i2Reader vs Epubgle reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
i2Reader
This app is an award-winning eBook reader supporting a wide range of formats including EPUB, PDF, and MOBI. It offers customizable styles, dictionary integration, and convenient ways to upload books via FTP, web server, or Calibre.
- Supports EPUB, PDF, RTF, HTML, FB2, MOBI, DOC, text
- Customizable styles and dictionary support
- Built-in FTP and Web servers for book uploads
- Calibre integration for book management
- Custom PDF reformatting engine
- Autoscroll and auto-hyphenation
- Integrated web browser for book downloads
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i2Reader is an innovative and award-winning eBook reader! Among the features: - Support of EPUB (DRM-free), PDF, RTF, HTML, FB2, MOBI, DOC and plain text formats; - Customizable styles; - Dictionary support (starDict format) for quick word lookup; - Extremely user-friendly interface; - One-way built-in FTP server to upload books and dictionaries to i2Reader; - One-way built-in Web server to upload books and dictionaries from your computer; - Support for cross-platform Calibre tool to upload books to i2Reader; - Custom-made PDF rendering engine that reformats the text from PDFs for easier reading on the iPhone screen; - Autoscroll; - Auto-hyphenation; - Display and save of inline images in the books; - Integrated Web browser to quickly download books from the Internet; - Bookmarks; - Table of Contents; - Landscape and fullscreen modes; - Book groups.
Epubgle reader
This app allows you to read EPUB ebooks on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It supports both reflowable and fixed-layout layouts, offering customizable text and page display options. Enjoy features like automatic saving of your last reading position and importing books from various sources.
- EPUB reflowable and fixed-layout support
- Import EPUBs via Share menu or email
- Customizable text size, line height, and margins
- Automatic saving of last reading page
- Audio playback and video support
- Page turning and menu toggle buttons
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About this app - EPUB reflowable layout viewer, EPUB fixed layout viewer on iPhones, iPads and Mac Features - Available on iOS iPhones, iPads. Also Mac. - Open files with .epub extension. - Customized TOC provided additionally. - Reopen to the location of last reading page. - Import .epub eBooks by selecting "Share" context menu which pops up when you long press tap .epub file in Files built-in App. - Import .epub eBooks from the email app's file attachments. - Choose Options that have one page(portrait) or two pages(landscape) with fixed-layout book. - Scroll type(portrait) with reflowable-layout book. - Audio playback and video full screen switch. - Media Overlay SMIL support to fixed-layout ePUB With Read Aloud Feature. - Track the path of moving pages. - To turn pages and toggle menus, use bottom buttons respectively. - Adjust text size, line height, margins. - Scan .epub ePUB files on your device
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: i2Reader at 47% against Epubgle reader's 0%. i2Reader also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | i2Reader | Epubgle reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yuriy Melyushin | Contents Color CO.,LTD. |
Customer experience
i2Reader
Epubgle reader
In-app purchases
i2Reader
No in-app purchases
Epubgle reader
No in-app purchases
