Comparison

Gutenberg Book Reader vs SVET Rusneb

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

Head to head
About

Gutenberg Book Reader

Access over 60,000 classic books from Project Gutenberg with elegant formatting and customizable reading options. Enjoy synchronized audiobooks, read-along features, and the ability to export books with your notes and bookmarks.

Highlights
  • Vast Project Gutenberg library
  • Elegant text and image presentation
  • Graceful page turning/scrolling
  • Customizable color and contrast
  • Synchronized audiobooks and read-along
  • Headset controls for audiobooks
  • Export books with bookmarks and notes
Features
Currently charting
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Beautiful images, elegant formatting, graceful page turning or scrolling, and precisely customized color and contrast. Contents live from Project Gutenberg with last-minute update, more than 60,000 most important books ever published in history. Plus more than 7,000 human-read audio books. Number of Books: No other apps have more Gutenberg books, and many competitors are missing some classic Gutenberg books. Reading: Texts and images are presented by a sophisticated book reader: beautiful presentation, graceful page turning, and the most intelligent Table of Contents (better than any other book reader for the same book). Listening: There are more than 6,000 human-read audio books. In addition. Full control through headset: pause, play, skip to next/previous track, forward/backward seeking. Read-along: Audio and Text are synchronized when possible. You can read, listen, or read-Along, and switch between them at will. Export: Export a book together with your bookmarks and the notes that you insert in the book to anyone and any device, or save it in google drive, one drive, or iCloud.

About

SVET Rusneb

Explore classic Russian literature and popular science books legally and for free. Enhance your reading with expert articles, reference materials, and even watch film adaptations. Download books for offline access and test your knowledge.

Highlights
  • Access classic Russian literature
  • Read popular science publications
  • Offline reading support
  • Search by title, author, or tags
  • Watch stage and film adaptations
  • Study with Russian-language guides
  • Take learning tests
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“SVET Rusneb” is an educational project that aims to promote language, literacy, and classic Russian literature for adults and children. You can read popular science publications legally and for free — books by Michio Kaku, Stephen Hawking, and Carl Sagan, as well as literary masterpieces — from Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, and Hans Christian Andersen to Alexander Pushkin, Leo Tolstoy, and Mikhail Bulgakov. To make your reading experience even more engaging, we provide articles and reference materials written by philologists and science communicators where they interpret authorial intent and explain complex phenomena in simple terms. — The books in the catalogue were created on the National Electronic Library platform in compliance with all copyright laws. — Download a book to your device and read it offline — you will find the list of downloads in the “My Books” section. — Search for books not only by title or author but also by tags, age groups, or length. — Watch stage and film adaptations of popular titles. — Study literature and science with the help of Russian-language articles and guides compiled by literary scholars, educators, and science communicators. — Take a test to see how much you have learnt.

Screenshots

Gutenberg Book Reader4 screens
SVET Rusneb4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SVET Rusneb at Free against Gutenberg Book Reader's $2.99. SVET Rusneb also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). Gutenberg Book Reader's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 1) and chart position (#29 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

SVET Rusneb is free to download; Gutenberg Book Reader costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SVET Rusneb holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gutenberg Book Reader has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Gutenberg Book Reader versus SVET Rusneb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGutenberg Book ReaderSVET Rusneb
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (19 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#29 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB48 MB
Age rating17+12+
Developerhimalaya-softFGBU RGB

Customer experience

Gutenberg Book Reader

All ratings19 ratings
Positive47.4%
Neutral10.5%
Negative42.1%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive47.8%
Neutral4.3%
Negative47.8%

SVET Rusneb

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Gutenberg Book Reader

No in-app purchases

None

SVET Rusneb

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gutenberg Book Reader free?
Gutenberg Book Reader costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SVET Rusneb free?
SVET Rusneb is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gutenberg Book Reader or SVET Rusneb?
SVET Rusneb is rated higher. Gutenberg Book Reader averages 3.0 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while SVET Rusneb averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Gutenberg Book Reader or SVET Rusneb have ads?
Neither Gutenberg Book Reader nor SVET Rusneb shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gutenberg Book Reader or SVET Rusneb?
Gutenberg Book Reader ships an update every 2 months, and SVET Rusneb every 2 months. Most recently, Gutenberg Book Reader was updated on November 1, 2026 and SVET Rusneb on November 3, 2026.

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