Everbound vs leaf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Everbound
This open-source ebook reader offers an immersive reading experience with full EPUB support, rich annotations, and customizable themes. Seamlessly sync your progress with KOReader and import books from cloud storage. Enjoy smart reading features like automatic resume and dictionary lookup.
- Full EPUB support
- Rich annotations and highlighting
- Customizable reading experience
- KOReader sync support
- WebDAV cloud integration
- Smart reading features
- Flexible file import
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Everbound is an open-source ebook reader designed for immersive and deep reading experiences. KEY FEATURES -Full EPUB Support Enjoy rich, beautifully rendered EPUB books with professional typography and layout. -Rich Annotations & Highlighting Enhance your reading with multiple highlight colors and styles (highlight, underline, squiggly). Perfect for students, researchers, and avid readers who want to mark important passages. -Customizable Reading Experience • Adjust font size to your preference • Choose from multiple built-in themes optimized for day and night reading • Customize theme colors for a personalized experience • Fine-tune layout settings for maximum comfort -KOReader Sync Support Seamlessly synchronize your reading progress, notes, and bookmarks with KOReader devices and sync servers. Pick up where you left off across all your devices. -WebDAV Cloud Integration Import books directly from WebDAV servers for seamless cloud library access. Keep your entire library accessible from anywhere. -Smart Reading Features • Automatically resume from your last reading position • Volume key navigation for hands-free reading • Dictionary lookup with Wiktionary integration • Organize and manage your entire ebook library -Flexible File Import Import EPUB files from local storage or use the built-in file picker. Your books, your way. WHY EVERBOUND? Everbound combines the power of open-source software with a polished, native mobile experience. Whether you're a casual reader, a student, or a researcher, Everbound provides the tools you need for thoughtful, immersive reading. Built on the proven foliate-js rendering engine, Everbound delivers reliable performance and beautiful book rendering. The app is actively developed and open-source, meaning you can trust it with your library and contribute to its future. Perfect for: • Avid readers who want a beautiful, distraction-free reading experience • Students and researchers who need powerful annotation tools • KOReader users who want mobile sync capabilities • Anyone who values open-source software and privacy Start your reading journey with Everbound today. Your next great book is waiting.
leaf
This app offers a natural reading experience with customizable scroll options and an integrated read-aloud feature. Access a vast library of free classics or import your own documents. Enjoy a distraction-free environment with no ads or intrusive elements.
- Natural vertical scroll and page curl
- Read-aloud narration with line highlighting
- Access to 70,000+ free classic books
- Import EPUB, PDF, and Markdown files
- Customizable themes, fonts, and spacing
- Organized library with shelves and filters
- Ad-free and distraction-free reading experience
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Scroll naturally. Read deeply. leaf is a reading app built for your phone. Read on your own, or let leaf read to you. Read with a natural vertical scroll, or turn pages with a page curl when you want a more traditional feel. leaf flows through your book the way your thumb already moves. When your attention keeps sliding off the page, tap play. leaf sets a gentle pace and lights up each line as you go. Turn on the voice and it reads the page aloud while you follow along, or lock your phone and keep listening. Narration uses the voices built into your iPhone, so it's free and unlimited, works offline, and your books never leave your phone. Browse and download over 70,000 free books from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks: classic literature, philosophy, fiction, and more. Import your own EPUB, PDF, and Markdown files too. No reading streaks. No goals. No ads. No noise. Just you and the book. READ ALONG AND NARRATION - Tap play and leaf sets the pace, lighting each line as you read - Turn on the voice and leaf reads the page aloud as the highlight follows - Free and unlimited: no hours to count, no account to make - Runs on your iPhone, works offline, and never uploads your books - Keeps reading with the screen locked. Pause, play, or skip back 15 seconds from the lock screen or your headphones - Picks a voice in your book's language. Apple's Enhanced and Premium voices are a free download and sound the most natural - Change the speed any time, pause with a tap, or step back a sentence - Works with every reading flow - Also works for PDFs READER - Three reading flows: Page Curl, Slide, or Continuous scroll - Vertical or horizontal page turns - Light, Dark, System, and E-Ink themes - Bookmarks, highlights, and notes - Multi-paragraph highlighting and sharing - Search within any book - Typefaces including Classic, Modern, Lexend, and Atkinson Hyperlegible - Adjust font size, spacing, and text density - Set a reading intention for each book - An exportable Reading Journal is created automatically when you highlight text or write a note PDFs - Read PDFs with the same reading flows as books - Pages follow your theme automatically, in light or dark - Columns are detected and shown one at a time, so the text is bigger and you never scroll sideways to read a line LIBRARY - Organise books into shelves, grouped into sections you can collapse - Filter by shelf, intention, or reading status - Sort by title, author, last opened, or shelf - View books as Grid or List - Search your entire library - Drop supported book files into the leaf folder and they'll appear in your library automatically - Use iCloud to share books between devices - Continue reading from your current book with the Home Screen widget FREE BOOKS - Browse and download from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks - Over 70,000 free classic and public domain titles - The Call of the Wild is included, so you can start reading straight away - Import your own EPUB, PDF, and Markdown files - Supports multiple file and folder import LEAF PRO - Six more themes: Sepia, Ivory, Mist, Forest, Midnight, and Amber Night - Design up to six custom themes of your own - Three more typefaces (Literata, Spectral, and Merriweather) or import your own - Line, paragraph, and letter spacing - Sync your library across devices - Sync reading progress, highlights, notes, bookmarks, shelves, and Reading Journal entries Privacy Policy: https://readleaf.co/legal Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Everbound at none against leaf's 2. Everbound also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (50% vs 33%). On price, ratings volume, 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. leaf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Everbound asks for nothing beyond the download.
Everbound holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Everbound's written reviews are positive against 33% of leaf's.
| Parameter | Everbound | leaf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better | 3.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Neighborhood Nerd, LLC | Abraham Jesri |
Customer experience
Everbound
leaf
In-app purchases
Everbound
No in-app purchases
leaf
- Leaf Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Leaf Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Year








