Comparison

iTurbo vs BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader

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

Head to head
About

iTurbo

This app simulates fluid dynamics by solving Navier-Stokes equations for 2D incompressible turbulence. It uses a direct numerical simulation method with Euler time stepping and Fourier space calculations for efficiency.

Highlights
  • Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS)
  • Navier-Stokes equation solver
  • 2D incompressible turbulence
  • Euler time stepping
  • Fourier space calculations
  • Vorticity field transformation
Features
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This application performs a Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) where the Navier-Stokes equations are solved for two dimensional incompressible homogeneous turbulence. These equations are a set of nonlinear partial differential equations. The time stepping is performed with a simple Euler method where the time step is calculated so that the CFL number does not exceeds the given number (should be less than 0.8 otherwise the simulation blows up). The equations are solved in the Fourier space where the calculation of the nonlinear term transforms to a simple multiplication. The main CPU usage is consumed by transforming the vorticity field back and fourth between the Normal space where the time-stepping is performed and the Fourier space where the nonlinear term is calculated.

About

BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader

Read and organize technical, scientific, and educational literature in DjVu and PDF formats. Features include customizable reading modes, powerful annotation tools, a built-in summary editor, and advanced DjVu processing. Manage your library with smart cataloging and metadata editing.

Highlights
  • Customizable reading modes
  • Annotation and drawing tools
  • Summary editor with Markdown
  • DjVu text recognition
  • Full text searching
  • Library cataloging and metadata editing
  • Cloud synchronization
Features
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The application for reading and cataloging books, textbooks, reference books and documents in DjVu and PDF formats in a modern, user-friendly style. Designed mainly for working with technical, scientific and educational literature. COMFORTABLE READING MODE • Crops a page margins in manual and automatic mode. • Themes, color schemes for reading (day, night, sepia and more). • Page turn with scroll, curl and slide. POWERFUL ANNOTATIONS • Notes, stickers and scraps. • Drawn annotations (Apple Pencil support and just by touching). • Exports annotations in HTML, PDF, RTF formats. • Synchronization of annotations and drawings in iCloud. • Unified view and management of all annotations in all the books at once. BUILT-IN THE SUMMARY EDITOR • Markdown formatting. • Exports summaries in HTML, PDF, RTF formats. • Synchronization of summaries in iCloud. ADVANCED FEATURES FOR DJVU • Text recognition of pages in DjVu (for documents without OCR layer). • Splits a scanned double-page spread in DjVu into separate pages. WORKING WITH FRAGMENTS OF TEXT • Translation of separate words or complete sentences in different languages. • Full text searching in a book (textual, fuzzy and regular). • Built-in search for a selected text on the Internet, Wikipedia and Wolfram|Alpha. • Search for a word definition in a dictionary. • Text-to-speech in books. • Smart zoom by double-tap. CATALOGUER • Grouping by categories: by authors, subjects, sequences, publishers, tags, popular, recent, new, read and reading now. • Using tags to categorize documents. • Customizable search for books in the library by various metadata fields in different modes. • Search for textbooks on the Internet through arXiv.org, Library Genesis and Google. • Own folders tree and flexible bookshelf settings for layout and sorting. • Arranging books on a bookshelf by dragging. WORKING WITH A METADATA AND A TABLE OF CONTENTS OF A BOOK • Automated extraction of a metadata from PDF and DjVu. • Convenient editing of a metadata. • Editing and creating a table of contents in manual and automatic mode. • Synchronization of a metadata and a table of contents in iCloud. STORAGE • Locally on the device. • In the Cloud Storage (iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Yandex Disk). • Content server for accessing files on the device via a local network. • Import files from shared folders in the local network. • Export files.

Screenshots

iTurbo3 screens
BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iTurbo at Free against BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader's $1.99. iTurbo also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3). BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 54 months) and ratings volume (103 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iTurbo is free to download; BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iTurbo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader has 103 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iTurbo ships an update every 54 months, BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
iTurbo versus BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriTurboBiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.3 (103 ratings)
Positive reviews—41.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1103 — better
Update frequencyEvery 54 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#190 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB57 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperManneTroll SolutionsKonstantin Bukreev

Customer experience

iTurbo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader

All ratings103 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral1.9%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive41.1%
Neutral7.8%
Negative51.1%

In-app purchases

None

iTurbo

No in-app purchases

None

BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iTurbo free?
iTurbo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader free?
BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iTurbo or BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader?
iTurbo is rated higher. iTurbo averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader averages 4.3 from 103 ratings.
Do iTurbo or BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader have ads?
Neither iTurbo nor BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iTurbo or BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader?
iTurbo ships an update every 54 months, and BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader every 10 days. Most recently, iTurbo was updated on October 14, 2026 and BiLibre DjVu and PDF Reader on October 24, 2026.

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