Open Library Reader vs Storius Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Open Library Reader
Access and read millions of books from an online library. Organize your reading lists, track borrowed books, and discover related titles within a familiar reading interface. Requires an internet connection.
- Browse and check out millions of books
- Track reading progress and wishlists
- Built-in search and related title discovery
- Shelf management and edition changes
- Checkout tracking for borrowed books
- Customizable reading interface
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Open Library is an online library with millions of books to browse or check out. You can track the books that you're reading, want to read, etc. and read many of them right there. PLEASE NOTE: This app is an interface to the openlibrary.org web site — if you don't use that site to read books, you may have trouble figuring out what the app is for. I encourage you to familiarize yourself with the site first, and then you'll understand what the app offers. This app is one reader's effort to create the ideal portable experience for taking advantage of Open Library's amazing collection. You'll get the best experience out of this app on an iPad, but you can use it on a smaller screen (if you don't mind squinting). The moment you open the app and log in, any books you've already saved on the Open Library site are laid out on your screen. You can sort them by title, author, publication date, and date saved, see which books are available to read, and open them with a single tap. Once you've opened a book in the familiar reading interface, a tap at the top of the screen will trigger the full screen mode, removing every distraction and expanding the book pages to the limits of your screen for the perfect reading experience. Other features include: - Built-in search: find and add books to your shelves from inside the app. - Shelf management: move books between shelves, remove books, change the edition of a book. - Related title search: choose a book on your shelf and quickly find more books like it. - Checkout tracking: see at a glance how long you have left on limited-access books you've checked out. - Customization: choose which shelves you want to see and manage the size of the books and their titles. This app is essentially an alternative interface to the Open Library site — all of your data is stored there, and the books you read are hosted online, not in the app. As a result, an active internet connection is required when you are using this app. Open Library is an initiative of the Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. The developer of this app has no legal or contractual relationship with Open Library or the Internet Archive, and bears no responsibility for the content found there.
Storius Reader
Organize and read your Storius books in a single library. Customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts and spacing. Enjoy a built-in audiobook player with playback controls and a sleep timer.
- Centralized book management
- Customizable reading settings
- Built-in audiobook player
- Adjustable playback speed
- Cross-device syncing
- Sleep timer
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MANAGE YOUR BOOKS Keep your Storius books in one place and start reading any book in your library with just a tap. HOW DOES IT WORK When you buy or receive books from Storius, they will be added to your app library automatically. Tapping any book cover in the app will open it instantly. 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 The built-in audiobook player has the features you expect— bookmarks, download quality, and a beautiful, easy-to-navigate player. The Storius 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, it will automatically mark your last page read and take you back to it the next time you open the book, so switch freely between your phone and tablet and back again.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Storius Reader at 5.0 against Open Library Reader's 3.0. Open Library Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (50 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Storius Reader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Open Library Reader has 50 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Open Library Reader ships an update every 2 months, Storius Reader every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Open Library Reader | Storius Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (50 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Loomis House, LLC | BookFunnel |
Customer experience
Open Library Reader
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In-app purchases
Open Library Reader
No in-app purchases
Storius Reader
No in-app purchases
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