Thorium Reader vs Living memorials
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thorium Reader
Organize all your ebooks, comics, and manga in a single app. Customize your reading experience with adjustable text, fonts, and themes. Listen to audiobooks and zoom into visual content with ease.
- Unified bookshelf for all content
- Adjustable text size and spacing
- Multiple font options
- Text-to-speech audio playback
- Zoom for comics and manga
- Offline dictionary and translation
- Import EPUB, PDF, CBZ files
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Looking for an app where you can bring all your ebooks, comics and manga in one place? That’s what we built Thorium Reader for. Read it your way Everyone’s different, that’s why we want you to be fully in control: • Adjust text size, switch between color schemes with themes and control spacing. • 10+ fonts available, including specialized ones. • You prefer audio? Listen to any ebook, whenever you want. We’ll remember your preference. • Zoom into comics, manga and magazines. • Add bookmarks with notes. • Use the built-in iOS dictionary and translation features, even offline. • Tweak your reading experience with reading options. Bring your own books A single bookshelf and reading application where you can bring all your content: • Download free books, borrow from your library or buy from your favorite retailer. • Support for ebooks, documents, comics and manga. • Import EPUB, PDF and CBZ files. • Support for Readium LCP, used by thousands of libraries and retailers. Thorium Reader is built by EDRLab, a non-profit dedicated to open standards, reading and accessibility.
Living memorials
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This educational and memorial application provides access to a documentary audiovisual work and a curated set of pedagogical content designed for learning, reflection and cultural transmission. The app offers users a structured digital experience combining documentary videos, interviews, artistic presentations by their authors, and educational modules. It is intended for students, educators, cultural professionals and the general public interested in documentary storytelling, cultural heritage and memory-based education. All content is presented in a clear and accessible way, allowing users to explore audiovisual materials at their own pace. The application can be used individually or in educational, cultural or associative contexts as a tool for knowledge sharing, awareness and critical thinking. This application is strictly non-commercial and was developed within an educational and cultural framework. It does not include advertising, in-app purchases or commercial features. Its sole purpose is to support learning, documentation and the transmission of memory through audiovisual media.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Thorium Reader at none against Living memorials's shown. Living memorials's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.1). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Thorium Reader | Living memorials |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Readium | Andre Jean J Bossuroy |
In-app purchases
Thorium Reader
No in-app purchases
Living memorials
No in-app purchases









