Book Reader vs JustPlay Media
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Book Reader
This app helps you build reading habits by tracking your progress and personalizing your reading experience. Organize your books, maintain reading streaks, and gain visual insights into your reading time and pages read. Enjoy a distraction-free environment with extensive customization options.
- Personalized digital bookshelf
- Reading streak and daily goal tracking
- Smart reading progress monitor
- Customizable font, text size, and themes
- Dark and low-contrast modes
- Distraction-free reading interface
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Welcome to ReadBLOOM – your smart book reader to build habits, track progress, and personalize your reading journey. Build Your Own Bookshelf Create a personalized digital bookshelf filled with your favorite books. Whether you're into novels, study materials, or timeless classics, organize them your way with ease. Keep Your Reading Streak Alive Stay motivated with reading streaks and daily goals. ReadBLOOM encourages consistent reading habits that help you stay focused and keep growing. Smart Reading Tracker Monitor your reading time, pages read, and progress with a built-in tracker. Visual insights make it easy to stay on track and achieve your reading targets. Fully Customizable Experience Adjust font style, text size, line spacing, and background color. Switch to dark or low-contrast modes for comfortable reading anytime. Why Readers Love ReadBLOOM: Clean and distraction-free design Powerful customization tools Bookshelf organization that fits your style Reading streaks and progress tracking Visual stats with every book you read Perfect for focused and mindful readers Start your reading journey today with ReadBLOOM – where books meet focus and freedom. Subscription Options: Weekly Premium Plan – $5.99 per week Monthly Premium Plan – $14.99 per month 3-Month Premium Plan – $34.99 every 3 months These subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and auto-renewal settings anytime by going to your Apple ID account settings. All payments will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. For more information, please see: Privacy Policy: https://readbloom.online/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://readbloom.online/terms.html
JustPlay Media
Browse and play your media libraries, including movies and TV shows, with synced playback progress. Enjoy direct playback with broad codec support and a 360 VR video player. Identify unmatched media and manage multiple servers.
- Browse media libraries
- Synced playback progress
- Direct play with VLC
- 360 VR video player
- Filter and sort media
- Subtitle and audio selection
- Multi-server support
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JustPlay is a lightweight Jellyfin client for iPhone focused on browsing and direct playback. Features - Browse your media libraries, movies, and TV shows - Continue watching with synced playback progress - Direct play with VLC for broad codec support - 360 VR video player with 3D SBS/OU support - Filter by actor, sort by date or name - Subtitle and audio track selection - Identify and match unmatched media - Multi-server support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JustPlay Media at none against Book Reader's 3. JustPlay Media also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Book Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Book Reader sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. JustPlay Media asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Book Reader against 5.0 for JustPlay Media. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Book Reader ships an update fortnightly, JustPlay Media every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Book Reader | JustPlay Media |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yusuf Saglam | Chi Chow |
Customer experience
Book Reader
JustPlay Media
In-app purchases
Book Reader
- ReadBloom Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
- ReadBloom Pro Monthly$11.991 Month
- ReadBloom Pro Three Monthly$25.493 Months
JustPlay Media
No in-app purchases
