SABA Reader vs Bulbuli
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
Bulbuli
Discover a collection of world classic fairy tales and Georgian folk tales through engaging audio narratives. Professional actors bring stories to life with music and sound effects, perfect for entertaining children.
- Audio stories and tales
- World classic fairy tales
- Georgian folk tales
- Professional narration
- Music and sound effects
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Wonderful audio stories and tales. Bulbuli brings world classic fairy tales, Georgia folk tales, and many more for entertaining your little ones. Stories are narrated by professional actors with music and sound.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SABA Reader at 4.9 against Bulbuli's 4.5. SABA Reader also leads on ratings volume (7.4K vs 27) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Bulbuli's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (93% vs 75%). 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 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SABA Reader has 7.4K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of SABA Reader's written reviews are positive against 93% of Bulbuli's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SABA Reader ships an update weekly, Bulbuli every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SABA Reader | Bulbuli |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (7.4K ratings) — better | 4.5 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.6% of reviews | 92.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.4K — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| 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 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LeavingStone | George Kapanadze |
Customer experience
SABA Reader
Bulbuli
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
Bulbuli
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SABA Reader
No in-app purchases
Bulbuli
No in-app purchases
