PowerReader Lite vs HTM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PowerReader Lite
This application allows users to view a wide range of document and image file formats, including text, PDF, and office documents. It offers features like full-text search, online translation, and automatic saving of reading progress. The app supports landscape mode and various text encoding options for a comfortable reading experience.
- Supports txt, pdf, png, jpg, doc, xls, ppt, and more
- Landscape view mode
- Diverse text encoding options
- Full text search
- Online translation engine
- Automatically saves last reading point
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PowerReader is a simple but powerful reading tool. Features: - It is available to view the files with various formats as below: txt, pdf, png, jpg, tiff, gif, bmp, htm, html, doc, xls, ppt, docx, xlsx, pptx. - Supports landscape view mode. - Diverse kinds of encoding for txt reading. - Turning pages forward or backward quickly. - Uploading files through iTunes. - Automatic line breaks. - Full text search, you can easily search the entire text. - Online Translation engine. - Automatically save the last reading point. - Automatically separate the big txt file to accelerate the access speed - More features in full edition: - It is also available to play mp3 & mp4 files. - Supports Google docs downloading. - Supports "Open-in" feature, you can open the supported data from mail, safari or some other APPs that supported open-in feature. - Various types of font for txt reading. - Text color and background color setting. - Bookmark feature. - Single/multi page display for PDF viewer.
HTM
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可根据各种不同的需求，快速实现相应的功能。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PowerReader Lite at every 10 days against HTM's every 35 months. PowerReader Lite also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PowerReader Lite ships an update every 10 days, HTM every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PowerReader Lite | HTM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 35 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 冠兰 姜 | 浙江浙大网新图灵信息科技有限公司 |
In-app purchases
PowerReader Lite
No in-app purchases
HTM
No in-app purchases
