Ebook Reader vs FlipByBlink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ebook Reader
Access and read your favorite books on the go with this free application. Enjoy a vast collection of popular titles, read online, or download them for offline access. Features include intuitive page turning, adjustable fonts, and synchronized reading progress across devices.
- Read books online or offline
- Sync reading progress across devices
- Adjustable font size and night mode
- Page turning with tap or swipe
- Search text within books
- Organize books into collections
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Ebook Reader is replaced by our new app, eBooks.com. It is free on the App Store for iPhones and iPads running iOS 16 or later. It is faster and made for the newest devices and gets all our new features. Sign in with your eBooks.com account, and your bookshelf comes with you. This app is still available for readers on older devices. It is no longer updated, but it still works like before. Ebook Reader lets you read your favourite books while you are out. Go to eBooks.com and pick from a huge list of popular books you can download right away, or read your books online from any device with internet. Ebook Reader is free and made for the iPad and iPhone.
FlipByBlink
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There is one special feature. Blink your eyes slightly longer than you would normally close them, and you can turn the page. Other than that, it is a simple and common e-book reader application. If you perform a slightly prolonged eyelid close, you will advance one page. When you open your eyes, you have already transitioned to the next page. Blinking your eyes normally will not turn the page. The blinking of the eyes is detected by the device's built-in camera and sensors. Like general e-book applications, you can also turn pages by tapping or swiping the screen. E-book format - Only "Fixed Layout" books. For example, "directly converted from a paper book" or "comic book". - Support for importing PDF and ZIP files Use-Cases - General reading - Playing an instrument while looking at sheet music - Cooking while checking a recipe book - Reading on trains and buses - Reading for people with physical disabilities * * * Supported Devices The ARKit/FaceTrackingAPI, Apple framework, is used to detect eye blinks. This requires TrueDepth camera or A12Bionic (or later chips). https://developer.apple.com/documentation/arkit/arfacetrackingconfiguration
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FlipByBlink at 100% against Ebook Reader's 51%. FlipByBlink also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4). Ebook Reader's advantage is ratings volume (584 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
FlipByBlink holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ebook Reader has 584 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Ebook Reader's written reviews are positive against 100% of FlipByBlink's.
Ebook Reader ships an update every 3 months, FlipByBlink every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ebook Reader | FlipByBlink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (584 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 584 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EBOOKS.COM PTY LIMITED | Ryo Yamashita |
Customer experience
Ebook Reader
FlipByBlink
Bugs and requests
Ebook Reader
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes and freezes
- Losing page position
- Incorrect chapter/page display
- Incompatibility with newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to adjust font size and spacing
- Improved page navigation and bookmarking
- Sync across devices
- Dictionary and annotation tools
FlipByBlink
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ebook Reader
No in-app purchases
FlipByBlink
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Ebook Reader free?
Is FlipByBlink free?
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