Litres vs Broadside Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Litres
Access a vast catalog of Russian audiobooks, from new releases to classics. Listen to free samples, manage your library across devices, and enjoy offline playback. Discover new authors and read customer reviews before you buy.
- Extensive Russian audiobook catalog
- Free book samples up to 1 hour
- Cross-device library sync
- Background playback
- Offline playback
- Customer reviews and author pages
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Litres: Audio application is the convenient way to choose and listen to the favorite audiobooks. With the built-in audiobook store you get the access to more than 15000 LitRes audiobook catalogue from hot new releases to all-time classics – the biggest catalogue of audiobooks in russian App Store. Features: - listen and evaluate a book fragments, before you decide to buy a full audiobook. We have the longest free samples in App Store – 10 minutes to 1 hour for selected books; - book shelf: all the audiobook purchases you’ve ever made are available on all devices and Litres website (assuming the same user account is used); - detailed book descriptions; - background audiobook playback; - possibility to read book reviews written by the customers and submit your own; - author pages with a biography, reviews, one click access to book series; - offline playback – for the books downloaded in advance. Should you have questions on how the app works, new feature suggestions, or if you faced a problem with book purchase / download – please drop us a note at ios_audio@litres.ru. Note that Litres app can collect anonymous usage stats. «LitRes» is the number №1 retailer of digital books in Russia. We are trusted by the leading Russian publishing houses and authors. Company «LitRes» was founded in 2006 and eventually evolved into the largest and well-known digital book retailer in Russia. Today LitRes book store contains tens thousands of books and several thousands of audiobooks.
Broadside Reader
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Broadside Reader Your Readings, the way they were meant to be read. Some reading happens on the bus, some in a waiting room, and some on the sofa with the lights low. Broadside Reader is built for all of it: your PDFs, EPUBs, articles and notes, in your pocket and, when you want them, up on the biggest, calmest screen in the house. Send it anything A novel, a script, a sermon, a stack of research. PDF, EPUB, web page, Markdown, plain text: send it over and it's waiting on your TV and your iPhone, ready to open. Made to disappear Choose your type size, your spacing, your typeface, your colours. Keep a document's original layout, or let the text reflow to fit the room. Atkinson Hyperlegible is built in for anyone who needs it. A reading ruler and typoscope hold your place on a long line, so the only thing you notice is the words. Or don't read at all Read aloud follows along as it speaks. Auto-scroll carries the page at whatever pace feels right, hands free, eyes free. One library, everywhere Folders as deep as you need, tags, search, bookmarks. Start a chapter on the TV, pick it up on your phone on the bus home. Position, bookmarks, settings: all of it follows you, quietly, through your own iCloud. Yours alone Nothing you read is uploaded anywhere. No ads. No tracking. Just your library, synced privately to your own devices. When you need to read to a room A cue line, a countdown, a mirrored view: everything for reading aloud with confidence, whether it's a toast, a sermon or a scene. Broadside is free to try for 7 days. After the trial, continue reading with a subscription: $2.99/month or $24.99/year. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://broadside-reader.vercel.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Broadside Reader at every 3 days against Litres's fortnightly. Litres's advantage is chart position (#123 vs unranked) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Litres sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $6.49 per month and Broadside Reader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Litres ships an update fortnightly, Broadside Reader every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Litres | Broadside Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #123 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LitRes OOO | Oswald Gyabaah |
Bugs and requests
Litres
Reported bugs
3 issues- Books disappearing from user accounts
- Playback issues like skipping chapters or losing progress
- Unreliable download and syncing functionality
Requested features
3 requests- Add option to resume books from last listened position
- Improve recommendations based on reading history
- Integrate with other popular audiobook services
Broadside Reader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Litres
- ЛитРес: Подписка 1 месяц$6.491 Month
- audio book$1.99
- audio book$2.99
- audio book$3.99
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- audio book$4.99
- audio book$5.99
- audio book$6.99
- audio book$7.99
- audio book3 variants$9.99
Broadside Reader
- Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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