Gutenberg Book Reader vs Loyal Books
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Loyal Books
Access a vast collection of free audiobooks and eBooks to enhance your reading experience. Discover new titles through user reviews, featured lists, and top charts. Enjoy offline listening and reading with downloadable content.
- Thousands of free audiobooks
- Tens of thousands of free eBooks
- Offline listening and reading
- Adjustable playback speed
- Book reviews and ratings
- Book discovery tools
- Books in multiple languages
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Make reading fun again! Create your own library from thousands of free audiobooks and eBooks. Read reviews from other users and stream audiobooks or download to listen offline. With featured books and top charts you'll quickly be on your way to enjoying the best free books available. Features: • Listen to 7,000+ audiobooks • Read 35,000+ eBooks • Adjustable playback speed • Download for offline use • Book reviews & ratings • Fun ways to discover books • Books in 25+ languages • Find children's books, fiction, mysteries and more
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Loyal Books at Free against Gutenberg Book Reader's $2.99. Loyal Books also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (72% vs 48%). Gutenberg Book Reader's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#73 vs unranked). On 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
Loyal Books is free to download; Gutenberg Book Reader costs $2.99 up front. Loyal Books sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Gutenberg Book Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
Loyal Books holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loyal Books has 363 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Gutenberg Book Reader's written reviews are positive against 72% of Loyal Books's.
Gutenberg Book Reader ships an update every 2 months, Loyal Books fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gutenberg Book Reader | Loyal Books |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (19 ratings) | 4.4 (363 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.8% of reviews | 71.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 363 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #73 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | himalaya-soft | Twist Idea LLC |
Customer experience
Gutenberg Book Reader
Loyal Books
Bugs and requests
Gutenberg Book Reader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Loyal Books
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashing or freezing on certain devices
- Playback issues with chapters stopping unexpectedly
- Syncing/navigation problems when browsing books
Requested features
4 requests- Add more modern and popular book titles
- Improve continuous playback across chapters
- Introduce a sleep timer feature
- Optimize performance and reduce battery drain
In-app purchases
Gutenberg Book Reader
No in-app purchases
Loyal Books
- Remove Playback Banner Ads$0.99
- Remove All Banner Ads$2.99
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