types - Adjust screen brightness - Upload and search the compressed file including text file - Cut file feature: split file over 2MB into files of fixed size - Left / Right margin settings - Background / text color settings - Horizontal and vertical rotation for phone / tablet - iPad multitasking screen support - Create / delete / rename of folder - Move / copy / delete of file - Select multiple files - Move the pages by tapping and left-right/up-down dragging - Search and view the text file from compressed file - Align text (left, right, center) - Search - Bookmark - Insert / delete a blank line - Turn off screen option: Automatically turn off screen at designated time when activated - Start view from the last viewed - Vertical scroll feature: User can scroll down the viewport - Next book auto-switching options: If you automatically change the next book switching option in Settings, tabs on the last page will automatically switch to the next book. - Automatic scroll feature (text file): Enable to scroll down automatically / Enable to set scroll down time from 1 second (fast) to 30 second (slow). (In-app purchase required) - Bluetooth keyboard: Supports page switching and screen closing function, direction key (asdw) page switch, ESC key viewer screen close (In-app purchase required) - "Two-page view" support in pad: left-right, right-left page direction also selectable, please adjust page interval to "left and right margin" value. (In-app purchase required, pad only) - Blink: Recognizes eye blinks to switch pages (iPhone only, iOS 18+, in-app purchase required) ** To import file from cloud, you need to install and login the cloud app. ** For the “file share” of iTunes and the “app file share” of ifunbox, the file should be uploaded using Text Viewer. ** Advertising: Text Viewer includes banner ad. When you watch the video advertising (less than 1-minute length), you can use ad-free Text Viewer for 24 hours per every day; or you can use permanent ad-free Text Viewer by in-app purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Text Viewer at weekly against Summit Reader's every 3 weeks. Summit Reader's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 174). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Summit Reader sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Text Viewer sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Summit Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Summit Reader has 1.3K ratings behind it against 174, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Summit Reader's written reviews are positive against 89% of Text Viewer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Summit Reader ships an update every 3 weeks, Text Viewer weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Summit Reader | Text Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better | 4.6 (174 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.8% of reviews | 88.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 174 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 三英 郑 | kim juyoung |
Customer experience
Summit Reader
Text Viewer
Bugs and requests
Summit Reader
Reported bugs
5 issues- Playback stops unexpectedly when encountering certain symbols
- Horizontal dual-page mode cannot be disabled
- Inability to download new books after recent update
- Imported books not showing up in the library
- Settings menu and navigation buttons not working
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for Apple CarPlay
- Improve audiobook playback controls
- Introduce a dark mode option
- Allow custom text-to-speech voice selection
- Implement iCloud sync for bookmarks and reading progress
Text Viewer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Summit Reader
- Extend VIP for 30 Days$0.99
- Extend Membership for One Year$4.99
- Extend VIP for Two Years$7.99
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- Lifetime VIP$11.99
Text Viewer
- Sponsor 1$0.99
- Sponsor 2$1.99
- Remove text viewer app ad$1.99
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- Sponsor 3$3.99
- Sponsor 4$7.99
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