Vread vs Chapitres
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vread
This app gamifies reading by turning book completion into a challenge. Earn points, unlock badges, and build reading streaks to create a verifiable library of finished books. It offers a wide selection of titles and personalized challenges to keep you motivated.
- Checkpoints with book questions
- XP, levels, and badges
- Daily reading streaks
- Detailed reading statistics
- Personalized reading challenges
- Wide book catalog
- Gentle local notifications
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A video rewards you in one second. A book, sometimes after a hundred pages. Vread closes the gap: every 30 to 40 pages, one question about what you just read. One word is enough. Get it right, your pages are validated and your progress moves forward. WHY When our lives became sedentary, we started running. Now it's our attention that has gone sedentary. The workout already exists: reading. It was missing what made sport visible and motivating: milestones, a record, a streak, people to move forward with. HOW IT WORKS • Read your own book: print, e-reader or audio • Every 30 to 40 pages, a checkpoint asks one question about the passage • A one-word answer validates your pages • Over 15,000 books available, in English and French WHAT YOU GET • Reading that moves forward before your eyes, step by step • A streak that gives you a reason to open your book today • Stats that count pages read, not pages claimed • Weekly leagues and a Duo mode to read with others • XP, levels and badges: every finished book leaves a mark • Booky, the Vread fox, who cheers your wins and nudges you when you drift Sport became visible, social and desirable once people could track it. Vread does the same for reading, which is why it is nicknamed the Strava of reading. Vread is an independent app and is not affiliated with Strava. Over 22,000 readers have already validated more than 10 million pages. Vread is free. The optional Premium subscription lets you, among other things, request books to be added to the catalogue. If it's not on Vread, did you really read it? Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.vread.fr/legal/privacy
Chapitres
This app is a social network for readers to share book discoveries, follow friends' reading habits, and exchange recommendations. It gamifies reading with a points system that unlocks exclusive brand offers.
- Social network for readers
- Share book discoveries
- Follow friends' reading
- Exchange recommendations
- Gamified points system
- Access brand offers
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Chez Chapitres, nous souhaitons redonner à chacun l’envie d’ouvrir un livre ! Notre ambition : faire de la lecture un plaisir motivant et valorisant. Nous avons imaginé une application conçue comme un véritable réseau social dédié aux lecteurs, un espace où il est possible de partager ses découvertes, de suivre les lectures de ses proches, d’échanger ses coups de cœur et de s’inspirer de la communauté. Et parce que la motivation naît aussi du jeu, nous avons créé un système de cumuls de points qui récompense les lecteurs les plus assidus ! Ces points peuvent ensuite être utilisés pour accéder à des offres de marques triées sur le volet. Chapitres c'est : - Une communauté qui se tire vers le haut, - Un espace bienveillant où se croisent passionnés et lecteurs occasionnels Conditions Générales d'Utilisations : https://chapitres.app/conditions-generales Politique de confidentialité : https://chapitres.app/politique-de-confidentialite
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Vread at 4.9 against Chapitres's 3.5. Vread also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 2) and review sentiment (93% vs 83%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Vread sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Chapitres sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Vread holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vread has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Vread's written reviews are positive against 83% of Chapitres's.
Vread ships an update weekly, Chapitres every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vread | Chapitres |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (15 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.2% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | TANGUY WARSMANN | QUENTIN ALAIN FREDERIC GUYON |
Customer experience
Vread
Chapitres
In-app purchases
Vread
- VREAD Weekly$2.997 Days
- monthly premium$11.991 Month
- Premium annual14 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Premium à Vie$199.00
Chapitres
- Chapitres Plus$3.991 Month
- Chapitres Plus$24.991 Year







