Comparison

OutPaged Books vs Bare Reader

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

Head to head
About

OutPaged Books

Experience books like never before with augmented reality. This app brings stories to life with visually consistent AR characters and scenes, creating an immersive reading adventure on your iPhone or iPad. Discover curated AR-enhanced titles and step inside the narrative.

Highlights
  • Augmented Reality book experiences
  • Visually consistent AR characters and scenes
  • Intuitive and fast-loading AR interface
  • Hand-curated AR-enhanced titles
  • Immersive storytelling
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OutPaged transforms reading by turning books into vivid Augmented Reality experiences right on your iPhone or iPad. Powered by our proprietary StoryTech, OutPaged creates visually consistent AR characters and scenes, immersing you deeply within every story. Our intuitive, fast-loading AR interface ensures a seamless reading adventure without visual disruptions. Discover hand-curated AR-enhanced titles and experience storytelling in a completely new way. Step inside the story with OutPaged.

About

Bare Reader

Features
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Bare Reader is a calm, distraction-free way to read your EPUB books on iPhone. No accounts. No ads. No sync nags. No feed pulling you away from the page. Just your library and your books — stored privately on your device. Less than 5MB in size, Bare Reader is as lightweight as it gets. READING, THE WAY IT SHOULD FEEL Open a book and everything else disappears. A clean, paginated reading view lets you move through pages the way that feels natural to you: swipe, tap the edges, or use the on-screen page buttons. PRIVATE BY DESIGN LeafReader works entirely offline. Your books and your reading never leave your device: there's no account to create and no data collected. What you read is nobody's business but yours. Bring your own EPUBs and enjoy a reader that gets out of the way. Bare Reader is completely free to use. If you enjoy the app, you can optionally purchase a one-time license to remove the occasional support reminder. Purchasing doesn't unlock anything or change how the app works; it's simply a way to support ongoing development.

Screenshots

OutPaged Books4 screens
Bare Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bare Reader at every 5 days against OutPaged Books's every 5 weeks. Bare Reader also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. OutPaged Books sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Bare Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OutPaged Books ships an update every 5 weeks, Bare Reader every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
OutPaged Books versus Bare Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOutPaged BooksBare Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB3 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperOutPaged IncNathaniel Rayestu Abdulrachman

In-app purchases

3 purchases

OutPaged Books

One-time3
  • Alice Adventures in Wonderland$0.99
  • I Killed Bigfoot$1.99
  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow$1.99
1 purchases

Bare Reader

One-time1
  • Support Development$1.99

Questions

Is OutPaged Books free?
OutPaged Books is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bare Reader free?
Bare Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do OutPaged Books or Bare Reader have ads?
Neither OutPaged Books nor Bare Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OutPaged Books or Bare Reader?
OutPaged Books ships an update every 5 weeks, and Bare Reader every 5 days. Most recently, OutPaged Books was updated on October 30, 2026 and Bare Reader on October 25, 2026.

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