ReadCloud vs eReader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReadCloud
This e-reading platform provides Australian schools with digital access to educational content, eNovels, and teacher-curated resources. It facilitates collaboration, annotation, and seamless integration with learning management systems, supporting a digital-first strategy for students and educators.
- Digital access to educational content and eNovels
- Teacher content curation and upload
- Virtual class clouds for collaboration
- Highlighting and annotation tools
- LMS and publisher platform integration
- Reading analytics for teachers and parents
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
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ReadCloud is the leading eReading software provider to Australian schools. Locally developed and fully supported the software is valuable for any school that has embarked or is considering embarking on their digital transformation journey. ReadCloud offers schools (teachers and students): Access to their in-classroom resources digitally – educational content from the world’s leading educational publishers, together with non-traditional educational resources, as well as eNovels. Connect seamlessly via a single login to selected publishers’ digital interactive resources with Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) integration or simply link and login to publisher platforms whilst still inside the application. The ability to highlight, annotate, collaborate and communicate with class members. These “ring-fenced” class conversations are made possible through ReadCloud’s virtual class clouds which mimic the actual classroom by grouping the members of each physical class. ReadCloud’s innovative Content Manager affords teachers the ability to curate their own content and upload their own resources into ReadCloud’s virtual class clouds to further contexualise the learning experience. Teacher curated content sits alongside the commercial curriculum and can be in the form of a PDF, website, video, audio or image. LMS connectivity - ReadCloud provides deep integration into many LMS’s allowing users to quickly and securely access ReadCloud’s Bookshelf. Stream PDF’s and access publisher interactive content. Alternatively embed the App into your chosen LMS to assist with session plans. Single Sign-On (SSO) capability. Easily accessible reading analytics at a class cloud level assisting teachers and parents. A comprehensive on-boarding, in-servicing and a tailored professional development programme which takes place at school and runs for the course of the school year, enabling sharing of best practice teaching methods in order to maximize student learning outcomes. ReadCloud also supports blended classrooms Today over 500 education institutions and in excess of 115,000 students regularly go to ReadCloud to achieve a “digital first” strategy for simplified consumption of in-classroom resources.
eReader
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eReader opens your own EPUB and PDF books and gets out of the way. Set the page up the way your eyes like it, keep the lines that matter, and let the app read aloud when your hands are busy. No account, no store, no format lock-in. READ EPUB AND PDF • Opens EPUB 2, EPUB 3 and PDF files from Files, iCloud Drive, AirDrop, Mail or Safari • PDFs reflow like ebooks, so your font, size and theme apply to them too • Page View shows a PDF's original layout for scans, tables and diagrams • Fast search across the whole book, table of contents and jump to page MAKE EVERY PAGE YOURS • 12 reading templates: Paperback, Night Owl, Focus, Flow, Easy Read, Large Print, Compact and more • 8 page themes, from Sepia and Paper to true-black Night • Any installed font, with full control of size, line, letter and paragraph spacing READING AIDS THAT KEEP YOUR PLACE • Paragraph Focus dims everything except the paragraph you are reading • Color Flow tints each line so its end matches the start of the next • Bold Word Starts guides your eye along the line for faster reading • Speed Reader shows one word at a time, at the pace you choose LISTEN TO ANY BOOK • Text to speech turns an EPUB or PDF into an audiobook • Choose the voice, language and speed, and start from any sentence • Keeps reading with the screen off; the text follows the voice HIGHLIGHTS, NOTES AND BOOKMARKS • Highlight in five colors or underline, and add notes • Bookmark pages and jump back in one tap • Share a favourite line as a quote card, ready for Messages or Instagram Stories AI CHAPTER SUMMARIES • Recap the chapter so far with no spoilers, or the last pages after a break • Written on your device by Apple Intelligence, so your book never leaves it • Requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence BUILD A READING HABIT • Daily goal, streaks and a chart of your reading time • Time left in the chapter and the book, at your own reading speed • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets open your book in one tap • Optional gentle reminders when you have been away for a few days YOURS ON EVERY DEVICE • iCloud sync for books, position, highlights and bookmarks on iPhone, iPad and Mac • Works fully offline PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No sign-up. Your books stay on your device and in your own iCloud • Book titles, text, highlights and searches are never collected FREE AND PREMIUM eReader is free to download and read with. The free version shows ads between reading sessions. Premium removes ads and unlocks unlimited highlights and bookmarks, every template, theme and reading aid, text to speech, iCloud sync and AI summaries. Premium is an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account, and the subscription renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. eReader opens DRM-free EPUB and PDF files. It does not open books protected by DRM, such as most books bought from Kindle or Apple Books, and it does not play recorded audiobook files. Terms of Use: https://ereader-epub-audio.web.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://ereader-epub-audio.web.app/privacy/ Support: https://ereader-epub-audio.web.app/support/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ReadCloud at none against eReader's 2. ReadCloud also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence 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. eReader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. ReadCloud asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ReadCloud | eReader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ReadCloud | sina alparslan |
In-app purchases
ReadCloud
No in-app purchases
eReader
- Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$24.991 Year









