OutPaged Books vs Bare Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Bare Reader
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | OutPaged Books | Bare Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OutPaged Inc | Nathaniel Rayestu Abdulrachman |
In-app purchases
OutPaged Books
- Alice Adventures in Wonderland$0.99
- I Killed Bigfoot$1.99
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow$1.99
Bare Reader
- Support Development$1.99









