Comparison

Lazy FB2 Reader vs Foliant

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

Head to head
About

Lazy FB2 Reader

This app offers a hands-free reading experience for FB2 books, allowing you to turn pages with eye movements. It features a clean interface with customizable fonts, layouts, and page-turning animations, all without intrusive advertisements.

Highlights
  • Hands-free reading with eye control
  • Customizable fonts and text layout
  • Page-turning animations
  • Recent books list
  • Dynamic book and page loading
  • Skins and themes
Features
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Turn pages with a blink: right eye for the next page, left eye for the previous one. You don't have to move your hands or change your grip on the phone, which is handy when you read lying down. Works on iPhones with Face ID (TrueDepth camera). I read a lot on my phone. At some point I noticed that the good old reader apps were gone from the App Store, and the new ones were either full of ads, missing something I needed, or painfully slow. So I wrote my own, with the features I wanted and no ads. I use it every day. Features: • Page turning by blinking, hands-free • FB2 and ePub, including zipped files • Large books open quickly: the book is loaded in parts • Font and text layout settings. Changes apply quickly because pages are built on the fly • Paged reading or scrolling • Several page-turn animations • Ready-made themes, or your own • Landscape mode • List of recent books • No ads Supported formats: .fb2, .fb2.zip, .epub, .epub.zip

About

Foliant

This app offers a print-like reading experience with features such as hyphenation, justified text, and footnotes. Customize your reading with various page turn effects, adjustable brightness, and personalized fonts and paper textures. Organize books by series and shelves, and easily access content from multiple sources.

Highlights
  • Print-like typesetting
  • Customizable page turns
  • Adjustable brightness
  • Series and shelf organization
  • Notes and bookmarks
  • Import from various sources
  • OPDS and WebDAV support
Features
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Foliant is a reader for people who read a lot, and for a long time. Books are typeset by its own engine, so a page looks the way a typesetter would set it — not like a web page. LIKE PRINT • Hyphenation and justified text — without rivers of spaces. • Footnotes at the bottom of the page, as in a printed book. A long footnote continues on the next page. • Images, tables and poems keep the look the book gives them. • Lines are never cut by the screen edge: a page holds only whole lines. TURN PAGES YOUR WAY • Tap, swipe or use the volume buttons. • Page turn effects: page peel or slide. Or none at all. • Scroll reading with auto-scroll — change the speed on the go. • Adjust brightness with a gesture at the screen edge. SERIES AND SHELVES • Books of a series gather on their own shelf, in order. • Finished a volume? The next one is already prepared — it opens with a page turn, no trip back to the library. • Your own shelves, “read” marks, ratings and thoughts about a book. • Recently added books wait at the top of the library. EVERYTHING AT HAND • Table of contents with progress by chapter. • Bookmarks, quotes and notes tied to a place in the book. • Search in a book and across the whole library. • Translate a selection and look words up in the system dictionary. MAKE IT YOURS • Fonts, size, line spacing, margins and indents. • Paper to choose from: rice, brown, beach sand, snow, night and more — with texture or a solid color. • Reading indicator at the top or bottom: chapter, pages, clock. • Give any book its own settings. BOOKS FROM ANYWHERE • Add books from Files, via Share (several at once) or from zip archives. • Book covers appear right in the Files app. • OPDS catalogs and WebDAV servers. • Sync your reading position with KOReader and other readers via KOSync. • “Continue reading” widget on the Home Screen. NO TRACKING No ads, analytics or sign-up. Your books and notes stay on your device; the app only connects to servers you add yourself.

Screenshots

Lazy FB2 Reader4 screens
Foliant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Foliant at every 4 days against Lazy FB2 Reader's every 4 months. Foliant also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Lazy FB2 Reader's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Lazy FB2 Reader ships an update every 4 months, Foliant every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lazy FB2 Reader versus Foliant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLazy FB2 ReaderFoliant
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDanila GusevYana Khalikova

Customer experience

Lazy FB2 Reader

Written reviews68 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative8.8%

Foliant

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Lazy FB2 Reader

No in-app purchases

None

Foliant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lazy FB2 Reader free?
Lazy FB2 Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Foliant free?
Foliant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lazy FB2 Reader or Foliant have ads?
Neither Lazy FB2 Reader nor Foliant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lazy FB2 Reader or Foliant?
Lazy FB2 Reader ships an update every 4 months, and Foliant every 4 days. Most recently, Lazy FB2 Reader was updated on November 6, 2026 and Foliant on November 6, 2026.

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