i2Reader vs A FB2 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.
A FB2 Reader
This free application allows you to read your favorite FB2 format ebooks on your iPad and iPhone. Easily import books from various sources, customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts and color schemes, and navigate your library with ease.
- Read FB2 ebooks
- Import from web, iTunes, and cloud drives
- Adjustable fonts, spacing, and width
- Three color schemes
- Easy navigation and page turning
- Sort books by various criteria
- Book image gallery
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A FB2 Reader lets you read your favorite books on iPad without any restrictions and hidden fees. A FB2 Reader completely free ebook reading application, you can collect unlimited number of titles in your Library and read them for you own pleasure. Application optimized for all iPad and iPhone models and high resolution Retina Display graphics. It is possible to load ebooks in fb2 format into application by a number of way, like: - download fb2 books using your favorite web browser application and open it with A FB2 Reader using "Open In..." iSO feature - use iTunes file sharing to copy files from you computer - import books from you preferred cloud drive - Dropbox, OneDrive and Google Drive currently supported, more options coming in next versions A FB2 Reader features: - Turn pages with a tap or swipe - Easy navigation inside the book - Open electronic books from any source - Automatically expands fb2 files from zip archive - Adjustable fonts and font sizes - Adjustable line spacing - Adjustable page width - Three color schemes - Sort books by File name, Book Title, Author or Recently opened - Book Information Page - Book Images Gallery View - all embedded images on one page - Book sharing - possible to transfer book to any destination supported by iOS or any application which can handle this file type
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: i2Reader at 4.1 against A FB2 Reader's 3.4. i2Reader also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 5) and iOS requirement (6.1 vs 9.0). A FB2 Reader's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 47%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). 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.
i2Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of i2Reader's written reviews are positive against 67% of A FB2 Reader's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
i2Reader ships an update every 2 months, A FB2 Reader every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | i2Reader | A FB2 Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (15 ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews | 67.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuriy Melyushin | Yuri Staloverov |
Customer experience
i2Reader
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In-app purchases
i2Reader
No in-app purchases
A FB2 Reader
No in-app purchases
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