Comparison

BookFunnel vs Thera

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Manage digital book library
  • Send books to favorite reading apps
  • Built-in reader
  • Customizable reading settings
  • Audiobook player
  • Sync reading progress across devices
Features
Currently charting
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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.

About

Thera

Affirming animals designed to help combat negative thoughts associated with stress, grief, anxiety, and depression. These virtual companions can be a valuable addition to your coping strategies.

Highlights
  • Combats negative thoughts
  • Aids with stress, grief, anxiety, depression
  • Affirming virtual animals
  • Coping toolbox addition
Features
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Even the most mentally resilient among us needs a helping hands sometimes! These affirming animals were created to help combat the negative thoughts that accompany stress, grief, anxiety, and depression. Please feel welcome to add them to your coping toolbox.

Screenshots

BookFunnel4 screens
Thera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Thera at 100% against BookFunnel's 46%. Thera also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.7) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). BookFunnel's advantage is price (Free vs $5.99) and ratings volume (427 vs 13). On 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

BookFunnel is free to download; Thera costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Thera holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BookFunnel has 427 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of BookFunnel's written reviews are positive against 100% of Thera's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BookFunnel ships an update every 3 weeks, Thera weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
BookFunnel versus Thera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookFunnelThera
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating3.7 (427 ratings)4.8 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings427 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#80 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBookFunnelSunbreak Software LLC

Customer experience

BookFunnel

All ratings427 ratings
Positive63.2%
Neutral11.0%
Negative25.8%
Written reviews151 reviews
Positive45.7%
Neutral9.9%
Negative44.4%

Thera

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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)

Thera

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BookFunnel

No in-app purchases

None

Thera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BookFunnel free?
BookFunnel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thera free?
Thera costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BookFunnel or Thera?
Thera is rated higher. BookFunnel averages 3.7 out of 5 from 427 ratings, while Thera averages 4.8 from 13 ratings.
Do BookFunnel or Thera have ads?
Neither BookFunnel nor Thera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BookFunnel or Thera?
BookFunnel ships an update every 3 weeks, and Thera weekly. Most recently, BookFunnel was updated on October 29, 2026 and Thera on October 24, 2026.

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