BookFunnel vs eLinus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BookFunnel
Access and read your digital books and audiobooks from a single library. Organize your collection, customize reading settings, and enjoy a built-in reader and audiobook player. Sync your progress across devices for a seamless reading experience.
- Manage digital book library
- Send books to favorite reading apps
- Built-in reader
- Customizable reading settings
- Audiobook player
- Sync reading progress across devices
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MANAGE YOUR BOOKS Your BookFunnel library is at your fingertips! Search and sort through all of your BookFunnel books and send them right to your favorite reading app. Or, save time and space, and read right in our all new reader! HOW DOES IT WORK Most books you receive from a BookFunnel author are added to your library automatically. Or, you can enter the book’s download code into the app and add it manually. Tapping any book cover in the app will open it instantly You can also get instructions on downloading the book to a different device entirely. READ COMFORTABLY Read in our app or cloud reader and customize the settings for your comfort. Choose your ideal font type and text size, line spacing, and margins. Tap any book cover in your library to open it in our reader and get started. START LISTENING NOW Our brand-new audiobook player has the features you expect— bookmarks, download quality, and a beautiful, easy-to-navigate player. The BookFunnel app also gives you the ability to fine-tune the settings you really care about, including playback speed, custom skip-back and skip-forward buttons, and a sleep timer. READ WHERE YOU LIKE Sync your books across devices and never lose your place. When you’re reading a book in our app, BookFunnel will automatically mark your last page read and zing you back to it the next time you open the book, so switch freely between your phone and tablet and back again.
eLinus
Access a vast collection of academic literature instantly on your mobile device. Sync your progress across platforms and customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts, sizes, and modes. Visit linusebooks.com for the optimal experience.
- Large academic library access
- Cross-platform syncing
- Customizable fonts and sizes
- Adjustable reading modes
- Instant access on mobile
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eLinus allows you to read a large library of academic material instantly on your smartphone or tablet. eLinus syncs your eBooks and other materials across multiple platforms to ensure that you can pick up where you left off. eLinus also has customization options that let you choose your font, size, and reading mode to tailor your reading experience. To access eLinus, visit linusebooks.com for the best experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BookFunnel at 3.7 against eLinus's 2.6. BookFunnel also leads on ratings volume (421 vs 5) and chart position (#76 vs unranked). eLinus's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 45%) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BookFunnel holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BookFunnel has 421 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 45% of BookFunnel's written reviews are positive against 67% of eLinus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BookFunnel | eLinus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (421 ratings) — better | 2.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 45.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 421 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #76 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BookFunnel | Linus Learning |
Customer experience
BookFunnel
eLinus
Bugs and requests
BookFunnel
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to swipe pages on iPad
- Books disappearing from library
- Inconsistent behavior when pausing/resuming audiobooks
- Corrupted book downloads
- Unreliable 'send to Kindle' functionality
Requested features
5 requests- Continuous scroll option
- Ability to add notes to bookmarks
- Integration with other reading apps (e.g., Audible, Apple Books)
- Support for CarPlay and other in-car integrations
- Improved book organization tools (e.g., series, collections)
eLinus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BookFunnel
No in-app purchases
eLinus
No in-app purchases









