Comparison

Hope Books vs Openreads

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

Head to head
About

Hope Books

Access your purchased digital books and audiobooks with this reader and player. Enjoy a seamless reading or listening experience with customizable features and background playback. Your digital library is available across devices.

Highlights
  • Digital bookshelf for purchased content
  • Customizable eBook reader (font, background)
  • Audiobook player with sleep timer
  • Cross-device bookmarking
  • Background audio playback
  • Full text search and annotations
Features
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The Hope Books app is both eBook reader and audio player for all digital content purchased through the Hope Books website, adding your purchases to the digital bookshelf, showcasing other Hope Books titles within the Discover area, and enabling a seamless reading or listening experience through the relevant environment. The app has no password on login: simply log in with Google or type in the email address used to buy the book on the Holy Trinity Publications website and enter the verification code sent to your email. Your purchased content can be found in the “My books” area of the app. An internet connection is required to download the content. EBOOK READER • Bookmarking opens the book across multiple devices • Font-size and font face changes, as well as dyslexic-friendly font • Background colour changes • Full text search • Highlighting • Annotations AUDIOBOOK PLAYER • Auto-saves your current position in the book so you can pick up right where you left off, even if listening on multiple devices • Skips forward and backward • Sleep timer • Plays on lock-screen, enabling easy access to playback controls • Plays in the background while you browse other apps • Plays immediately and downloads in the background (if internet access is available) • Integrate with Apple Car Play • Connect to Air Play devices Hope Books uses Glassboxx eBook technology.

About

Openreads

Organize your reading life with this app. Track books you've finished, are currently reading, or want to read later. Add books by searching, scanning barcodes, or manual entry, and view insightful statistics.

Highlights
  • Organize reading lists
  • Track finished books
  • Track current reads
  • Track future reads
  • Add books via search
  • Add books via barcode scan
  • Manual book entry
  • Reading statistics
Features
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Openreads is a reading list app that will help you organize your library with three lists provided: - books you finished, - books you are currently reading, - books you want to read later. You can add the books by searching them up in Open Library, scanning their barcode or by entering the book's details manually. You can also see come cool statistics!

Screenshots

Hope Books4 screens
Openreads4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Openreads at 100% against Hope Books's 50%. Openreads also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hope Books ships an update every 2 months, Openreads every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hope Books versus Openreads: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHope BooksOpenreads
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—20 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGlassboxx LimitedMATEUSZ JAN BAK

Customer experience

Hope Books

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Openreads

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hope Books

No in-app purchases

None

Openreads

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hope Books free?
Hope Books is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Openreads free?
Openreads is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hope Books or Openreads have ads?
Neither Hope Books nor Openreads shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hope Books or Openreads?
Hope Books ships an update every 2 months, and Openreads every 3 weeks. Most recently, Hope Books was updated on November 3, 2026 and Openreads on November 4, 2026.

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