Lectio vs MySmartBook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lectio
Enjoy ebooks and audiobooks with this user-friendly application. Read offline, sync across devices, and customize your reading experience with adjustable text and themes. No account creation is required.
- Offline reading
- Cross-device sync
- Customizable text size and font
- Day/night mode
- Bookmark functionality
- No account required
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Bienvenue sur Lectio ! Lectio est une application de lecture d’ebooks et d’audiobooks très simple d’utilisation. - Pas besoin de créer un compte. Connectez-vous en quelques clics avec votre adresse e-mail ou via votre compte Facebook, Gmail ou Apple. - Lisez où vous voulez, quand vous voulez. Tous vos titres sont consultables hors connexion pour vous accompagner dans vos déplacements. - Reprenez votre lecture sans interruption. Vos livres sont synchronisées entre vos différents appareils. Basculez facilement de votre smartphone à votre ordinateur sans perdre votre page. - Personnalisez votre expérience de lecture. Ajouter des signets, modifiez la taille du texte et la police (dont une police spéciale dyslexique) et passez facilement du mode jour au mode nuit pour un meilleur confort de lecture.
MySmartBook
This reading app allows you to interact with your books through a conversational AI. Ask questions about the content, get summaries, or even dialogue with characters. Customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts and layouts, and enjoy offline access to your library.
- Chat with book characters and content
- AI-powered summaries and explanations
- Customizable font size and layout
- Offline book reading
- Library management
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A revolution in reading! Buy your books on mysmartbook.fr, read them in your app and... chat with them in our bot! Ask for an itinerary in a travel guide, dialogue with a novel character, summarize a chapter, explain a difficult passage, everything becomes possible thanks to the conversational agent accessible at any time of your reading! Other features : - Change the font, character size and layout to fit your taste and capacities - Manage your library as you wish, and download your books to read offline
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MySmartBook at every 9 days against Lectio's every 3 months. Lectio's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.4). 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.
Lectio ships an update every 3 months, MySmartBook every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lectio | MySmartBook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 80.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 165 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Vivlio | My Smart Book |
In-app purchases
Lectio
No in-app purchases
MySmartBook
No in-app purchases
