Readingo vs Readest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Readingo
This app is a versatile reader supporting numerous file formats including TXT, EPUB, MOBI, and PDF. It offers extensive customization for reading themes, fonts, and bookshelf styles, along with advanced features like highlighting, notes, and audiobook support.
- Supports TXT, EPUB, MOBI, PDF, and more
- Opens compressed files (RAR, ZIP)
- Comprehensive category management
- Extensive formatting and page-turning options
- 24 built-in reading themes
- Highlighting and notes
- Audiobook support
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Basic Features: A powerful novel reading tool Currently supports TXT, EPUB, MOBI, AZW, AZW3, DOC, DOCX, CHM, UMD and PDF file formats. Supports opening RAR, ZIP, 7Z, and TAR compressed files directly within the app Comprehensive category management Extensive formatting options and multiple page-turning methods 24 built-in reading themes with color and texture options Clean interface and user-friendly interaction Global night mode Advanced Features: Powerful statistics system Highlighting and notes WiFi remote management Auto-read feature Audiobook support Customizable reading themes Customizable bookshelf styles Customizable covers Customizable fonts Direct TXT file editing More powerful configurations available in the Pro version
Readest
This app is a powerful ebook reader designed for deep thinkers and researchers. It offers advanced annotation tools, seamless device syncing, and robust library management with OPDS and Calibre support. Enjoy a distraction-free reading experience with customizable modes and multi-book viewing for enhanced study and analysis.
- OPDS Online Libraries
- Calibre Integration
- Sync Across Devices
- Bookshelf Management
- Customizable Reading Modes
- Multi-Book View
- Advanced Annotations & Highlights
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Readest is an ebook reader for people who read a lot, and who want their books, notes and reading position on whatever device is nearest. Open EPUB, PDF, MOBI, AZW3, FB2, CBZ, TXT and Markdown in one library. Pull books from OPDS catalogs or from your own Calibre server. Read, annotate, listen, translate. Made for iPhone and iPad • CarPlay, so you can keep listening on the road with playback controls on the dashboard • Download read-aloud voices per book and listen with no connection at all • Add books from Files, Mail or any share sheet, and read them in place instead of copying them into a second library • Open up to four books at once on iPad and arrange them how you like Reading • Paginated or scrolling, with custom fonts, themes, spacing and margins • Vertical text for CJK books • Contrast and refresh tuned for e-ink screens • Full-text search inside a book Your library • Browse, search and download from OPDS catalogs and public libraries • Connect to Calibre or Calibre-Web, covers and metadata included • Organize with bookshelf groups you can rename Notes • Highlights, bookmarks and structured notes • Copy a highlight together with a deep link back to the passage • Export your annotations Listening and languages • Text-to-speech with downloadable offline voices • Translate a sentence, a page, or an entire book • Wikipedia and dictionary lookup without leaving the page Sync • Readest Cloud, or bring your own: iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive, WebDAV, S3 • KOReader sync keeps your progress in step with your e-reader • iPhone, iPad, Mac, all other platforms and the web Readest is open source. Support: support@readest.com Privacy Policy: https://readest.com/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Readingo at 4.8 against Readest's 4.5. Readingo also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 84%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Readingo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Readest sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Readingo holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 117 and 185 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Readingo's written reviews are positive against 84% of Readest's.
Readingo ships an update weekly, Readest fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Readingo | Readest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (117 ratings) — better | 4.5 (185 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.1% of reviews — better | 83.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 117 | 185 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beijing Idee Technology Co., Ltd. | Bilingify LLC |
Customer experience
Readingo
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In-app purchases
Readingo
- Reading Pro$9.99
Readest
- Subscribe to Plus Plan$4.991 Month
- Subscribe to Pro Plan$9.991 Month
- Subscribe to Plus Plan$49.991 Year
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- Subscribe to Pro Plan$99.991 Year
- 1 GB$9.99
- 2 GB$14.99
- Full Customization$19.99
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- 5 GB$29.99
- 10 GB$49.99








