Comparison

Turner vs Inspan Book Reader

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

Inspan Book Reader

Features
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Make your books feel at home on every screen. Inspan Book Reader brings EPUB, FB2 and TXT files into a focused library with comfortable, customizable reading. Add books from your device, files shared from other apps, supported ZIP archives, Dropbox or OPDS catalogs. Once a book is imported, you can keep reading it offline. No account is required for local files. READ YOUR BOOKS • Open EPUB, FB2 and plain-text TXT books. • Import supported books from ZIP archives. • Browse chapters and jump straight to the part you need. • Return to your saved reading position. • Add bookmarks with short excerpts for quick navigation. • Choose page curl, slide or no page-turn animation. ORGANIZE YOUR LIBRARY • See book covers, titles, authors and reading progress in one place. • Search your library by title or author. • Mark favorites for easy access. • Share a book file or remove it from the library. MAKE EVERY PAGE YOURS • Switch between light and dark interface themes. • Use light, dark or fully custom reading colors. • Pick a font and adjust font size, line spacing and paragraph spacing. • Set left and right margins, text alignment and automatic hyphenation. • Show or hide page numbers. FIND AND IMPORT BOOKS Add OPDS catalogs and browse their sections inside the app. A Project Gutenberg catalog is ready to explore, and you can add other compatible catalogs. Connect Dropbox with read-only file access to browse folders and import supported books. Network access is only needed for online catalogs and Dropbox. Inspan Book Reader is designed for a calm reading experience, whether you read a short story on your phone or settle into a novel on a larger screen.

Screenshots

Turner4 screens
Inspan Book Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Inspan Book Reader at none against Turner's 1. Inspan Book Reader also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and update cadence there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Turner ships an update every 4 days, Inspan Book Reader every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Ā· 2 level
Turner versus Inspan Book Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTurnerInspan Book Reader
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElliot JacksonNikolay Vorobyev

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Turner

Subscriptions1
  • Turner Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Year
None

Inspan Book Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Turner free?
Turner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Inspan Book Reader free?
Inspan Book Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Turner or Inspan Book Reader have ads?
Turner shows ads; Inspan Book Reader does not.
Which is updated more often, Turner or Inspan Book Reader?
Turner ships an update every 4 days, and Inspan Book Reader every 2 days. Most recently, Turner was updated on November 5, 2026 and Inspan Book Reader on October 31, 2026.

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