Comparison

YiBook vs Readest

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

Head to head
About

YiBook

An elegant ebook reader supporting EPUB and TXT formats. Easily import books from various sources, organize your library with categories, and customize your reading experience with notes, bookmarks, and custom fonts. The free version supports up to five books.

Highlights
  • EPUB/TXT book reading
  • Import books from OPDS, web, WiFi, iTunes
  • Add bookmarks, underlines, and notes
  • Organize books by category
  • Import custom fonts
  • Customizable typesetting
  • Track reading time
Features
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YiBook is a fully functional and elegant ebook reader. Features: • EPub/Txt books reading. • Get books from open resource (OPDS). • Get books from web page (Dropbox, Google, etc.). • Transfer books through WiFi or iTunes. • Add bookmarks, underlines and notes while reading. • Category for books, easily manage tons of books. • Setting password to lock category. • Import custom fonts. • Record reading time of each book. • Share books via mail or open it in other app. • Custom typeset for three classes, adjust quickly while reading. • Elegant way to look up the progress of reading - by pull up page. • Humanization design like "Tap Left to Turn Next Page". Note:YiBook FREE version allow to store 5 books. If you want to manage more books, you should buy the In-App Purchase for "YiBook Premium".

About

Readest

This app is a powerful ebook reader designed for deep thinkers and researchers. It offers advanced annotation tools, seamless device syncing, and robust library management with OPDS and Calibre support. Enjoy a distraction-free reading experience with customizable modes and multi-book viewing for enhanced study and analysis.

Highlights
  • OPDS Online Libraries
  • Calibre Integration
  • Sync Across Devices
  • Bookshelf Management
  • Customizable Reading Modes
  • Multi-Book View
  • Advanced Annotations & Highlights
Features
Currently charting
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Readest is an ebook reader for people who read a lot, and who want their books, notes and reading position on whatever device is nearest. Open EPUB, PDF, MOBI, AZW3, FB2, CBZ, TXT and Markdown in one library. Pull books from OPDS catalogs or from your own Calibre server. Read, annotate, listen, translate. Made for iPhone and iPad • CarPlay, so you can keep listening on the road with playback controls on the dashboard • Download read-aloud voices per book and listen with no connection at all • Add books from Files, Mail or any share sheet, and read them in place instead of copying them into a second library • Open up to four books at once on iPad and arrange them how you like Reading • Paginated or scrolling, with custom fonts, themes, spacing and margins • Vertical text for CJK books • Contrast and refresh tuned for e-ink screens • Full-text search inside a book Your library • Browse, search and download from OPDS catalogs and public libraries • Connect to Calibre or Calibre-Web, covers and metadata included • Organize with bookshelf groups you can rename Notes • Highlights, bookmarks and structured notes • Copy a highlight together with a deep link back to the passage • Export your annotations Listening and languages • Text-to-speech with downloadable offline voices • Translate a sentence, a page, or an entire book • Wikipedia and dictionary lookup without leaving the page Sync • Readest Cloud, or bring your own: iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive, WebDAV, S3 • KOReader sync keeps your progress in step with your e-reader • iPhone, iPad, Mac, all other platforms and the web Readest is open source. Support: support@readest.com Privacy Policy: https://readest.com/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

YiBook4 screens
Readest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Readest at 4.5 against YiBook's 3.2. Readest also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (195 vs 5). YiBook's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. YiBook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Readest sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Readest holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Readest has 195 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of YiBook's written reviews are positive against 84% of Readest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YiBook ships an update every 2 months, Readest fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
YiBook versus Readest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYiBookReadest
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (5 ratings)4.5 (195 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews84.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5195 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#209 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer振焯 陈Bilingify LLC

Customer experience

YiBook

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative26.2%

Readest

All ratings191 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral5.2%
Negative8.4%
Written reviews285 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

YiBook

One-time1
  • YiBook Premium$2.99
9 purchases

Readest

Subscriptions4
  • Subscribe to Plus Plan$4.991 Month
  • Subscribe to Pro Plan$9.991 Month
  • Subscribe to Plus Plan$49.991 Year
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  • Subscribe to Pro Plan$99.991 Year
One-time5
  • 1 GB$9.99
  • 2 GB$14.99
  • Full Customization$19.99
Show 2 more
  • 5 GB$29.99
  • 10 GB$49.99

Questions

Is YiBook free?
YiBook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Readest free?
Readest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, YiBook or Readest?
Readest is rated higher. YiBook averages 3.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Readest averages 4.5 from 195 ratings.
Do YiBook or Readest have ads?
Neither YiBook nor Readest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, YiBook or Readest?
YiBook ships an update every 2 months, and Readest fortnightly. Most recently, YiBook was updated on October 26, 2026 and Readest on October 25, 2026.

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