Yomu EBook Reader vs CLAUDIO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yomu EBook Reader
An independent ebook reader designed for distraction-free reading with customizable styles and layouts. Supports a wide range of formats and offers robust library management features. Cloud synchronization is available for pro users.
- Customizable reading styles and themes
- Supports EPUB, MOBI, Kindle, CBZ, CBR, PDF
- Dynamic text and margin adjustment
- Library organization with folders and tags
- Cloud synchronization for books and annotations (Pro)
- Text highlighting and note-taking
- Widgets for quick access to books and quotes
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Yomu is an independent reader for book lovers. Yomu’s design is carefully crafted for ebooks and offers custom styles for better readability and distraction-free reading. Designed to let you focus on reading, Yomu has no unnecessary preferences. Just open a book and start reading. Yomu’s fluid layout dynamically adjusts all text properties and margins depending on your preferred styles and device, giving you an optimal reading experience. FORMATS Yomu supports standard ebooks without digital rights management. Supported formats: - EPub (.epub) - Mobi (.mobi, .prc) - Kindle (.azw, .azw3, .kf8) - Comics (.cbz, .cbr) - PDF (.pdf) Choose free books from publishers such as Standard Ebooks or Project Gutenberg. Download ebooks directly from your browser or copy files from other apps. Import files with iCloud Drive, iTunes File Sharing, or from Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, OPDS and Calibre. READER The reader's design is carefully crafted for ebooks and offers custom styles for better readability. Choose your favorite theme font (Lato, Georgia, Lexend, OpenDyslexic, ...), reader mode (day, sepia, grey, black, ...), select a preset or custom font size, content layout (page, scroll) and many more options. All settings can be saved as your personal default for each book. Swipe or tap to go to the next page. You can also use the book's content outline or table of contents to navigate to another chapter. While reading EPub, Mobi and Kindle books, select text to take notes or highlight favorite sections. Create bookmarks or search inside ebooks to quickly find anything you are looking for. LIBRARY Organise your books in an easy to use library. Manage your library by creating folders or tags to organize your books. Sort your collection either by title, author, series, recently read or drag and drop for a custom order. You can edit a document's title, author, summary, cover or any other meta data. Save or export your books with all information and annotations in text, markdown or json format. CLOUD Yomu's Cloud Library (pro only) stores your books and annotations securely in Apple's iCloud. Keep all your ebooks safe and at hand on whatever device. Every time you change something on one device, it's synced to all your other devices. Always have the latest version, when you start reading on your iPad and continue on your iPhone on the go. Please note that you need to be signed in on your device with the same Apple ID on all platforms. WIDGETS See your recently read books or highlighted quotes. Yomu includes widgets to quickly view and open your books and quotes. Add a widget from the gallery and choose a list from the options. Tap on an entry to continue reading where you left off. YOMU PRO Yomu is free to use and includes all basic features. Every ebook format, theme or setting is available and lets you try out the unrestricted reader. However, the free version has some limitations and does not include certain features. Upgrade to Yomu Pro to get: - Cloud Library: Store and sync your library with Apple’s iCloud. - Unlimited Documents: No limit on the number of documents. - No Advertisement: Free version can display ads. Yomu is an independent app, your purchase supports the further development. When you buy an in-app purchase, you are doing so through Apple’s App Store and agree to their terms and conditions. Payments will be charged to the credit card of your Apple account. SERVICE Yomu is available for iPhone, iPad and Mac. In contrast to other apps, Yomu does not collect or sell any personal information. And it keeps your data private. Terms of Service: https://www.yomu-reader.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://www.yomu-reader.com/privacy/ Support: https://www.yomu-reader.com/support/
CLAUDIO
This app is a versatile audio player for personal audiobooks, podcasts, and music. It supports various sources like local files and cloud drives, offering advanced playback features and offline access. Prioritizing data protection, it provides a customizable listening experience without ads or analytics.
- Plays local files, iCloud Drive, NAS, Jellyfin, Subsonic, etc.
- Advanced audiobook features: chapter support, sleep timer, playback speed
- Podcast subscription and episode management
- Music playback with EQ, visualizers, and scrobbling
- Offline caching and CarPlay support
- Privacy-focused with no ads or analytics
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CLAUDIO is an audio player for your own audiobooks, podcasts and music that takes data protection seriously. It plays from the sources you already use: local files, iCloud Drive, NAS/SMB, Jellyfin, Audiobookshelf, Subsonic and Navidrome, DLNA, WebDAV and SFTP. AUDIOBOOKS • Chapters from M4B and tagged MP3 • Sleep timer to the end of the chapter or book, with Knock to Resume if it stopped too soon • Playback speed with pitch correction and silence trimming • Resumes a few seconds earlier after a pause, so you don't land mid-sentence • Read along with downloaded audiobooks and podcasts: on-device transcription in supported languages, with the text following the audio • Ten background sounds such as rain, sea or fireplace PODCASTS • Subscribe and stream by URL or Apple Podcasts search • Episode downloads, intro and outro skipping • OPML import and export, chapters and sleep timer MUSIC • Album Wall and LP Mode • 10-band EQ with matching curves for more than 6,000 headphones from AutoEq measurement data • ReplayGain, gapless playback, crossfade, stereo widening and volume normalization • Animated visualizers and synced lyrics • Scrobbling to ListenBrainz and Last.fm YOUR LIBRARY, ANYWHERE • Offline cache and pinning for titles from your server • CarPlay for downloaded and local titles • Cast local and downloaded titles to Google Cast, DLNA/UPnP and Sonos • Favorites that sync with Navidrome, Jellyfin and Audiobookshelf • Smart Lists, Smart Shuffle and listening statistics • Widgets for Home Screen and Lock Screen, controls for Control Center PRIVACY No CLAUDIO account, no ads, no analytics SDKs, no telemetry. Your library, history and subscriptions stay on your device, and in your private iCloud if you use iCloud Sync. Apart from the sources you choose, CLAUDIO only contacts LRCLIB for lyrics and Apple for podcast search and app recommendations. WHAT'S FREE Local files, iCloud Drive, 2 podcast subscriptions, Smart Lists, Smart Shuffle and all themes are free. Server sources, offline cache, CarPlay, casting and statistics need CLAUDIO Ultra, a monthly or yearly subscription that includes Pro. All other features need CLAUDIO Pro, a one-time purchase. CLAUDIO Pro+ unlocks both permanently with a single purchase and can be shared through Family Sharing. The yearly Ultra plan starts with a 14-day free trial for new subscribers, then the yearly price applies. Ultra renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Cancel anytime in App Store Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CLAUDIO at every 3 days against Yomu EBook Reader's monthly. CLAUDIO also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Yomu EBook Reader's advantage is ratings volume (1.6K vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Yomu EBook Reader sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and CLAUDIO sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CLAUDIO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yomu EBook Reader has 1.6K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Yomu EBook Reader's written reviews are positive against 86% of CLAUDIO's.
Yomu EBook Reader ships an update monthly, CLAUDIO every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yomu EBook Reader | CLAUDIO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.6K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.1% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beat Raess | Tobias Reithmeier |
Customer experience
Yomu EBook Reader
CLAUDIO
Bugs and requests
Yomu EBook Reader
Reported bugs
4 issues- Occasional crashes or freezes
- Inconsistent behavior when swiping to turn pages
- Syncing issues between devices
- Formatting problems with certain ebook files
Requested features
6 requests- Add support for text-to-speech
- Improve PDF handling with annotation and text selection
- Implement nested folder structure for better organization
- Expand font and theme customization options
- Introduce a continuous scrolling mode
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- Add a more prominent 'return to last read position' feature
CLAUDIO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yomu EBook Reader
- Yomu Pro$7.99
- Yomu Pro (Karma)$12.99
CLAUDIO
- CLAUDIO Ultra Monthly$3.991 Month
- CLAUDIO Ultra Annual14 Days trial$12.991 Year
- CLAUDIO Pro$5.39
- CLAUDIO Pro+$43.49









