YDReader vs 石头阅读
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YDReader
Read TXT, Epub, MOBi, and AZW3 files with extensive customization options for fonts, colors, and spacing. This app also supports decompression of ZIP, RAR, and 7Z archives, and compression into ZIP and 7z formats.
- Ebook reading (TXT, Epub, MOBi, AZW3)
- Customizable reading experience
- File decompression (ZIP, RAR, 7Z)
- File compression (ZIP, 7Z)
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1, TXT, Epub, MOBi, AZW3 reader, can be customized font, color, paragraph spacing, etc. 2, support ZIP, RAR, 7Z decompression, ZIP, 7z compression.
石头阅读
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石头阅读，点滴灵感的珍贵存储地。这款App是你随时随地捕捉创意、记录灵感的理想伴侣。简洁直观的界面设计使得记录变得愉悦轻松，轻轻一点，即可将灵感永久封存。 石头阅读让创意无拘无束地流淌，支持文字形式的记录方式。无论是在旅途中的灵感闪现，还是在日常生活的点滴体验，都能在石头笔记中找到安身之地。轻松查找所需。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 石头阅读 at none against YDReader's 2. YDReader's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (87% vs 67%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. YDReader sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. 石头阅读 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for YDReader against 4.6 for 石头阅读. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 83 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of YDReader's written reviews are positive against 67% of 石头阅读's.
YDReader ships an update fortnightly, 石头阅读 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YDReader | 石头阅读 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (49 ratings) | 4.6 (83 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 49 | 83 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 福中 王 | 磊 于 |
Customer experience
YDReader
石头阅读
Bugs and requests
YDReader
Reported bugs
11 issues- CarPlay audio stuttering on wired connection
- Reading voice sounds hoarse on new phone
- Reading the same sentence repeatedly
- Skipping sentences or paragraphs
- Highlight position ahead of audio, causing auto-page turn issues
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- Cannot use left/right buttons or page down/up to switch pages
- Search results only show single files, not folders
- App restarts from beginning after pausing on iOS 15
- Mysterious pauses during reading
- CarPlay audio stuttering (alone session) after iOS 18
- Text to audio auto starts after pausing on Bluetooth headset
Requested features
29 requests- Add long-press translation (AI assisted)
- Add email login for multi-platform sync
- Add Siri voice option
- Add Siri voice 3 option
- Add more views on homepage (minimalist, detailed, grid)
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- Add continuous reading time reminder
- Add single book loop playback
- Add swipe to select paragraph for reading
- Improve pronunciation of ABCD
- Allow direct editing of words in TXT files
- Add share section
- Add Siri voice packs (Mandarin, Taiwanese)
- Add import audio source function
- Add premium voice YUE to iPad version
- Add Chinese YUE (premium) voice
- Add pause interval and adjustment function (by sentence, line, paragraph)
- Add stop reading by chapter function
- Display current time and battery level
- Modify image display range for custom backgrounds
- Add custom voice sources like YYD
- Add recycle bin function
- Add manual input for progress percentage
- Add manual input for voice adjustment numbers
- Make search results full screen
- Allow multiple selections in search results
- Enable multiple searches without re-entering content
- Format code blocks
- Add option to manually input progress percentage
- Add option to manually input voice adjustment numbers
石头阅读
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
YDReader
- 1元购买100金币$0.99
- 18元购买9999金币$2.99
石头阅读
No in-app purchases
