Comparison

Book Preview vs EPUB Reader

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

Head to head
About

Book Preview

Easily preview and manage ebook and comic files directly from your device's Files app. Supports a wide range of common formats like EPUB, MOBI, and CBZ, allowing you to view covers, metadata, text, and images on the go.

Highlights
  • Preview EPUB, MOBI, FB2, DJVU, CBZ, CBR, CB7 files
  • View covers, metadata, text, and images
  • Browse all pages/images for supported formats
  • Quick Look support from Files app
  • Open files directly via 'Open With'
  • Works alongside macOS Quick Look extension
Features
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Preview and manage your ebooks from the Files app on iPhone and iPad, with support for the most common ebook and comic formats, including EPUB, MOBI, FB2, DJVU, CBZ, CBR and CB7. Designed as a companion app to the macOS version, it makes it easy to open, inspect and preview your ebook files on iOS and iPadOS. • Supported Formats: EPUB/KEPUB, MOBI, DJVU, FB2, CBZ/CBR/CB7 • EPUB and MOBI: View cover, metadata, full text and embedded images • DJVU: Browse all pages • FB2: View cover and full text • CBZ/CBR/CB7: Browse all images • Quick Look support from the Files app • Open files directly using “Open With” • Works great alongside the macOS Quick Look extension • Conveniently preview ebook files on the go, without needing your Mac Thumbnails and previews are generated for most supported files where possible. Note: Some files may fail to load or preview for various reasons. If you can, send us the file that doesn’t work and we’ll try to investigate the problem. DRM-protected books are not supported.

About

EPUB Reader

Customize your reading experience with extensive font and layout options. Effortlessly manage your library, track reading habits, and enjoy eye-care features. Sync your books across devices via cloud storage without proprietary lock-in.

Highlights
  • 200+ built-in fonts and custom font import
  • Adjustable text and layout settings
  • Smart dark mode with intelligent image inversion
  • 20-20-20 eye health reminders
  • Library management for 5,000+ books
  • Cloud sync via iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive
  • Highlighting, notes, and bookmarking
  • Reading progress tracking and goal setting
Features
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EPUB, PDF, comics, and audiobooks in one native iOS reader. Fast, deeply customizable, and built to disappear so you can simply read. FOUR FORMATS, ONE SHELF Read EPUB 3 and PDF. Read CBZ and CBR comics and manga, with two-page spreads, double-tap zoom, and a reading direction you set per book. Listen to audiobooks with chapters, a sleep timer, Car Mode, and CarPlay. Or follow along with EPUB 3 narration, where the text highlights in time with the voice. READ ALOUD Any book can be read to you, by any Apple voice on your device or by natural neural voices in 31 languages that you download once and then run offline. The sentence highlights as it is spoken and the pages turn on their own, with speed presets, sentence skips, a sleep timer, and Lock Screen controls. Prepare a book in advance and keep listening with the screen off. TYPOGRAPHY YOU CONTROL 200+ fonts, or import your own. Tune size, weight, line and paragraph spacing, alignment, hyphenation, and separate margins for portrait and landscape. Save settings per book so a novel, a textbook, and poetry each look right. Build your own color themes and let them switch at sunset. Choose which buttons the reader toolbar shows and where a tap opens it, and give links their own color and style. Smart dark mode keeps images natural, and in-reader brightness, Line Focus, and eye-care break reminders protect your eyes. NO LOCK-IN, EVER Your books stay ordinary files in an ordinary folder, never a proprietary database. Point justread at any folder: on device, iCloud Drive, or one your cloud app syncs through Files. Import from a Calibre server or any OPDS catalog. Email a book to your Kindle or PocketBook. IN SYNC WITH YOUR E-READER Your reading position follows you to any e-reader running KOReader, a Kobo included, in both directions. Connect a self-hosted Grimmory server to browse and download its books, send books to it, and keep status, ratings, highlights, notes, and bookmarks in step both ways. A LIBRARY THAT SCALES Thousands of books with no lag, and a book opens in about a second. Instant search by title, author, or series. Automatic metadata and series detection, 11 sort modes, saved filters, collections, and tags. Edit any book's details by hand, description included. Spotlight opens any book from your home screen. HIGHLIGHTS, NOTES, BOOKMARKS Highlight, underline, and attach a note. Browse every highlight across your whole library in one place, share a quote as a card, or export to Markdown, PDF, or Readwise. YOUR READING, IN NUMBERS Daily goals, a yearly books goal, streaks, and milestone badges. An hourly heatmap shows when you read best. Monthly and yearly recaps, plus a story-style Reading Wrap that turns your year into cards worth sharing. AND THE REST Home screen and lock screen widgets. Dictionary and translation. Full-text search and a nested table of contents. iCloud sync, so you resume on the exact line on any device. Right-to-left and Japanese vertical text. A page curl, if you want one. Free for 14 days, then a subscription or a lifetime purchase, both with Family Sharing. Available in 18 languages. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://justread.app/en/privacy_policy

Screenshots

Book Preview2 screens
EPUB Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: EPUB Reader at Free against Book Preview's $7.99. EPUB Reader also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 67%). Book Preview's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and update cadence (daily vs every 5 days). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

EPUB Reader is free to download; Book Preview costs $7.99 up front. EPUB Reader sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Book Preview asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book Preview ships an update daily, EPUB Reader every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Book Preview versus EPUB Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook PreviewEPUB Reader
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating—4.7 (48 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews82.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—48 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB202 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperParotidPETR JAHODA

Customer experience

Book Preview

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

EPUB Reader

All ratings48 ratings
Positive89.6%
Neutral6.3%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive82.5%
Neutral10.0%
Negative7.5%

In-app purchases

None

Book Preview

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

EPUB Reader

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly Premium14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Monthly: Read Aloud Offline$4.991 Month
  • Yearly – Launch Price7 Days trial$12.491 Year
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  • Yearly Premium14 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Yearly: Highlights & Notes$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime – Launch Price$29.99
  • Lifetime: Library & Kindle$79.99

Questions

Is Book Preview free?
Book Preview costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is EPUB Reader free?
EPUB Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Book Preview or EPUB Reader have ads?
Neither Book Preview nor EPUB Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Book Preview or EPUB Reader?
Book Preview ships an update daily, and EPUB Reader every 5 days. Most recently, Book Preview was updated on October 5, 2026 and EPUB Reader on October 15, 2026.

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