Comparison

Page Turner vs Emberlitt

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

Head to head
About

Page Turner

Discover your next favorite book through recommendations from your friends. This social reading app lets you track your reading progress, share updates in a familiar feed, and engage in conversations about books.

Highlights
  • Social feed for books
  • Follow friends and see reading updates
  • Tag books and comment on reviews
  • Track reading progress and custom lists
  • Join reading challenges and set goals
  • Direct messaging for book recommendations
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Tired of random book recommendations that don’t fit you? Page Turner is a social reading app that helps you discover your next favorite book through your friends. It’s the fun way to track your reading and get spot-on suggestions from people you trust. • Social by Design: Enjoy a familiar, Instagram-style feed for books. Follow friends, share updates, and see what everyone’s reading. You can even @mention friends in posts and comment on their reviews – it’s like your favorite social app, but all about books! • Tag & Connect: Start real conversations about books. Tag books in your posts to show what you’re reading, and message your friends directly when you find something they’d love. Page Turner makes it easy to swap recommendations and keep the book chat going. • Track Your Reading: Easily organize every book you read (or want to read). Create custom lists for Currently Reading, Want to Read, Finished, or even Did Not Finish. Update your progress, add personal notes or tags, and reorder your TBR list anytime – you’re in control of your library. • Join Challenges: Stay motivated with reading goals and challenges. Set a yearly reading goal (52 books in a year? Go for it!) and celebrate milestones along the way. No algorithms here – just genuine book recommendations. Find your next great read, recommended by your favorite people. Page Turner turns your TBR into a shared adventure with friends. Download now and start a new chapter in your reading life!

About

Emberlitt

Connect with others who share your passions in vibrant communities. Read books together, track your progress, and discover local meetups. Turn passive phone time into meaningful engagement and learning.

Highlights
  • Create and join interest-based communities
  • Start reading circles with friends
  • Access half a million free books and audiobooks
  • Highlight passages and create notes/flashcards
  • Discover local readers and events
  • Track reading progress and set goals
Features
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Emberlitt is a reading app for people who love books and love talking about them. READ Pick up where you left off. Read free classics from Project Gutenberg, listen to free audiobooks from LibriVox, or import your own EPUB and PDF books. Footnotes, search, text settings and Read Aloud are built in. KEEP PASSAGES Keep the lines that stay with you, with a note if you like. Your passages become your own commonplace book. THE MARGIN See the passages other readers kept in the same book, right where you are. Spoilers stay hidden until you get there. BONFIRES: READ TOGETHER Read one book with friends, chapter by chapter. Set a reading plan, talk about each chapter and invite people with a link. Open Bonfires of free classics take one tap to join. Start with the house read: Marcus Aurelius's Meditations. FIND READERS Find readers who read what you read, follow them and chat. Messages from people you don't follow arrive as requests. ASK EMBER Ask about what you're reading, or have a word defined or a passage explained or translated. Ember runs on your device, so your pages never leave it. YOUR CHOICE, YOUR SAFETY You choose who sees your passages, and report, block and mute are always one tap away.

Screenshots

Page Turner4 screens
Emberlitt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Emberlitt at none against Page Turner's shown. Emberlitt also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). Page Turner's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Emberlitt holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Page Turner ships an update fortnightly, Emberlitt every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Page Turner versus Emberlitt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPage TurnerEmberlitt
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (8 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better5
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB68 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGood Problem, LLCAlejandro Marin

Customer experience

Page Turner

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Emberlitt

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Page Turner

No in-app purchases

None

Emberlitt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Page Turner free?
Page Turner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Emberlitt free?
Emberlitt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Page Turner or Emberlitt?
Emberlitt is rated higher. Page Turner averages 4.6 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Emberlitt averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Page Turner or Emberlitt have ads?
Page Turner shows ads; Emberlitt does not.
Which is updated more often, Page Turner or Emberlitt?
Page Turner ships an update fortnightly, and Emberlitt every 4 days. Most recently, Page Turner was updated on October 24, 2026 and Emberlitt on October 24, 2026.

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