Comparison

REX Education eReader vs Sutra

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

Head to head
About

REX Education eReader

Features
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REX eReader is a mobile digital reading platform designed to elevate the learning experience for Filipino learners. It primarily features a rich library of educational eBooks from Rex Education, thoughtfully curated to inspire curiosity and deepen understanding. Whether used at home or in the classroom, the REX eReader makes quality learning accessible anytime, anywhere, helping bridge the digital divide and support lifelong learning across the world.

About

Sutra

Access your entire book collection from various sources in one beautiful app. Enjoy a customizable reading experience with synced progress, bookmarks, and highlights across devices. Organize your library with series info, search, and collections.

Highlights
  • Connect Kavita, Calibre, and OPDS servers
  • EPUB and PDF reading with page-curl effect
  • Rich typography and reading themes
  • iCloud sync for progress, bookmarks, and highlights
  • Offline downloads
  • Highlighting and search functionality
  • Series grouping and collections
Features
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Sutra is a warm, thoughtful home for every book and comic you love. Bring together your self-hosted library, your manga, your classic EPUBs, and those “just one more chapter” reads in one beautifully calm reader. Connect Kavita, Komga, or Calibre; explore any OPDS catalogue; or discover a new favourite from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks. READ YOUR WAY • Enjoy EPUB, PDF, CBZ, MOBI, fixed-layout comics, and manga in one place • Move through comics panel by panel, or take in the whole page • Read right-to-left manga and beautiful iPad two-page spreads • Make the page yours with fonts, text size, spacing, themes, auto-scroll, page turns, and Sutra-only brightness control A LIBRARY THAT FEELS LIKE HOME • Browse dedicated Series and Collection views, with Favorites always close by • Sort by Recently Read, Title, Author, or Date Added while staying in a familiar cover grid • Let Sutra recover missing Calibre series details and keep your library beautifully organised • Pick up where you left off with dependable progress and finished-book sync for Kavita and Komga BUILT FOR SELF-HOSTERS • Connect Kavita, Komga, Calibre, Grimmory, or another OPDS server • Stream comic pages from Kavita and Komga when available, or download for offline reading • Keep your highlights and reading progress with you across your Apple devices Sutra is free to enjoy for EPUB and PDF reading, with no ads and no subscription. Unlock unlimited CBZ, MOBI, and Komga reading once, and keep it forever.

Screenshots

REX Education eReader4 screens
Sutra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: REX Education eReader at none against Sutra's 4. REX Education eReader also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). 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. Sutra sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. REX Education eReader asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
REX Education eReader versus Sutra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterREX Education eReaderSutra
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—73.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—17 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperREX BOOKSTORE, INC.Koustav Dasgupta

In-app purchases

None

REX Education eReader

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Sutra

One-time4
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
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  • Sutra Pro$6.99

Questions

Is REX Education eReader free?
REX Education eReader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sutra free?
Sutra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do REX Education eReader or Sutra have ads?
Neither REX Education eReader nor Sutra shows ads.

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