Comparison

udn 讀書館 vs 酷看古籍

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

Head to head
About

udn 讀書館

Access e-books, magazines, and newspapers from multiple libraries in one app. Enjoy a seamless reading experience with offline capabilities and customizable settings. Borrow and reserve digital content for free.

Highlights
  • Integrates multiple library lending services
  • Free mobile borrowing of e-books, magazines, newspapers
  • Offline reading of downloaded content
  • Supports PDF and EPUB formats
  • Customizable reading settings (brightness, text size, night mode)
  • Borrow and reserve books with automatic returns
Features
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The exclusive service and new experience. The udn library app integrates the major libraries’ lending services, providing readers free mobile borrowing services of electronic books, magazines, and newspaper. Download the udn library app on your mobile devices, you can enjoy reading anywhere. Plus, you can read the latest, most popular, and most abundant contents the way you like. # All Libraries in one app The udn library app provides readers with e-books borrowing services from all the cooperated libraries. Log in with your library accounts or mobile library accounts, and access to all digital reading contents from the libraries for free. # The innovative user interface In our app, you can borrow all the library e-books with a single bookshelf, and borrow e-books via QR Codes. Enjoy the simple and fluently app experience. # The complete digital library experience You can borrow or reserve the e-books you like in digital libraries, and the e-books you borrowed will be returned automatically when they are dated. Your personal reading progress and history will also be recorded. Moreover, you can highlight the lines you like and take notes in the e-books. # Offline reading The electronic books, magazines, and newspaper can be downloaded to your devices, and be read without internet services. # PDF and EPUB Formats are supported You can switch between the tablet-friendly PDF format and the phone-friendly EPUB format freely. # User-friendly reading settings -Electronic books, magazines, and newspapers of the PDF format- ‧ The screen brightness is adjustable in time ‧ Switch your reading direction freely ‧ Your zoom-in setting will be applied to all pages automatically - E-books of the EPUB format- ‧ The screen brightness is adjustable in time ‧ Adjust text size and page width ‧ Switch between "daytime" and "Night" reading mode freely ‧ Select your page changing mode between "turning" and "scrolling." # Abundant and amazing digital contents Cooperating with hundreds of publishers, providing tens of thousands of e-books, latest e-magazines, and daily e-newspapers of the UDN group, you can definitely find the digital contents you like.

About

酷看古籍

Features
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酷看古籍是一个简约的中国古籍阅读软件。 它收录了一些精选的古籍,并且以竖版古籍的方式来显示。 收录的书籍都包含在软件内部,无需网络就可随时随地阅读。 在模仿古籍阅读方式的同时也增加了一些方便的功能,比如 - 导入书籍 - 制作古籍 - 多种阅读主题 - 书摘生成 - AI提问模版 - 保存阅读进度 - 字体大小,繁简体切换等

Screenshots

udn 讀書館4 screens
酷看古籍4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: 酷看古籍 at none against udn 讀書館's shown. 酷看古籍 also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

udn 讀書館 ships an update every 6 weeks, 酷看古籍 every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
udn 讀書館 versus 酷看古籍: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterudn 讀書館酷看古籍
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB207 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerudn.comAlec Xia

In-app purchases

None

udn 讀書館

No in-app purchases

None

酷看古籍

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is udn 讀書館 free?
udn 讀書館 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 酷看古籍 free?
酷看古籍 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do udn 讀書館 or 酷看古籍 have ads?
udn 讀書館 shows ads; 酷看古籍 does not.
Which is updated more often, udn 讀書館 or 酷看古籍?
udn 讀書館 ships an update every 6 weeks, and 酷看古籍 every 6 days. Most recently, udn 讀書館 was updated on November 2, 2026 and 酷看古籍 on October 31, 2026.

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