Bookwarm vs BookWave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bookwarm
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Welcome to Bookwarm, the platform for book lovers to discover books, share books from their personal bookshelves and connect to others, near them. Key Features of Bookwarm: - Personal Bookshelf: Recommend books you would love others to read. - Books From Around the World: Discover and share books in your native language, from your country and connect with a diverse community. - Grow Your Social Circle: Connect, chat and meet with fellow readers and sharers, through books you love. - Location-Based Book Discovery: Share your books and find books to borrow, all near you. - Secure Lending & Borrowing: Easy wallet and refundable deposit for safe book exchanges. - Sustainability Focus: Lend books to be read multiple times and earn rewards for sharing. Ready to join the Bookwarm Circle? Download Bookwarm now for free. Transform your bookshelf into a portal for discovery, friendships and endless reading. Bookwarm – Share your Books, Meet your People.
BookWave
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BookWave is a simple, beautiful way to read and listen to EPUBs, PDFs, and scanned book pages—no accounts, no clutter, just your books. IMPORT OR SCAN YOUR BOOKS Add any DRM-free EPUB or PDF to BookWave, and it appears on your shelf in seconds. You can also scan pages from a printed book, turn them into text, and create your own EPUB. Your library is yours: organize books into folders and keep everything in one place. LISTEN TO ANY BOOK BookWave reads your books aloud with natural-sounding voices, entirely on your device. When available, words are highlighted as they’re spoken, so you can follow along or switch between reading and listening anytime. Playback continues in the background, so you can listen while walking, commuting, or with the screen off. EVERYTHING STAYS IN SYNC Your library, reading progress, highlights, and bookmarks sync privately between your iPhone and iPad through iCloud. Start reading a chapter on one device and continue from exactly where you left off on another. No registration, no accounts, no third-party servers. SAVE WHAT MATTERS Save important passages as highlights. Your highlights and bookmarks stay with the book across all your devices. TRACK YOUR READING See how much you read and listen each day, and watch your reading habit grow. 20 CLASSICS INCLUDED Start reading right away with a free built-in library of classic EPUB books—including Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Around the World in Eighty Days, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, and many more. PRIVATE BY DESIGN BookWave has no accounts and no tracking. Your books and reading data live on your device and in your personal iCloud—nowhere else. BOOKWAVE PRO Reading and importing books are free, and you can listen to every built-in classic at no cost. BookWave Pro unlocks listening for your imported EPUB and PDF books, along with detailed reading statistics. Monthly and yearly auto-renewable subscriptions are available. Each includes a one-week free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://minimapps.github.io/bookwave/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://minimapps.github.io/bookwave/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bookwarm at none against BookWave's 2. Bookwarm also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). BookWave's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). 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
Both are free to download. BookWave sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Bookwarm asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bookwarm ships an update monthly, BookWave every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bookwarm | BookWave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Rachna Ratnakar Udyavar | Nazarii Stefaniuk |
In-app purchases
Bookwarm
No in-app purchases
BookWave
- BookWave Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- BookWave Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year









