Suwatte vs Sutra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Suwatte
A versatile reader and library for manga, comics, and novels on iOS devices. Organize your digital collection, connect to various services, and customize your reading experience with multiple modes and offline access.
- Supports CBZ, CBR, PDF, EPUB, manga, comic, and vertical reading modes
- Organize local and iCloud libraries
- Connect to Komga, Kavita, and OPDS services
- Install optional source plugins
- Download titles for offline reading
- Search and filter content by rich metadata
- Track reading progress and history
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Suwatte is a flexible reader and library for manga, manhwa, manhua, comics, EPUBs, and PDFs on iPhone and iPad. BUILD YOUR LIBRARY • Open CBZ, CBR, PDF, and EPUB files • Organize local and iCloud libraries • Move, copy, rename, and manage files in the app • Connect Komga, Kavita, and OPDS services you are authorized to use • Install optional source plugins from lists you trust READ YOUR WAY • Choose from paged manga, paged comic, vertical, and paged vertical reading modes • Adjust EPUB appearance and reader behavior • Download supported titles for offline reading • Keep your progress, history, and reading sessions organized FIND WHAT YOU WANT • Search local libraries, servers, and installed sources • Browse titles using rich metadata • Filter local content using series, issue, format, genre, creator, and reading-state information • Quickly return to unread and in-progress titles Suwatte does not include a content catalog or provide access to content. You are responsible for the files, services, and plugins you choose to use.
Sutra
Access your entire book collection from various sources in one beautiful app. Enjoy a customizable reading experience with synced progress, bookmarks, and highlights across devices. Organize your library with series info, search, and collections.
- Connect Kavita, Calibre, and OPDS servers
- EPUB and PDF reading with page-curl effect
- Rich typography and reading themes
- iCloud sync for progress, bookmarks, and highlights
- Offline downloads
- Highlighting and search functionality
- Series grouping and collections
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Sutra is a warm, thoughtful home for every book and comic you love. Bring together your self-hosted library, your manga, your classic EPUBs, and those “just one more chapter” reads in one beautifully calm reader. Connect Kavita, Komga, or Calibre; explore any OPDS catalogue; or discover a new favourite from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks. READ YOUR WAY • Enjoy EPUB, PDF, CBZ, MOBI, fixed-layout comics, and manga in one place • Move through comics panel by panel, or take in the whole page • Read right-to-left manga and beautiful iPad two-page spreads • Make the page yours with fonts, text size, spacing, themes, auto-scroll, page turns, and Sutra-only brightness control A LIBRARY THAT FEELS LIKE HOME • Browse dedicated Series and Collection views, with Favorites always close by • Sort by Recently Read, Title, Author, or Date Added while staying in a familiar cover grid • Let Sutra recover missing Calibre series details and keep your library beautifully organised • Pick up where you left off with dependable progress and finished-book sync for Kavita and Komga BUILT FOR SELF-HOSTERS • Connect Kavita, Komga, Calibre, Grimmory, or another OPDS server • Stream comic pages from Kavita and Komga when available, or download for offline reading • Keep your highlights and reading progress with you across your Apple devices Sutra is free to enjoy for EPUB and PDF reading, with no ads and no subscription. Unlock unlimited CBZ, MOBI, and Komga reading once, and keep it forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Suwatte at 5.0 against Sutra's 4.3. Suwatte also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). Sutra's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Sutra sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Suwatte asks for nothing beyond the download.
Suwatte holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sutra has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Suwatte's written reviews are positive against 85% of Sutra's.
| Parameter | Suwatte | Sutra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 84.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meshack Uzoukwu | Koustav Dasgupta |
Customer experience
Suwatte
Sutra
In-app purchases
Suwatte
No in-app purchases
Sutra
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99
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- Sutra Pro$6.99









