Comparison

iBouquiniste Lite vs Lazy FB2 Reader

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

Head to head
About

iBouquiniste Lite

This app offers a customizable ebook reading experience with support for multiple formats. Adjust fonts, indents, and paper types to mimic reading a physical book. Organize your library by author or recently opened books.

Highlights
  • Supports FB2, EPUB, PDF, DJVU, MOBI, CBR, CBZ, TXT
  • Adjustable fonts, paragraph indents, paper type
  • OPDS catalog support
  • Notes functionality
  • Send books via email
  • Author Library organization
  • Real page numbers
Features
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iBouquiniste is an iPad and iPhone ebook reader like none you've seen before. Unlike other readers, this app supports FB2, EPUB, PDF, DJVU, MOBI, CBR, CBZ and TXT formats and offers adjustable fonts, paragraph indents, paper type and more. iBouquiniste gives you a reading experience that's as close as you can get to reading a real book, and it even lets you share your favorite books via email. Click "...More" to learn why you should download this App today! *** Featured In New and Newsworthy! *** Do you love to read? With iBouquiniste you'll take your favorite books wherever you go! Book readers are a great innovation for busy book lovers, but they're still evolving. Some readers are so cluttered with settings and controls that you can barely read the text, while others are bare bones "What you see is what you get" style apps. iBouquiniste is a completely different reading experience. iBouquiniste Features Include: * Supports OPDS catalogs * Full support for iPad retina display * Supports notes * Send books by email * Unique Author Library (each author on their own bookshelf) * View most recently opened books in the order you opened them * Real page numbers * Adjustable fonts, spacing, margins, book paper and more * Download books via iTunes or any app supporting file transfer (i.e. Mail or Safari) The interface is clean and easy to use. The only controls on the screen are the ones you absolutely need, but you have the control that you want to display your books exactly the way you want them. iBouquiniste supports FB2 formatted books, which is how most books are formatted. Other reader apps still don't do that. If you want an even more personal reading experience, that's not a problem. You control paragraph indentation, font face and size, margins and even the type of paper for the pages in your book. Where some apps offer sepia tones, iBouquiniste can display your book on realistic paper, with actual page numbers for each page! Tired of digging through your library to find a specific book? This app gives you several ways to find any book in your collection with just a few taps. Like other, similar apps, iBouquiniste includes a complete table of contents that lists every book you own. This is a great feature if you're not sure what you want to read; but if you have a lot of books, you might spend more time looking for something to read than actually reading! That's why this app also features a unique Author's Library and a Favorites Library. If you're in the mood to read a certain book from a particular novelist, you'll quickly find what you're looking for in the Author's Library. Each writer has their own shelf with all of their works that are in your collection. Have you ever put down a book with the idea that you would come back and finish it after you've read something else? Who hasn't done that? The problem is that when you're ready to go back and finish it, you sometimes can't remember the title of the book, or even the name of the author. Now that you have iBouquiniste, all you need to do is to sort your books with "Recent". This feature narrows your search by displaying the books in the order you opened them. Now you can get back to that unfinished book within just a few seconds of starting your search. Once you've finished it, why not share that novel with a friend? It's as easy as sending an email right from the app! Don't let your book reader decide how your books should look. Spend less time searching and more time reading. Download iBouquiniste now and have all of your books at your fingertips.- You can send a book by email - Unique Authors Library (each author on it's own bookshelf) - Real page numbers - Adjustable fonts, spacings, margins, book paper etc. - You can download books via iTunes or any app supporting file transfer (for example Mail or Safari)

About

Lazy FB2 Reader

This app offers a hands-free reading experience for FB2 books, allowing you to turn pages with eye movements. It features a clean interface with customizable fonts, layouts, and page-turning animations, all without intrusive advertisements.

Highlights
  • Hands-free reading with eye control
  • Customizable fonts and text layout
  • Page-turning animations
  • Recent books list
  • Dynamic book and page loading
  • Skins and themes
Features
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Turn pages with a blink: right eye for the next page, left eye for the previous one. You don't have to move your hands or change your grip on the phone, which is handy when you read lying down. Works on iPhones with Face ID (TrueDepth camera). I read a lot on my phone. At some point I noticed that the good old reader apps were gone from the App Store, and the new ones were either full of ads, missing something I needed, or painfully slow. So I wrote my own, with the features I wanted and no ads. I use it every day. Features: • Page turning by blinking, hands-free • FB2 and ePub, including zipped files • Large books open quickly: the book is loaded in parts • Font and text layout settings. Changes apply quickly because pages are built on the fly • Paged reading or scrolling • Several page-turn animations • Ready-made themes, or your own • Landscape mode • List of recent books • No ads Supported formats: .fb2, .fb2.zip, .epub, .epub.zip

Screenshots

iBouquiniste Lite3 screens
Lazy FB2 Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lazy FB2 Reader at none against iBouquiniste Lite's 4. Lazy FB2 Reader also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (88% vs 60%). iBouquiniste Lite's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13). On price 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

Both are free to download. iBouquiniste Lite sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Lazy FB2 Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iBouquiniste Lite ships an update every 3 weeks, Lazy FB2 Reader every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iBouquiniste Lite versus Lazy FB2 Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriBouquiniste LiteLazy FB2 Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (49 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews87.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings49 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSandrDanila Gusev

Customer experience

iBouquiniste Lite

All ratings49 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral6.1%
Negative22.4%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative33.3%

Lazy FB2 Reader

Written reviews66 reviews
Positive87.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative9.1%

Bugs and requests

iBouquiniste Lite

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes on launch or when opening books
  • Cannot open certain book formats (EPUB, FB2, DJVU)
  • Ads are unclosable or reappear after purchase
  • OPDS does not work
  • Control codes appear instead of characters
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  • App does not open or access books
  • Battery drains significantly
  • App crashes when interacting with ads
  • Corrupted pages
  • App crashes on initial loading page

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add option to remove ads
  • Improve OPDS support
  • Add notes and markup features
  • Improve handling of large books
  • Fix issues with specific file formats
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  • Add dark mode
  • Improve UI for smaller screens
  • Add translation/thesaurus feature
  • Allow highlighting current chapter in list
  • Add picture enlargement option

Lazy FB2 Reader

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

iBouquiniste Lite

One-time4
  • PDF Support$0.99
  • DJVU Support$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
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  • iBouquiniste Cloud Storage Basic$1.99
None

Lazy FB2 Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iBouquiniste Lite free?
iBouquiniste Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lazy FB2 Reader free?
Lazy FB2 Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iBouquiniste Lite or Lazy FB2 Reader have ads?
iBouquiniste Lite shows ads; Lazy FB2 Reader does not.
Which is updated more often, iBouquiniste Lite or Lazy FB2 Reader?
iBouquiniste Lite ships an update every 3 weeks, and Lazy FB2 Reader every 4 months. Most recently, iBouquiniste Lite was updated on October 23, 2026 and Lazy FB2 Reader on October 25, 2026.

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