秃笔阁 vs 笔趣阅读
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
秃笔阁
This app offers a comprehensive reading experience for various ebook formats and provides robust tools for creating and editing articles. It allows users to import content, customize reading settings, and export creations into EPUB format.
- Analyze and decode novel URLs for reading
- Rich text editor with formatting options
- Export articles to HTML and EPUB
- Local preview and multiple page-turning modes
- Font and color management
- Import files via computer, iCloud, and SMB
- Password protection for content
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秃笔阁--全新的网络小说阅读体验,输入小说URL,即可分析出小说全部结构和解码阅读,是你的小说智能助手 秃笔阁--是新一代文章写作,保存,分享的利器,支持多篇文章汇编为epub格式 秃笔阁--笔尖脱毛而不合用的毛笔,比喻不高明的写作能力戏拈秃笔扫骅骝。——杜甫《题壁上韦偃画马歌》 秃笔阁--致力于将自己喜欢的文摘汇编成epub格式,让文摘住上新家! 编辑器 1：富文本编辑器支持大标题,小标题,H1,H2,H3, 颜色,插入大图,小图标 2：富文本编辑器支持查找,批量替换 3：富文本编辑器支持光标左右移动 4：富文本编辑器支持导出为HTML,EPUB 预览与阅读器 1：支持本地预览与小说多种翻页阅读 2：支持颜色管理 3：支持字体管理 4：支持电脑文件传输到手机,iCloud,SMB等导入 5：支持密码保护
笔趣阅读
This app acts as a novel browser, helping users discover and read various online novels. It offers a curated list of website addresses to solve the problem of finding desired content. An optional subscription removes ads and unlocks reading features.
- Novel browsing
- Website discovery
- TXT novel support
- Ad removal (subscription)
- Reading function unlock (subscription)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 笔趣阅读 at 4.4 against 秃笔阁's 3.0. 笔趣阅读 also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (15 vs 4). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. 秃笔阁 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and 笔趣阅读 sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
笔趣阅读 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 15 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 秃笔阁 | 笔趣阅读 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 4.4 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 志扬 冷 | 春燕 刘 |
Customer experience
秃笔阁
笔趣阅读
In-app purchases
秃笔阁
- Premium$4.99
笔趣阅读
- 月度会员$0.991 Month
- 季度会员$2.993 Months
- 年会员$6.991 Year
- 终身会员$19.99
