ShortBook vs Lazy FB2 Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShortBook
This application offers a comfortable reading experience for fb2 format books on your iPhone. It features a handy interface, night reading mode, quick bookmarking, and customizable font settings. It also supports XDXF dictionaries for instant word definitions.
- FB2 ebook reading
- Night reading mode
- Quick bookmarking
- Customizable font and size
- XDXF dictionary support
- Wi-Fi book downloading
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ShortBook is an electronic book reader using unique capabilities of your iPhone. It has everything that is necessary for comfortable reading of books in fb2 format: contents, figures, footnotes and unique text makeup. Handy interface allows finding books quickly and reading them with comfort. Night reading mode will reduce discomfort for those who suffer from sleeplessness and Quick Bookmark function will ensure free browsing through a book. Book downloading is available via Wi-Fi being handily implemented through the web browser. For your further comfort there are options of choosing font, its size and other settings. The program supports dictionaries in XDXF format. Detaining a finger on a word and activating the button of searching through dictionaries, you'll virtually in a matter of seconds learn the meaning of the tricky word. Reading can be quickly restarted after a break with one touch of the screen. Don’t seek for compromises, use ShortBook. With ShortBook even a big book will become short.
Lazy FB2 Reader
This app offers a hands-free reading experience for FB2 books, allowing you to turn pages with eye movements. It features a clean interface with customizable fonts, layouts, and page-turning animations, all without intrusive advertisements.
- Hands-free reading with eye control
- Customizable fonts and text layout
- Page-turning animations
- Recent books list
- Dynamic book and page loading
- Skins and themes
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It is simple reader app for fb2 and ePub book formats. It's lightweight, fast and elegant. There is no annoying ads in this app because, in my opinion, this is the most unpleasant thing that can be in the reading app. Current features list: * Hands free reading. Just blink with your right eye for switch to the next page or with left for switch to the previous page! This feature works only for user with true depth cameras. * Recent books list * Dynamic book loading (It makes books opening faster) * Dynamic page generation (It makes text formatting faster) * Skins (Predefined and user defined) * Support for scrolling and per page book reading * Custom animations for pages switching * Customizing fonts & Text Layout * Lanscape mode For any questions or suggestions send email on the lazy.sprt@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Lazy FB2 Reader at Free against ShortBook's $4.99. Lazy FB2 Reader also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (86% vs 57%). ShortBook's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 3.3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On ads 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
Lazy FB2 Reader is free to download; ShortBook costs $4.99 up front. ShortBook sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Lazy FB2 Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShortBook holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShortBook has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of ShortBook's written reviews are positive against 86% of Lazy FB2 Reader's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ShortBook ships an update monthly, Lazy FB2 Reader every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShortBook | Lazy FB2 Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (15 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.4% of reviews | 86.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #150 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jury Shortki | Danila Gusev |
Customer experience
ShortBook
Lazy FB2 Reader
In-app purchases
ShortBook
- "Sub rosa dictum" style$0.99
- "Para bellum"$0.99
Lazy FB2 Reader
No in-app purchases
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