Comparison

読書尚友 vs Readune

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

Head to head
About

読書尚友

This app is a Japanese vertical text viewer for iOS, offering access to over 10,000 works from Aozora Bunko and supporting local files. It handles various formats and provides customization options for a comfortable reading experience.

Highlights
  • Supports various file formats (text, HTML, PDF, ePub, images, etc.)
  • Automatic character code detection
  • Browse Aozora Bunko by author, title, genre, and ranking
  • Download books directly from Aozora Bunko
  • Customizable font, size, background, and page direction
  • In-app search and bookmarking
Features
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読書尚友」はiOS 用の日本語縦書きファイルビューアです。青空文庫で公開されている一万冊以上の作品を快適に読書できます。ローカルファイルのビューアとしても利用できます。 ・テキスト、html、PDF、OOXML(.docx)、ODF(.odt)、ePub、htmlz、画像(jpeg, png,bmp)、zip(書庫内のテキストファイルを表示)に対応 ・文字コード自動判定(Shift_JIS,UTF-8,UTF-16) ・作家別・作品別・分野別(NDC)、公開年別の作品リスト、新規公開作品、アクセスランキング ・書き出しの表示 ・青空文庫からのダウンロード ・本棚 ・マーカー ・ローカルファイルの表示 ・作品名の検索 ・青空文庫の主要な注記に対応 ・目次(青空文庫の見出し注記から作成) ・文書内の文字列検索 ・フォントサイズ、フォントの変更 ・背景色・背景画像 ・ページ方向(縦書き・横書き) ・行頭・行末禁則、自動縦中横

About

Readune

Features
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Find the line you remember. Keep reading where it leads. Readune is an EPUB and PDF reader for the books you bring. Import your files, search across their text, or listen with natural voices that run on your device. No Readune account is required. SEARCH ACROSS YOUR LIBRARY Remember a phrase but not the book? Search the indexed text of your library in one place. See matching passages grouped by book and jump into the text. Search and indexing happen on your device. Chinese text is searchable within sentences, too. BRING YOUR OWN BOOKS Read EPUB, PDF and comics in CBZ or CBR. Import TXT, HTML, Markdown, FB2 and unprotected MOBI or AZW3 files; supported conversions happen on your device. Add files from Files, the Share sheet, drag and drop, or Shortcuts. MAKE ROOM FOR READING Choose Light, Dark, Warm or an E-ink-inspired grayscale theme. Adjust text size, line spacing and margins for reflowable books. Use pages or continuous scrolling. The E-ink mode simulates a paperlike screen with reduced animation; it does not turn your display into E Ink hardware. LISTEN AT YOUR PACE Read Aloud follows sentences with natural voices that run entirely on your device, or with your system voices, and offers playback speed, a sleep timer, background audio and lock-screen controls. Natural voices for more than 30 languages, including English and Chinese, are a one-time download. Free readers get three unlimited days of natural voices from first use, then 10 minutes a day; system voices are always unlimited. Voice availability varies by device and language. KEEP YOUR PLACE Use chapter navigation, bookmarks, in-book search and reading progress. Read comics in either direction. OPTIONAL READUNE PLUS Core importing, reading, library search and Read Aloud with system voices work without Plus. Plus adds unlimited natural voices, optional book-file sync through your own iCloud Drive, a highlights notebook, smart shelves, reading statistics and individual book themes. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or a lifetime purchase. Where an introductory offer is available, the app shows its terms before you subscribe. Subscription payments are charged to your Apple Account; subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your account settings. YOUR FILES, YOUR CHOICE No ads or tracking. Natural voice packs download once from public model hosts or Readune’s download mirror; speech is then generated on your device, and the text being read is not sent anywhere. Reading positions, bookmarks and preferences can sync through Apple’s iCloud key-value storage. Book files sync only when you enable Plus library sync. Readune does not operate a server that receives your books or searches. Bring your own DRM-free files, or start with the included public-domain sample book. Books shown in screenshots are original illustrations of an imported library and are not included. Image-only books and scanned PDFs without a text layer are not full-text searchable; no OCR is included. Layout and Read Aloud support depend on the file. Privacy: https://readune.thinksview.com/privacy Terms: https://readune.thinksview.com/terms Open-source licenses are available in Settings.

Screenshots

読書尚友4 screens
Readune4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Readune at none against 読書尚友's shown. 読書尚友's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. 読書尚友 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Readune sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

読書尚友 ships an update every 2 weeks, Readune every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
読書尚友 versus Readune: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter読書尚友Readune
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerhishida毓鑫 戴

In-app purchases

1 purchases

読書尚友

One-time1
  • 広告削除$1.99
3 purchases

Readune

Subscriptions2
  • Readune Plus — Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Readune Plus — Yearly3 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Readune Plus — Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is 読書尚友 free?
読書尚友 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Readune free?
Readune is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 読書尚友 or Readune have ads?
読書尚友 shows ads; Readune does not.
Which is updated more often, 読書尚友 or Readune?
読書尚友 ships an update every 2 weeks, and Readune every 8 days. Most recently, 読書尚友 was updated on November 3, 2026 and Readune on October 31, 2026.

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