Comparison

Readibu vs Arohan

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

Head to head
About

Readibu

Access a vast library of Chinese web novels, short stories, and children's tales. Enhance your learning with integrated dictionary lookups, text-to-speech, and pinyin display. Premium features offer advanced tools like sentence translation and offline reading for an immersive language learning experience.

Highlights
  • Explore Chinese web novels
  • Tap for character definitions
  • Reader mode for web pages
  • Pinyin/zhuyin display
  • Text-to-speech
  • Offline reading (Premium)
  • Sentence translation (Premium)
Features
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Discover new stories and worlds in Chinese! Ready to move beyond flashcards and graded readers? Readibu is your portal to the world of popular Chinese web novels, short stories and children stories enjoyed by native readers — or bring your own books and read them the same way. From historical to sci-fi or romance to horror, there's always something good to read. Readibu is a Chinese reading app where you can: 1. Explore popular web novels, short stories, and children stories from native Chinese sites — browse by ranking, category, or search 2. Import your own EPUB, PDF, or TXT files and read them alongside your web library 3. Tap on characters for definitions 4. Open web pages in a reader for immersive reading 5. Absorb the language while you're immersed in gripping adventures Supported features: • Tap for dictionary • Text-to-speech • Simplified and traditional conversion • Pinyin/zhuyin display over words • Add custom url to display in reader • Import EPUB, PDF, and TXT files into your library • Organize your reading with collections, bookmarks, and history • Check the difficulty of any text with HSK-level breakdowns • Look up words in Pleco, MDBG, Yellow Bridge, Baidu Translate, and more • Export saved vocabularies • Auto-detect next chapter • Auto-save last page you were on • Back up and restore your library and vocabulary ================================ ENHANCE YOUR READING EXPERIENCE WITH READIBU PREMIUM • Cloud sync - Sync subscription, library, bookmarks, vocabs and reading progress between devices • Sentence Translation - Unlimited translation by Google Translate • Image Search - Display image search results for selected text • Offline Reading - Download pages for reading offline • Quiz Mode - Quiz your pinyin, tones, and definitions of words you looked up before • Smart Name Recognition - Detect names of people, orgs and places in content • Syntax Analysis - Analyze syntax of sentence Free trials included with all plans! 1-month subscription: $4.99 per month 3-month subscription: $9.99 per month 12-month subscription: $47.99 per year Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at the end of your free trial period. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period or trial. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your Itunes Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.readibu.com/privacy Terms & Conditions: https://www.readibu.com/terms Have questions? Feel free to contact us at support@readibu.com.

About

Arohan

Features
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Most learning apps ask you to watch. Arohan asks you to think. Every lesson is a card you read in a minute — and before the answer lands, you guess. That one habit is the whole difference: you remember what you had to reach for. TWO WAYS TO LEARN • Courses - structured roadmaps that take you from zero to fluent, one module at a time. Follow the path, tap through the cards, and let spaced revision resurface what you're about to forget. • Conversations - Socratic debates you read one turn at a time. Vera poses the hard question, you take your guess, and Osei walks you through the real answer. It's the "wait, why?" moment, on purpose. BUILT FOR HOW MEMORY ACTUALLY WORKS • Two-minute cards — learn in the gaps of your day • Guess-then-reveal — recall beats re-reading, every time • Spaced revision — the right card comes back at the right moment • Check what stuck — quick quizzes that find your blind spots GO DEEP ON ANYTHING From Spanish to system design, cybersecurity to investing, ancient history to reading an ECG. Prepping for nursing, engineering, civil services, law, science, or finance? The topics meet you where you are. NO CRAMMING. NO FLUFF. No autoplay lectures. No 40-minute videos you'll never finish. Just clean, honest cards on paper-warm pages and conversations worth having. Guess, then find out.

Screenshots

Readibu4 screens
Arohan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Readibu at every 8 days against Arohan's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Readibu sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Arohan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Readibu ships an update every 8 days, Arohan every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Readibu versus Arohan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReadibuArohan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (159 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings159 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB41 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLingyi ChenBibin Mathew

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Readibu

Subscriptions3
  • Readibu Monthly Premium14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Readibu 3-Month Premium14 Days trial$9.993 Months
  • Readibu Yearly Premium14 Days trial$47.991 Year
2 purchases

Arohan

Subscriptions2
  • Arohan Pro$6.991 Month
  • Arohan Pro$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Readibu free?
Readibu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arohan free?
Arohan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Readibu or Arohan have ads?
Neither Readibu nor Arohan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Readibu or Arohan?
Readibu ships an update every 8 days, and Arohan every 6 weeks. Most recently, Readibu was updated on October 29, 2026 and Arohan on October 24, 2026.

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