Comparison

Now Reading vs Readgio

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

Head to head
About

Now Reading

Track your current reads, archive finished books, and organize your future reading list. This app offers beautiful book cover displays and allows you to share your reading progress with friends.

Highlights
  • Track current reads
  • Archive read books
  • Organize to-read list
  • Display original book covers
  • Share reading progress
  • Widget support
Features
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Introducing Now Reading - a simple yet crafted book journal app. You can add what you're reading, archive what you already have read, and books you'd like to read in the future. This app displays the original book cover (direct attachment needed) or with the custom designed beautiful original book covers. Share what you read with your friends by swiping through books you logged or through the widget.

About

Readgio

This app allows you to read your EPUB and PDF files, tracking your reading progress, time, and speed automatically. Save meaningful passages, adjust text for PDFs, and sync your data across devices. It also supports manual logging for physical books.

Highlights
  • EPUB and PDF reading
  • Automatic reading progress tracking
  • Estimated chapter time
  • Adjustable PDF text size
  • Highlight and save quotes
  • Manual logging for physical books
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Read your own EPUB and PDF books in Readgio. See whether you have time for another chapter, save meaningful passages and track your progress without keeping a manual log. • One more chapter? See an estimate of the minutes left in your EPUB chapter, based on your reading pace. • PDFs without the tiny print. Reader Mode adapts the text to your screen and lets you adjust the font size. The original page layout is always available. • Statistics that track themselves. Reading time, progress, speed and streaks — just read and see yourself getting closer to your goal. • Quotes you can find again. Highlight passages, search your saved quotes and revisit favourite ideas through reminders and a widget. • Paper books count too. Use the timer or log sessions manually to keep your whole reading history together. Read offline. Sync your progress, bookmarks and highlights between iPhone and iPad with iCloud. PDF Reader Mode is available for files with selectable text. Some features require Readgio Pro. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Now Reading4 screens
Readgio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Now Reading at none against Readgio's 3. Now Reading also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Readgio's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2) and iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Readgio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Now Reading asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Now Reading holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Now Reading's written reviews are positive against 93% of Readgio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Now Reading ships an update weekly, Readgio fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Now Reading versus Readgio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNow ReadingReadgio
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.7 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better92.9% of reviews
Number of ratings27 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMinsang choiAnna Sadnova

Customer experience

Now Reading

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Readgio

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Now Reading

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Readgio

Subscriptions2
  • Pro: monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro: annual7 Days trial$13.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro: lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Now Reading free?
Now Reading is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Readgio free?
Readgio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Now Reading or Readgio?
Now Reading is rated higher. Now Reading averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Readgio averages 4.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Now Reading or Readgio have ads?
Neither Now Reading nor Readgio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Now Reading or Readgio?
Now Reading ships an update weekly, and Readgio fortnightly. Most recently, Now Reading was updated on November 4, 2026 and Readgio on November 9, 2026.

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