Stanza Redux vs ReadEra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stanza Redux
This app is a free, open-source EPUB reader that allows you to browse online catalogs and manage your own digital library. Customize your reading experience with various text and color options, and navigate easily with bookmarks and a table of contents.
- EPUB reader
- OPDS catalog browsing
- Library management
- Customizable reading experience
- Offline reading
- Multiple layout options
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Read a chapter on the train, find your next book in an online catalog, or settle into a two-page spread at your desk. Stanza Redux is a free, open-source EPUB reader for phones, tablets, and computers. Bring your own EPUB files or browse OPDS catalogs, including Standard Ebooks, Project Gutenberg, and Ebooks Gratuits. Explore authors and subjects, see book details and covers, and download books into your library. You can add, validate, rename, and reorder your own catalogs. Browse your library by title, author, or genre. Search your books, return to recently opened titles, and keep reading without an internet connection. Your reading position is saved on this device. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is included to get you started; you can remove it at any time. Make the page comfortable: choose a typeface and text size, adjust margins and line and paragraph spacing, and switch between light, sepia, dark, or custom colors. Use a single column or a two-column layout on wide screens. Turn pages with taps, swipes, or keyboard arrows. Save bookmarks, search the table of contents, and jump within a chapter without losing your previous position. No ads, purchases, subscriptions, or account required. Your library stays on your device; browsing a catalog contacts that catalog’s server. Supports unencrypted EPUB files up to 64 MB. DRM-protected books, PDF, audiobooks, and cloud synchronization are not supported. Version 2 uses the Day framework with native controls on each platform. The interface is available in 13 languages. Source code: github.com/Stanza-Redux/Stanza-Redux
ReadEra
This app allows you to read and listen to books and documents in various formats, including PDF and EPUB. It offers text-to-speech functionality, customizable reading settings, and a built-in book manager for your library. Enjoy an ad-free and registration-free reading experience.
- Multi-format ebook support (EPUB, PDF, MOBI, DOCX, etc.)
- Text-to-Speech (TTS) for listening to books
- Ad-free and registration-free experience
- Offline reading capabilities
- Book manager with grouping and sorting
- Customizable reading settings (themes, fonts, margins)
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ReadEra - a book reader, allows you to read books for free, text to voice and listen to books for free, offline, in the PDF, EPUB, DOC, DOCX, RTF, MOBI, AZW3, CBZ, CBR, DJVU, FB2, TXT, ODT and CHM formats. No ads Read books and listen to books without ads. The ReadEra app for reading books and viewing PDF documents neither contains ads nor imposes internal purchases. No registration We’ve made a fast, reliable reader that doesn't compel users to use any specific services. The book reader works offline and is entirely free. Read books for free and listen to books for free (TTS), without limits! Text to Speech (TTS) Read text aloud with voice (TTS) – allows you to read text aloud and listen to all your books, PDF files and documents for free. With the Text to Speech (TTS) function, all your books and documents turn into audiobooks at the tap of the "Read aloud" button. TTS turns your book library into a personal audio library, making reading more flexible and enjoyable. This is especially useful for those who prefer the audio format or want to listen to books in situations where reading is impossible. You can read foreign books and at the same time listen to the pronunciation of words and sentences. You can choose a voice, adjust the speech speed, turn on repeating text to voice of the selected text, word or sentence. Listen to books and documents with ReadEra while doing your things – on the go, working out, before bed and even when sleeping. Read books of all formats ReadEra is a set of reading apps in one app, which reads well multiple types of formats: book Epub, Kindle (MOBI, AZW3), Fb2; business PDF, Djvu; office Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX, RTF), ODT; text TXT and others. Reading books, viewing Microsoft Word documents and PDF files from zip archives. The reader for books, ReadEra, reads all popular formats of books, journals, articles and other documents in one app. Best book manager for your library Auto-detection of books and documents. Grouping books into lists: To Read, Have Read, Favorites. Sorting by name, file format, the last time read, etc. Quickly search for books, PDF files and documents in your library. Navigation through a book Quick access to reading settings, table of contents, your bookmarks, quotes, notes and other eBook options. Navigate through the book using the page index or the progress bar line. Convenient reading settings Auto-saving the current reading page. Comfortable color themes when reading books: day, night, sepia, console. Horizontal or vertical page flipping mode. Brightness and page margins adjustment, including PDF and DjVu. Separate settings for text and graphic formats. Adjustable type font, size, boldness, line spacing and hyphenation for Microsoft Word, Epub, Kindle (Mobi, Azw3), Fb2, TXT and ODT. Zoom in option for reading PDF and Djvu files. Quotes and Notes Create quotes and add notes to text. Highlight text in books, PDF files and documents, add personal notes to the highlighted text. A well-thought-out and simple algorithm for working with quotes and notes. All your quotes and notes in a book are conveniently gathered in one place—in the “About Document” section. Bookmarks Add bookmarks to save your favorite spots in books with a single tap. Just tap the upper-right corner while reading to quickly add a bookmark. All bookmarks for the book are conveniently gathered in one place—in the "About Document" section. Text Translation ReadEra supports integration with the iOS system “Translate” app for seamless text translation. Instantly translate text in books, PDFs, and documents using the built-in translator on your device. Read books and Listen to books easily and for free with ReadEra!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stanza Redux at 100% against ReadEra's 60%. Stanza Redux also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). ReadEra's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (241 vs 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.
ReadEra holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ReadEra has 241 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Stanza Redux's written reviews are positive against 60% of ReadEra's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Stanza Redux ships an update every 5 days, ReadEra every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Stanza Redux | ReadEra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.2 (241 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 241 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #110 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The App Fair Project Inc | READERA EOOD |
Customer experience
Stanza Redux
ReadEra
Bugs and requests
Stanza Redux
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ReadEra
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unexpected page jumps or scrolling issues
- Compatibility problems with certain file formats
- Inconsistent behavior when minimizing or locking the screen
Requested features
5 requests- Add text-to-speech functionality
- Implement highlighting, annotation, and lookup features
- Introduce cloud sync and cross-device syncing
- Expand font and theme options
- Add search within documents
In-app purchases
Stanza Redux
No in-app purchases
ReadEra
No in-app purchases









