Comparison

eBook Flip vs Readest

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

Head to head
About

eBook Flip

Features
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Welcome to eBookflip, the interactive eBook Reader App designed to revolutionize your reading experience! Featuring a stunning new design and a refreshing interface, eBookflip offers an array of features to enhance your learning and engagement. Key Features: Refreshing eBookflip Interface: Experience a modern and user-friendly design that makes reading enjoyable. Offline Access: Download your favorite content and access it anytime, anywhere. Realistic Page Flip: Enjoy amazing page rendering with our page flip feature that mimics the feel of printed books. Flexible Viewing Modes: Switch between portrait and landscape views, with easy thumbnail-based navigation. Social Media Sharing: Share your favorite content effortlessly on social media platforms. Interactive Learning: Seamlessly integrate audio, video, and images for a more engaging learning experience. Read Aloud Capabilities: Listen to your eBooks with our advanced read aloud feature. Comprehensive Search: Utilize full text-based search to find any content within your eBook. Quick Navigation: Jump to any page using the folio ID in the thumbnail view. eBookflip also integrates with the eBook Digital Publishing and Distribution Platform, allowing you to publish and distribute your content with ease. Experience the future of eBook reading with eBookflip. Download now and transform your reading experience!

About

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.

Highlights
  • OPDS Online Libraries
  • Calibre Integration
  • Sync Across Devices
  • Bookshelf Management
  • Customizable Reading Modes
  • Multi-Book View
  • Advanced Annotations & Highlights
Features
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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/

Screenshots

eBook Flip4 screens
Readest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: eBook Flip at none against Readest's 9. eBook Flip also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Readest sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. eBook Flip asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eBook Flip ships an update every 8 days, Readest fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
eBook Flip versus Readest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereBook FlipReadest
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (191 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—84.2% of reviews
Number of ratings—191 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHurix Systems Pvt. Ltd.Bilingify LLC

In-app purchases

None

eBook Flip

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Readest

Subscriptions4
  • 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
One-time5
  • 1 GB$9.99
  • 2 GB$14.99
  • Full Customization$19.99
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  • 5 GB$29.99
  • 10 GB$49.99

Questions

Is eBook Flip free?
eBook Flip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Readest free?
Readest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do eBook Flip or Readest have ads?
Neither eBook Flip nor Readest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eBook Flip or Readest?
eBook Flip ships an update every 8 days, and Readest fortnightly. Most recently, eBook Flip was updated on October 10, 2026 and Readest on October 17, 2026.

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