SABA Reader vs Iota Reader New
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SABA Reader
This app offers a new audio book listening experience with simple tools and a dedicated navigation tab. It also provides a customizable reading experience with various page themes, font adjustments, and note-taking capabilities. Explore a vast collection of books across different categories.
- Audiobook listening experience
- Downloadable chapters for offline listening
- Customizable reading themes and fonts
- Add highlights and notes to text
- Explore book collections by category
- Track reading progress
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About app: We have added new audio book listening experience. It is a new design with new and simple tools to make audio listening as simple as it's supposed to be. • Navigation tab only for audio books • Backward and forward functionality • Download chapters and save them in your local storage • Offline Listening New reading experience: • Choose from five easy-to-read page themes • Add highlights and notes to texts • Change font size, that you like • Change text height and page margins • View table of contents • View saved texts and comments Features: • Subscribed users are able to read books • See book status where you stopped reading • Explore great collection of books in different categories, from best authors and best sellers • Detailed book description page
Iota Reader New
This app provides a comfortable reading experience for Georgian books, magazines, and newspapers on iOS devices. It features adjustable font sizes and types, brightness control, and a night reading mode, specifically designed to support individuals with visual impairments.
- Free Georgian eBooks
- Adjustable font size
- Multiple font types
- Brightness control
- Night reading mode
- Page turning gesture
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IOTA Reader offers an incredible reading experience for Literacy LLC Books, Magazines and Newspapers on your iPad, iPhone and iPod. It also offers some foreign books but primarily is oriented on Georgian language reader. This App is created to support education of people with visual impairment, with financial support of DVV International Georgia. IOTA Reader has the following features: • Free Georgian eBooks; • Turn pages with the flick of a finger; • Adjustable font size - make the text as big as you want for comfortable reading; • Multiple font types; • Brightness control for easy reading in any light; • Night reading mode;
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SABA Reader at 75% against Iota Reader New's 0%. SABA Reader also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.9) and ratings volume (7.4K vs 26). Iota Reader New's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (9.2 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SABA Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SABA Reader has 7.4K ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of SABA Reader's written reviews are positive against 0% of Iota Reader New's.
SABA Reader ships an update weekly, Iota Reader New fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SABA Reader | Iota Reader New |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (7.4K ratings) — better | 1.9 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.4K — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LeavingStone | Lit.ge |
Customer experience
SABA Reader
Iota Reader New
Bugs and requests
SABA Reader
Reported bugs
4 issues- Previewing audio book excerpts not working after update
- Books disappearing from library after payment method change
- App crashing on launch for some iOS 11 users
- App not displaying any books for some users
Requested features
4 requests- Add note-taking/bookmarking functionality for audio books
- Implement character/speaker labeling for audio books
- Increase font size options on iPad
- Add support for English language books
Iota Reader New
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SABA Reader
No in-app purchases
Iota Reader New
No in-app purchases
