Ebook Reader vs Stanza Redux
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 It is no longer updated, but it still works like before.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.
Stanza Redux
This app is a free, open-source EPUB reader that allows you to browse online catalogs and manage your own digital library. Customize your reading experience with various text and color options, and navigate easily with bookmarks and a table of contents.
- EPUB reader
- OPDS catalog browsing
- Library management
- Customizable reading experience
- Offline reading
- Multiple layout options
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Read a chapter on the train, find your next book in an online catalog, or settle into a two-page spread at your desk. Stanza Redux is a free, open-source EPUB reader for phones, tablets, and computers. Bring your own EPUB files or browse OPDS catalogs, including Standard Ebooks, Project Gutenberg, and Ebooks Gratuits. Explore authors and subjects, see book details and covers, and download books into your library. You can add, validate, rename, and reorder your own catalogs. Browse your library by title, author, or genre. Search your books, return to recently opened titles, and keep reading without an internet connection. Your reading position is saved on this device. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is included to get you started; you can remove it at any time. Make the page comfortable: choose a typeface and text size, adjust margins and line and paragraph spacing, and switch between light, sepia, dark, or custom colors. Use a single column or a two-column layout on wide screens. Turn pages with taps, swipes, or keyboard arrows. Save bookmarks, search the table of contents, and jump within a chapter without losing your previous position. No ads, purchases, subscriptions, or account required. Your library stays on your device; browsing a catalog contacts that catalog’s server. Supports unencrypted EPUB files up to 64 MB. DRM-protected books, PDF, audiobooks, and cloud synchronization are not supported. Version 2 uses the Day framework with native controls on each platform. The interface is available in 13 languages. Source code: github.com/Stanza-Redux/Stanza-Redux
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stanza Redux at 100% against Ebook Reader's 51%. Stanza Redux also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and rating (3.8 vs 3.4). Ebook Reader's advantage is ratings volume (585 vs 4). 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.
Stanza Redux holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ebook Reader has 585 ratings behind it against 4, 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 Stanza Redux's.
Ebook Reader ships an update every 3 months, Stanza Redux every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ebook Reader | Stanza Redux |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (585 ratings) | 3.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 585 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EBOOKS.COM PTY LIMITED | The App Fair Project Inc |
Customer experience
Ebook Reader
Stanza Redux
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
Stanza Redux
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ebook Reader
No in-app purchases
Stanza Redux
No in-app purchases
Questions
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