Comparison

Readest vs Lecturameter 1999

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

Head to head
About

Readest

This app offers a versatile reading experience for various ebook formats, allowing users to manage their library, take notes, listen to audiobooks, and sync progress across devices. It supports OPDS catalogs, Calibre servers, and multiple cloud storage options for seamless access.

Highlights
  • Supports EPUB, PDF, MOBI, AZW3, FB2, CBZ, TXT, Markdown
  • OPDS catalog and Calibre server integration
  • Text-to-speech with offline voices
  • Cross-device sync via cloud services
  • Annotation and note-taking tools
  • Customizable reading settings
  • CarPlay support for audiobooks
Features
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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/

About

Lecturameter 1999

Features
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Lecturameter 1999 is a reading log that looks like a PC program from 1999. One window on a teal desktop, with menus, a toolbar, a folder tree and a table with all your books. It is dense, on purpose. What it has - Library tree and sortable table with title, author, status, pages, sessions, time and last read. - Book search by title or author, with cover, pages and ISBN. - Reading timer in a window with a green LCD display. You can move it, minimize it, and it keeps counting. - Save a session with date, minutes, pages and a comment. Manual sessions and a history per book. - Plain-text reading report with a summary, time per book, pages per day and a calendar of the year. - JSON and CSV backups, to import and export your data. Pagi Pagi, the bookmark with one eye, travels to 1999 too. Pixelated and loose on the screen, like the office assistants of the time. You drag it, it talks when you tap it and it shows tips in yellow balloons. It has eight costumes. Looks Five themes: Classic 98, Memory, Towers, Core, 8-bit. The first one is included and the others can be tried before buying. Five screensavers: books, letters, pipes, bounce and clock. Data and purchases No account, no ads, no subscriptions. Your books and sessions stay on the device. Usage statistics and crash reports are anonymous and can be turned off. 50 languages. Nothing to pay to download. Themes, screensavers and Pagi costumes are optional purchases, single or in a pack.

Screenshots

Readest4 screens
Lecturameter 19994 screens

Verdict

The call

Readest and Lecturameter 1999 are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Readest sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Lecturameter 1999 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Readest versus Lecturameter 1999: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReadestLecturameter 1999
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (205 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings205 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBilingify LLCVictor Parra Cruz

In-app purchases

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
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  • 5 GB$29.99
  • 10 GB$49.99
4 purchases

Lecturameter 1999

One-time4
  • Screensavers$1.99
  • Pagi costumes$1.99
  • Themes pack$2.99
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  • Everything bundle$3.99

Questions

Is Readest free?
Readest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lecturameter 1999 free?
Lecturameter 1999 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Readest or Lecturameter 1999 have ads?
Neither Readest nor Lecturameter 1999 shows ads.

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