Comparison

iBouquiniste Lite vs A 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

A FB2 Reader

This free application allows you to read your favorite FB2 format ebooks on your iPad and iPhone. Easily import books from various sources, customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts and color schemes, and navigate your library with ease.

Highlights
  • Read FB2 ebooks
  • Import from web, iTunes, and cloud drives
  • Adjustable fonts, spacing, and width
  • Three color schemes
  • Easy navigation and page turning
  • Sort books by various criteria
  • Book image gallery
Features
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A FB2 Reader lets you read your favorite books on iPad without any restrictions and hidden fees. A FB2 Reader completely free ebook reading application, you can collect unlimited number of titles in your Library and read them for you own pleasure. Application optimized for all iPad and iPhone models and high resolution Retina Display graphics. It is possible to load ebooks in fb2 format into application by a number of way, like: - download fb2 books using your favorite web browser application and open it with A FB2 Reader using "Open In..." iSO feature - use iTunes file sharing to copy files from you computer - import books from you preferred cloud drive - Dropbox, OneDrive and Google Drive currently supported, more options coming in next versions A FB2 Reader features: - Turn pages with a tap or swipe - Easy navigation inside the book - Open electronic books from any source - Automatically expands fb2 files from zip archive - Adjustable fonts and font sizes - Adjustable line spacing - Adjustable page width - Three color schemes - Sort books by File name, Book Title, Author or Recently opened - Book Information Page - Book Images Gallery View - all embedded images on one page - Book sharing - possible to transfer book to any destination supported by iOS or any application which can handle this file type

Screenshots

iBouquiniste Lite3 screens
A FB2 Reader3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: A FB2 Reader at none against iBouquiniste Lite's 4. A FB2 Reader also leads on ads (none vs shown). iBouquiniste Lite's advantage is rating (3.8 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (49 vs 5). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iBouquiniste Lite holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iBouquiniste Lite has 49 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of iBouquiniste Lite's written reviews are positive against 67% of A FB2 Reader's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iBouquiniste Lite ships an update every 3 weeks, A FB2 Reader every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on September 29, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iBouquiniste Lite versus A FB2 Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriBouquiniste LiteA FB2 Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (49 ratings) — better3.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews67.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings49 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSandrYuri Staloverov

Customer experience

iBouquiniste Lite

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

A FB2 Reader

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive67.1%
Neutral5.7%
Negative27.1%

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

A FB2 Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iBouquiniste Lite free?
iBouquiniste Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is A FB2 Reader free?
A FB2 Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iBouquiniste Lite or A FB2 Reader?
iBouquiniste Lite is rated higher. iBouquiniste Lite averages 3.8 out of 5 from 49 ratings, while A FB2 Reader averages 3.4 from 5 ratings.
Do iBouquiniste Lite or A FB2 Reader have ads?
iBouquiniste Lite shows ads; A FB2 Reader does not.
Which is updated more often, iBouquiniste Lite or A FB2 Reader?
iBouquiniste Lite ships an update every 3 weeks, and A FB2 Reader every 2 weeks. Most recently, iBouquiniste Lite was updated on September 29, 2026 and A FB2 Reader on September 29, 2026.

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