Comparison

ePub Pro vs leaf

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

Head to head
About

ePub Pro

This app allows you to read, organize, and sync your ePub eBooks across devices. It offers flexible display options, dark mode, and automatic progress saving. An optional upgrade unlocks advanced organization features like collections and custom metadata editing.

Highlights
  • Flexible display options (cards/list)
  • Pin favorite eBooks
  • Dark and Sepia reading modes
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Auto-save reading progress
  • Organize into collections (Expert)
  • Edit titles and cover art (Expert)
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Read, Organize, and Sync Your ePub eBooks Effortlessly ePub Pro is the ultimate solution for reading ePub eBooks. Seamlessly manage, organize, and sync your eBook collection across all your devices, ensuring you have easy access wherever you are. Key Features: - Flexible Display Options: View your eBooks as customizable cards or a streamlined list in your Bookshelf. - Pin Your Favorites: Keep important eBooks at the top of your Bookshelf for quick access. - Dark Mode: Enjoy comfortable reading with less eye strain, day or night. - iCloud Sync: Securely sync your entire eBook across iPhone, iPad and Mac. - Widgets: Instantly access recent eBooks and Highlights right from your home screen. ePub Pro Features: - Auto-Save Reading Progress: Your place is saved automatically, and synced to iCloud, so you’ll never lose track of where you left off. - Flexible Reading Modes: Read in Single-Page or Continuous mode, with both horizontal and vertical scrolling options. - Sepia Reading Mode: Reduce eye strain with a warm, soft color filter that provides a gentler reading experience. - Easy Navigation: Use the built-in Table of Contents for quick jumps to sections within any document. Organise Your eBook Bookshelf: - Track Reading Status: Mark eBooks as "Finished", or add them to your Favorites list for easy access. - Archive Documents: Clear up your Bookshelf by moving completed or inactive books to the Archive. ePub Pro Expert – Unlock Advanced Features: Enjoy ePub Pro free with no limits on the number of eBooks you can store and read. Upgrade to ePub Pro Expert with a one-time purchase to support independent app development. Expert Features Include: - Organize into Collections: Create personalized Collections to group and sort your eBooks. - Edit Titles & Authors: Customize your Bookshelf's display by editing document titles and authors. - Change Cover Art: Update the cover images of your eBooks for better organization and visual appeal. ePub Pro is perfect for students, researchers, and professionals. Whether you're at uni, working on university papers, or diving into educational ebooks and scientific research, ePub Pro makes reading and managing your documents effortless. With features designed to streamline your workflow, it's ideal for organising class notes, research papers, and eBooks for study or work. Privacy Policy: https://verbia.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://verbia.com/terms

About

leaf

This app offers a natural reading experience with customizable scrolling and page-turning options. Access thousands of free ebooks or import your own EPUB and PDF files. Organize your library, take notes, and create a personal reading journal.

Highlights
  • Vertical and horizontal scrolling
  • Import EPUB and PDF files
  • Access Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks
  • Bookmarks, highlights, and notes
  • Exportable Reading Journal
  • Library organization with shelves
  • iCloud syncing
Features
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Scroll naturally. Read deeply. leaf is a reading app built for your phone. Read on your own, or let leaf read to you. Read with a natural vertical scroll, or turn pages with a page curl when you want a more traditional feel. leaf flows through your book the way your thumb already moves. When your attention keeps sliding off the page, tap play. leaf sets a gentle pace and lights up each line as you go. Turn on the voice and it reads the page aloud while you follow along, or lock your phone and keep listening. Narration uses the voices built into your iPhone, so it's free and unlimited, works offline, and your books never leave your phone. Browse and download over 70,000 free books from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks: classic literature, philosophy, fiction, and more. Import your own EPUB, PDF, and Markdown files too. No reading streaks. No goals. No ads. No noise. Just you and the book. READ ALONG AND NARRATION - Tap play and leaf sets the pace, lighting each line as you read - Turn on the voice and leaf reads the page aloud as the highlight follows - Free and unlimited: no hours to count, no account to make - Runs on your iPhone, works offline, and never uploads your books - Keeps reading with the screen locked. Pause, play, or skip back 15 seconds from the lock screen or your headphones - Picks a voice in your book's language. Apple's Enhanced and Premium voices are a free download and sound the most natural - Change the speed any time, pause with a tap, or step back a sentence - Works with every reading flow (not yet with PDFs) READER - Three reading flows: Page Curl, Slide, or Continuous scroll - Vertical or horizontal page turns - Light, Dark, System, and E-Ink themes - Bookmarks, highlights, and notes - Multi-paragraph highlighting and sharing - Search within any book - Typefaces including Classic, Modern, Lexend, and Atkinson Hyperlegible - Adjust font size, spacing, and text density - Set a reading intention for each book - An exportable Reading Journal is created automatically when you highlight text or write a note PDFs - Read PDFs with the same reading flows as books - Pages follow your theme automatically, in light or dark - Columns are detected and shown one at a time, so the text is bigger and you never scroll sideways to read a line LIBRARY - Organise books into shelves, grouped into sections you can collapse - Filter by shelf, intention, or reading status - Sort by title, author, last opened, or shelf - View books as Grid or List - Search your entire library - Drop supported book files into the leaf folder and they'll appear in your library automatically - Use iCloud to share books between devices - Continue reading from your current book with the Home Screen widget FREE BOOKS - Browse and download from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks - Over 70,000 free classic and public domain titles - The Call of the Wild is included, so you can start reading straight away - Import your own EPUB, PDF, and Markdown files - Supports multiple file and folder import LEAF PRO - Six more themes: Sepia, Ivory, Mist, Forest, Midnight, and Amber Night - Design up to six custom themes of your own - Three more typefaces (Literata, Spectral, and Merriweather) or import your own - Line, paragraph, and letter spacing - Sync your library across devices - Sync reading progress, highlights, notes, bookmarks, shelves, and Reading Journal entries Privacy Policy: https://readleaf.co/legal Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ePub Pro4 screens
leaf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ePub Pro at 100% against leaf's 33%. ePub Pro also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8). leaf's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, ads, 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. ePub Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and leaf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ePub Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ePub Pro's written reviews are positive against 33% of leaf's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ePub Pro ships an update every 3 months, leaf weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ePub Pro versus leaf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterePub Proleaf
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVerbia SystemsAbraham Jesri

Customer experience

ePub Pro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

leaf

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ePub Pro

One-time1
  • ePub Pro Expert$19.99
2 purchases

leaf

Subscriptions2
  • Leaf Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Leaf Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Year

Questions

Is ePub Pro free?
ePub Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is leaf free?
leaf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ePub Pro or leaf?
ePub Pro is rated higher. ePub Pro averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while leaf averages 3.8 from 6 ratings.
Do ePub Pro or leaf have ads?
Neither ePub Pro nor leaf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ePub Pro or leaf?
ePub Pro ships an update every 3 months, and leaf weekly. Most recently, ePub Pro was updated on October 4, 2026 and leaf on October 7, 2026.

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