Comparison

Ebook Reader vs Pagina.

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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 It is no longer updated, but it still works like before.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.

About

Pagina.

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Read books, not feeds. - Launch price: €2,99 (regular price €6,99). Pagina turns your home screen into the current page of your book. The page is simply there, every time you pick up your phone. Reading becomes the default. Scrolling becomes a choice. READ FROM YOUR HOME SCREEN The Pagina widget shows your actual page, beautifully typeset. Turn pages right on the widget, without opening an app. Tap the text to continue in the full screen reader for an immersive reading experience. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK -Home Screen widget with page-turn buttons -Lock Screen widgets: your page, one glance away -StandBy: your book on the nightstand while your iPhone charges -A calm, focused reader with tap and swipe page turns -On iPhone and iPad, with your reading position, stats and streak in sync through your own iCloud YOUR BOOKS Four classics are included, and the built-in Discover catalog adds seventy more hand-picked public-domain classics, from Dracula to Moby Dick. Everything is bundled with the app, so your next book is one tap away, even offline. Or import your own DRM-free EPUBs from Files, Mail or Safari; italics and bold survive the import. MADE FOR READERS -Careful serif typography, in light, dark and true black for reading at night -Choose your font, text size, line spacing and margins -Chapters, full-text search and a scrubber with live preview, to find your way through any book -A time estimate for your chapter, at your own reading pace -Reading streaks and honest statistics: pages only count when you actually read them, including the ones you turn on the widget PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Pagina collects no data at all. Your books and your reading stay on your device, and sync runs through your personal iCloud, which we cannot see. One purchase. No subscription.

Screenshots

Ebook Reader4 screens
Pagina.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ebook Reader at Free against Pagina.'s $2.99. Ebook Reader also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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

Ebook Reader is free to download; Pagina. costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ebook Reader versus Pagina.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEbook ReaderPagina.
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating3.4 (585 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews51.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings585 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB17 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperEBOOKS.COM PTY LIMITEDEtienne Schraven

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

Pagina.

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ebook Reader

No in-app purchases

None

Pagina.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ebook Reader free?
Ebook Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pagina. free?
Pagina. costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ebook Reader or Pagina. have ads?
Neither Ebook Reader nor Pagina. shows ads.

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