Comparison

Grenoble Municipal Library vs Sutra

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

Head to head
About

Grenoble Municipal Library

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Connect your Grenoble Municipal Library account and check your current loans. Find all the libraries with address, opening hours, and contact information. This application is not affiliated with the Grenoble Municipal Library.

About

Sutra

Organize and read all your eBooks and comics in one beautiful, calm reader. Connect to self-hosted libraries, explore online catalogs, and customize your reading experience with various display options. Enjoy seamless progress syncing across devices.

Highlights
  • Unified reader for EPUB, PDF, CBZ, MOBI, comics, and manga
  • Connect to Kavita, Komga, Calibre, and OPDS servers
  • Customizable reading experience (fonts, themes, layout)
  • Organized library with Series and Collection views
  • Progress and finished-book sync across devices
  • Offline reading support for comics
Features
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Sutra is a warm, thoughtful home for every book and comic you love. Bring together your self-hosted library, your manga, your classic EPUBs, and those “just one more chapter” reads in one beautifully calm reader. Connect Kavita, Komga, or Calibre; explore any OPDS catalogue; or discover a new favourite from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks. READ YOUR WAY • Enjoy EPUB, PDF, CBZ, MOBI, fixed-layout comics, and manga in one place • Move through comics panel by panel, or take in the whole page • Read right-to-left manga and beautiful iPad two-page spreads • Make the page yours with fonts, text size, spacing, themes, auto-scroll, page turns, and Sutra-only brightness control A LIBRARY THAT FEELS LIKE HOME • Browse dedicated Series and Collection views, with Favorites always close by • Sort by Recently Read, Title, Author, or Date Added while staying in a familiar cover grid • Let Sutra recover missing Calibre series details and keep your library beautifully organised • Pick up where you left off with dependable progress and finished-book sync for Kavita and Komga BUILT FOR SELF-HOSTERS • Connect Kavita, Komga, Calibre, Grimmory, or another OPDS server • Stream comic pages from Kavita and Komga when available, or download for offline reading • Keep your highlights and reading progress with you across your Apple devices Sutra is free to enjoy for EPUB and PDF reading, with no ads and no subscription. Unlock unlimited CBZ, MOBI, and Komga reading once, and keep it forever.

Screenshots

Grenoble Municipal Library4 screens
Sutra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grenoble Municipal Library at none against Sutra's 4. Grenoble Municipal Library also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Sutra's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months). On price and ads 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. Sutra sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Grenoble Municipal Library asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grenoble Municipal Library ships an update every 3 months, Sutra every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Grenoble Municipal Library versus Sutra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrenoble Municipal LibrarySutra
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—73.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVincent TourraineKoustav Dasgupta

In-app purchases

None

Grenoble Municipal Library

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Sutra

One-time4
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
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  • Sutra Pro$6.99

Questions

Is Grenoble Municipal Library free?
Grenoble Municipal Library is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sutra free?
Sutra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Grenoble Municipal Library or Sutra have ads?
Neither Grenoble Municipal Library nor Sutra shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grenoble Municipal Library or Sutra?
Grenoble Municipal Library ships an update every 3 months, and Sutra every 8 days. Most recently, Grenoble Municipal Library was updated on November 3, 2026 and Sutra on November 5, 2026.

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