Comparison

Turner vs Booklip

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

Head to head
About

Turner

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Your books and saved articles, ready to read or listen. Turner brings DRM-free EPUB books and pages you want to finish into one calm library. Import your own books, share a page from Safari or paste a link, then keep saved articles available for offline reading. Listen your way • Turn any book or saved article into speech • Choose from the system voices available on your device • Adjust speaking rate and narration volume • Move by paragraph or chapter and see your progress • Keep listening in the background and from the Lock Screen • Set a sleep timer or add an optional calming soundscape Save it for later • Build and reorder an article queue • Continue into the next queued article while listening • Mark articles as read, archived or DNF without losing them Read comfortably • Light, dark, sepia and system themes • Adjustable fonts, type size and line spacing • Search across the full book or article • Highlight passages and jump straight back to them • Track reading and listening time separately Bring your own library Import EPUB files from Files or a direct link, or browse Calibre and other OPDS catalogs. Search and sort your library, add ratings and keep optional notes for archived and DNF items. No Turner account is required. Imported books, saved articles, reading positions, highlights, ratings and reading history are stored on your device. Turner is free with ads; Turner Pro removes them. Turner does not include or sell ebooks. Import DRM-free EPUB files that you own or have permission to use. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://turner.elliotekj.com/privacy

About

Booklip

This app offers a clean, distraction-free reading experience for your existing EPUB, PDF, and TXT files. Customize your reading environment with various fonts and themes, and listen to your books hands-free with built-in text-to-speech. Organize your library and track your reading habits.

Highlights
  • Supports EPUB, PDF, TXT, Markdown
  • Customizable fonts, themes, and spacing
  • Built-in text-to-speech with highlighting
  • Cloud integration (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive)
  • Library organization and management
  • Reading habit tracking
Features
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Booklip is a clean, distraction‑free reader for the books you already own. Import your own files, make every page look exactly how you like, and listen hands‑free with built‑in text‑to‑speech. **Read any format** Open EPUB, PDF, TXT, and Markdown files. EPUB embedded fonts are rendered faithfully, so even specially typeset books display correctly. Covers and images come through, and full Unicode support means Korean, English, and mixed‑language books all read beautifully. **Make it yours** Choose your font, size, line spacing, text color, and background — or pick from ready‑made themes for day and night reading. Includes Korean typefaces. Every book remembers its own look. **Listen, don't just read** Built‑in text‑to‑speech reads your books aloud with natural English and Korean voices. Adjust speed and pitch, follow along with on‑screen highlighting, and set a sleep timer to drift off. Auto‑scroll mode keeps the page moving hands‑free. **Find your place** Jump around with the table of contents, drop bookmarks, and highlight passages in four colors. Your reading position is saved automatically. Tap or swipe to turn pages, with a smooth slide or paper page‑turn animation. **Organize your library** Sort and group your books into folders, switch between grid and list layouts, and select multiple books to move or delete at once. See real EPUB covers at a glance. **Bring books from the cloud** Connect Dropbox, Google Drive, or OneDrive and import files directly — browse your folders, pick what you want, and read offline. Access is read‑only, so nothing in your cloud is ever changed or deleted. You can also paste a direct download link to pull in a single file. **Track your habit** See total time read, your day streak, and how many books you're reading or have finished. Everything stays on your device. No account required. No ads.

Screenshots

Turner4 screens
Booklip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Booklip at none against Turner's 1. Booklip also leads on ads (none vs shown). Turner's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Turner sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Booklip asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Turner ships an update every 4 days, Booklip fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Turner versus Booklip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTurnerBooklip
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.217.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElliot JacksonKevin Park

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Turner

Subscriptions1
  • Turner Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Year
None

Booklip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Turner free?
Turner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Booklip free?
Booklip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Turner or Booklip have ads?
Turner shows ads; Booklip does not.
Which is updated more often, Turner or Booklip?
Turner ships an update every 4 days, and Booklip fortnightly. Most recently, Turner was updated on November 8, 2026 and Booklip on November 5, 2026.

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