Comparison

Books Reader vs Hedgehog reader

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

Head to head
About

Books Reader

This app provides a seamless e-reading experience, managing your ebook collection and offering customizable reading settings. It supports various formats and includes features like bookmarking, note-taking, and a read/unread tracker.

Highlights
  • Supports multiple ebook formats (epub, fb2, mobi, PDF)
  • Manages and organizes ebook collections
  • Customizable text size, color, theme, and brightness
  • Progress tracking and bookmarking
  • Note-taking and excerpt selection
  • Read/unread book tracker
  • Filtering and search functionality
Features
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Books Reader - its a perfect e-reading experience. Overdrive your reading skills everyday. For everyone reader we gift free books and e-reading collections. Books Reader is a laconic pocket library and intuitive tool for a perfect reading experience. Without extra fluff or complexity, it takes care of all the basic needs: managing your ebook collections, getting the text on the screen and letting you interact with it as you go at your prime reading. For a start, the app builds a library for you by rounding up all the book files stored on the device. Books Reader works with most popular ebooks formats (epub, fb2, mobi etc.), including zip archives. If necessary, you can tweak the list manually, by adding or removing specific titles for ibooks. However big your collection gets, browsing will remain easy thanks to a provided set of filters. Besides, the system is keeping track of your history to display the books in order of relevance. Viewing the book, you can adjust the settings for the best effect: change size and color of the text, pick the right theme and brightness level, use various controls options for turning pages. The combination of a progress bar, bookmarking and a search tool help to navigate the text effortlessly. Make sure to select the excerpts that stayed with you and import them to Notes with just a couple of taps. Books Reader offers: - A variety of ebook formats (epub, fb2,PDF, mobi and others); - Auto unpacking of zip archives; - A smart manager of the books stored on your device; - Read/unread books tracker; - Filtering system (by author, by date added or read, etc.); - Adjustable page/text settings (brightness, size, color, theme and more); - Several controls methods (scrolling, tapping or using buttons); - Marking pages and taking notes. Privacy Policy: https://villow.studio/privacy Term Of Use: https://villow.studio/terms

About

Hedgehog reader

This app allows you to read a wide variety of e-book and audiobook formats, organize your personal library, and even translate text offline. It offers features like full-text search, typo correction, and text-to-speech functionality.

Highlights
  • Supports multiple e-book and audiobook formats
  • Organize library with shelves, search, and filtering
  • Offline text translation
  • Full-text search and notes
  • Typo correction
  • Text-to-speech with adjustable speed
  • Import from local devices and cloud storage
Features
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An app for reading books and organizing a personal library. The supported formats are FB2, MOBI, EPUB, DOCX, CBZ, CHM, RTF, HTML, MHTML, WebArchive, PDF, MD, TXT, and MP3, M4A, M4B for audiobooks. Import from local devices, iCloud, and Dropbox, as a single book and as a batch. An ability to create an internal shelves structure with search and filtering by genre, keywords, languages, series, and ratings. An ability to translate (even when there is no Internet connection) selected words and phrases to the chosen language, by presetting the list of languages to translate from. An ability to perform a full-text search throughout the entire library and the notes added to books. An ability to quickly correct typos in a book. Reading the text aloud (even when there is no Internet connection) with different variants of speed and operating from the music control. Bookmarks and notes with the ability to upload the latter as a file. An ability to directly download books from servers that support OPDS. Automatic synchronization of library content (and reading progress) across multiple devices.

Screenshots

Books Reader4 screens
Hedgehog reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Books Reader at none against Hedgehog reader's shown. Books Reader also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.7). Hedgehog reader's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 38%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Books Reader sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Hedgehog reader sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hedgehog reader holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Books Reader's written reviews are positive against 67% of Hedgehog reader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Books Reader ships an update every 3 months, Hedgehog reader fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Books Reader versus Hedgehog reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBooks ReaderHedgehog reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (22 ratings)4.9 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22 — better17
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.7
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB59 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperVillowAnna Diubina

Customer experience

Books Reader

All ratings22 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative37.5%

Hedgehog reader

All ratings17 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral5.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Books Reader

Subscriptions4
  • Regular donation$1.991 Month
  • Regular donation$3.991 Month
  • Regular donation$5.991 Month
Show 1 more
  • Regular donation$9.991 Month
One-time5
  • Donation$1.99
  • Donation$3.99
  • Donation$5.99
Show 2 more
  • Donation$9.99
  • Custom Fonts & Themes$9.99
2 purchases

Hedgehog reader

One-time2
  • Advertisement free mode$5.99
  • Book export$14.99

Questions

Is Books Reader free?
Books Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hedgehog reader free?
Hedgehog reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Books Reader or Hedgehog reader?
Hedgehog reader is rated higher. Books Reader averages 4.7 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Hedgehog reader averages 4.9 from 17 ratings.
Do Books Reader or Hedgehog reader have ads?
Hedgehog reader shows ads; Books Reader does not.
Which is updated more often, Books Reader or Hedgehog reader?
Books Reader ships an update every 3 months, and Hedgehog reader fortnightly. Most recently, Books Reader was updated on September 23, 2026 and Hedgehog reader on October 16, 2026.

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