Helmarr vs KMReader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Helmarr
Manage all your self-hosted services from a single, native iOS interface. Seamlessly integrate and control applications like Sonarr, Radarr, and Unraid with advanced features and customization.
- Unified experience for multiple services
- Smart multi-network connectivity
- Deep customization options
- Home screen widgets
- Unraid control
- Push notifications
- SSH & SFTP access
- Download management
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Helmarr provides a unified, native iOS interface for your self-hosted services. Stop relying on responsive web UIs and manage your entire stack in an app where your services actually work hand-in-hand. Currently supported: Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Bazarr, Unraid, SSH (+SFTP), Tautulli, Jellystat, Overseerr, Jellyseerr, Seerr, qBt, SABnzbd, NZBGet, Wizarr, Prowlarr, Transmission, Deluge. Key Features: - A Truly Unified Experience: Your stack shouldn't feel like separate silos. Helmarr brings Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Seerr, and Tautulli together. Browse your library, approve requests, and view active streams in one seamless interface. - Smart Connectivity: Full multi-network support allows you to define primary and fallback hosts. Helmarr automatically switches between your LAN IP and WAN/DNS address depending on where you are. - Make It Your Own: Deep customization options let you tweak the app to your liking. Change accent colors, rearrange your tab bar, and set custom headers to match your personal aesthetic. - Home Screen Widgets: Keep an eye on your download queue, upcoming releases, or server stats at a glance without even opening the app. - Unraid Control: Real-time monitoring of Shares, Parity status, Disks, and Warnings. Start/Stop Docker containers and VMs instantly. - Push Notifications: Stay in the loop with configurable alerts for grabs, successful imports, and critical health checks. - Terminal & Vitals: Full SSH & SFTP access with live resource monitoring (CPU/RAM/Net). Manage processes and containers via command line. - Download Management: Remote control for SABnzbd and NZBGet. Pause, resume, reorder queues, and set speed limits on the fly. - Release Browser: Don't just rely on automation—search, filter, and manually grab specific releases with ease. - Onboarding: Generate and manage user invites via Wizarr. Website: https://helmarr.com/ Terms of Service: https://helmarr.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://helmarr.com/privacy
KMReader
This app provides a native reading experience for Komga libraries across Apple devices. It offers robust features for browsing, downloading, and managing your collection, with advanced reader options and offline capabilities.
- Native readers for multiple formats (DIVINA, EPUB, GIF, WebP, PDF)
- Advanced metadata filtering and saved searches
- Robust offline reading with per-series policies
- Multi-server support and Komga admin tools
- Spotlight indexing and iOS widgets for quick access
- Incognito mode and Live Activities for reading
- Localized UI in multiple languages
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KMReader - Native Komga Client for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV KMReader helps you read, browse, download, and manage your Komga library with native Apple-platform readers, reliable local library storage, and practical offline workflows. IMPORTANT FEATURES - Native readers Read comics and books with DIVINA on iOS, macOS, and tvOS, plus EPUB and PDF on iOS and macOS. Readers support LTR, RTL, vertical, Webtoon, spreads, zoom, page curl or cover transitions, custom EPUB fonts and typography, dedicated EPUB behavior settings, nested EPUB tables of contents, PDF search, keyboard shortcuts, per-book preferences, animated pages, AI upscaling, and a Peek mode that leaves no reading progress behind. Rotate individual pages, crop empty page borders in DIVINA, tune preloading for memory or smoother page turns, keep lightweight progress visible while reading, and choose native PDF presentation modes that adapt cleanly between portrait and landscape. Translate manga pages with downloadable model packs: on-device text detection and OCR render translated text over the original bubbles, including vertical typesetting. Enable it per reading session from the reader menu, with custom AI providers or the system translation fallback. - Browse and discover Use Keep Reading, On Deck, Recently Added, Recently Updated, Read Lists in Progress, reading history, an adjustable pages-read heatmap, saved filters, advanced metadata filters including age rating and release year with all/any matching, optional unread-cover blur, Spotlight indexing, widgets, and Home Screen quick actions. Dashboard sections offer per-section card styles, and ordered read lists can continue like series with reading state synced across devices. One Lists page unifies collections and read lists on every platform, with pinned items first. On supported servers, smart lists evaluate saved searches live and can be created and edited in the app, and reading stats come from the server with current and longest streaks, falling back to on-device data otherwise. Select multiple books and series to mark them read or unread, or add them to a list in one go. iPhone offers dedicated Library, Lists, and Search tabs for content-first browsing. KMReader keeps a local database for responsive browsing, dashboards, logs, and downloaded-library workflows, including large libraries. Dashboard library scopes stay tied to each saved server, and widgets mirror refreshed dashboard content. - Offline and sync Download books for offline reading, set per-series and per-read-list download policies, browse downloaded items with count and storage summaries, queue dashboard sections, keep reading with iOS background downloads and Live Activities, prepare local pages on demand with offline-first reading, and sync progress when you reconnect. Sync missing covers for downloaded books, series, read lists, and collections so offline browsing stays visual. - Multi-server and admin tools Save multiple Komga servers, protect private servers with device authentication, and switch instantly. Sign in with password or API key — the login screen can create a key for you — set up a brand-new Komga server right from the login screen, and manage API keys in the app. Edit metadata, manage libraries and media, find missing posters or duplicates, and browse, export, or clear paginated logs. A Server Info overview reports version, uptime, CPU, memory, disk, and content totals, with live task queue, sessions, and scheduled-task pages, on stock Komga servers too. On servers with the komf integration, Identify, Match, and Reset Metadata fetch metadata without leaving the app. KMReader targets Komga 1.20.0+ and supports API v1/v2. KMReader UI is localized in English, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. Privacy Policy: https://kmworks.date/reader/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Helmarr and KMReader both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of KMReader's written reviews are positive against 76% of Helmarr's. KMReader also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Helmarr's advantage is ratings volume (172 vs 31). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Helmarr sells 19 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and KMReader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Helmarr against 4.9 for KMReader. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Helmarr has 172 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Helmarr's written reviews are positive against 100% of KMReader's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | Helmarr | KMReader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (172 ratings) | 4.9 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 172 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 170 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Florian Ernst | 川 彭 |
Customer experience
Helmarr
KMReader
In-app purchases
Helmarr
- Helmarr Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Ultra Monthly$4.991 Month
- Helmarr Pro Yearly Subscription$17.991 Year
- Bazarr$3.99
- Deluge$4.99
- Plex$4.99
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- Transmission$4.99
- NZBGet$4.99
- Lidarr$4.99
- Unraid$4.99
- SABnzbd$4.99
- Tautulli$4.99
- Sonarr$4.99
- Radarr$4.99
- Seerr$4.99
- qBt$4.99
- Prowlarr$4.99
- Helmarr Pro - Lifetime$29.99
- Lifetime Pro$34.99
KMReader
- Monthly Coffee$0.991 Month
- Yearly Coffee$5.991 Year









