Comparison

motonovel vs Apogee Reader

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

Head to head
About

motonovel

This app offers a vast collection of high-quality novel resources for an engaging reading experience. It provides a VIP subscription service for enhanced access and features, with options for monthly, quarterly, or annual renewal. Users can manage their subscriptions and enjoy fascinating stories.

Highlights
  • Extensive novel collections
  • User-friendly reading interface
  • VIP subscription service
  • Auto-renewal options
  • Subscription management
  • Fascinating story content
Features
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MotoNovel is an innovative and user-friendly reading application, wholeheartedly committed to providing users with a wide range of high-quality collections of novel resources. This application is meticulously designed with the sole purpose of presenting users with truly outstanding and fascinating novel stories. By doing so, it enables users to fully immerse themselves in the wonderful world of literature and derive great pleasure and satisfaction from the act of reading. Thanks to its unwavering commitment to user experience, the platform will continuously and tirelessly update its book library with a large number of more attractive, thought-provoking and interesting novel resources. The continuous influx of such new content ensures that users, whether they are avid readers or occasional ones, can constantly discover novel and exciting content every time they engage in the delightful activity of reading. MotoNovel VIP Subscription & Benefits: * VIP Benefits: Enjoy unlimited, ad-free access to unlock all VIP chapters, exclusive books, and premium episodes with zero extra fees during your active subscription. * Auto-Renewal: Your subscription automatically renews (monthly, quarterly, or annually) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-48 hours before the end of the current billing cycle. * Billing & Renewal: Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. * Cancellation & Management: You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time by going to your iOS device Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions and selecting MotoNovel. No further renewals will occur once cancelled, but active benefits for the current cycle remain valid. Links & Policies: * Terms of Use: https://bkneng-opm-d.bkneng.com/file/ToS_EN_AP.html 

 * Privacy Policy: https://bkneng-opm-d.bkneng.com/file/Privacy_Policy_EN_AP.html 

 * Subscription Agreement: https://bkneng-opm-d.bkneng.com/file/Motonovel_Subscription_Agreement.html

About

Apogee Reader

Features
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Apogee is a native iOS reader for a BookOrbit server you run yourself. Your books stay on your own machine, and there's no account to make beyond the one on your own server. It reads what your library holds: • Ebooks. EPUB and MOBI, with your choice of font, theme, margins and page flow. You can add your own font files from the Files app. • Audiobooks. Chapters, a sleep timer, playback speed, CarPlay and Lock Screen controls. • Comics. CBZ, CBR and CB7, in paged or webtoon mode. • PDFs, cropped to the text so the margins don't waste your screen. Read & Listen joins a book to its audiobook. Read a chapter on the train, then play the audiobook in the car and it starts where you stopped reading. While it plays, the sentence being read shows on screen. Your place is kept for every book and sent back to your server, so you can put the phone down and pick up on another device. It uses the same progress format as KOReader, so a Kindle running KOReader and this app stay in step. Your reading time goes to your server's reading log too, and on BookOrbit 3.0 and later it's marked as reading, listening or Read Aloud. Download a book and it works with no network at all. Your library, your place, your notes and your highlights are all there offline. It also does: • Highlights and notes, searchable, and synced to your server. • Sign in with your password, or with the sign-in provider your server uses. • Send a book from the Files app to your server's library. • Send books to a CrossPoint e-ink reader on your Wi-Fi. • Reading Stats, from your server's reading log. • Spotlight, so your books turn up in search from the home screen. • A widget for whatever you're part way through. • Read Aloud, using the voices already on your phone. • Series grouping, collections, and a filing rule for right-to-left manga. • Fanfic Updates, if you want it: sign in to Archive of Our Own and Apogee checks the works you follow and brings new chapters into your library. Apogee is an unofficial app, not made or endorsed by AO3 or the Organization for Transformative Works. • iPad layouts, not a stretched phone app. • Guides for every feature at apogeereader.app. Apogee talks to your server. It talks to AO3 only if you sign in to Fanfic Updates, and your audiobook notes sync through your own iCloud account. Nothing comes to me unless you choose to send it. Apogee needs a BookOrbit server to be useful. It isn't a shop. It doesn't sell, supply or recommend books. It reads the library you already have. Apogee is built by one person. It's free, with no ads, no in-app purchases and no tracking.

Screenshots

motonovel4 screens
Apogee Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Apogee Reader at none against motonovel's 14. motonovel's advantage is chart position (#93 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. motonovel sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Apogee Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
motonovel versus Apogee Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermotonovelApogee Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.2 (140 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews5.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings140 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
Best chart rank#93 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB34 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperTromo Electronics LLCBrian Banuag

Bugs and requests

motonovel

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes
  • Purchases not working as intended

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add ads instead of paywalls
  • Offer monthly subscription instead of weekly

Apogee Reader

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

motonovel

Subscriptions5
  • 7 Days Subscription$9.997 Days
  • Weekly VIP$9.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$19.991 Month
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  • Weekly Subscription VIP $19.99$19.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$24.991 Month
One-time8
  • Week VIP$9.99
  • 1000 Coins$9.99
  • 7 Days VIP For $19.99$19.99
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  • 1 Month VIP$19.99
  • 30 Days VIP For $24.99$24.99
  • 7 Days VIP$29.99
  • 90 Days VIP For $69.99$69.99
  • 365 Days VIP For $169.99$169.99
None

Apogee Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is motonovel free?
motonovel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Apogee Reader free?
Apogee Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do motonovel or Apogee Reader have ads?
Neither motonovel nor Apogee Reader shows ads.

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