Vellum Reader vs Book Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Vellum Reader
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Vellum is a minimalistic and elegant book reader designed for readers who appreciate a classy, distraction-free reading experience on iPhone and iPad. Your Personal Library Import your favorite books and documents with ease. Vellum supports PDF, EPUB, TXT, and RTF files. Smart metadata extraction automatically pulls titles, authors, and cover images from your PDFs. Organize Your Way ⢠Create custom collections to group your reading ⢠Mark favorites for quick access ⢠Search and sort your library effortlessly ⢠Track your reading progress across all documents A Beautiful Reading Experience ⢠Choose from 8 elegant fonts including Georgia, Palatino, and Baskerville ⢠4 page themes: Light, Sepia, Dark, and Black (OLED) ⢠Adjustable font size, line spacing, margins, and text alignment ⢠Tap edges to turn pages or swipe naturally Thoughtful Features ⢠Search Public Domains like "Project Gutenberg" and "StandardEbooks" for thousands of classics to import to your library ⢠Automatic progress saving ā pick up right where you left off ⢠Bookmarks to mark important pages ⢠Keep Screen Awake mode for uninterrupted reading ⢠Visual progress bar and page numbers ⢠Continue Reading section for quick access to current books ⢠Utilize the AI recommendation feature to get book suggestions based on the current works in your library Five Beautiful App Themes Personalize Vellum with Sepia, Midnight, Ocean, Forest, or Lavender accent themes. Privacy First Vellum respects your privacy completely. All your books and reading data stay on your device. No accounts required. No data collection. Just you and your books. Download Vellum and rediscover the joy of reading.
Book Reader
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Book Reader turns the PDFs and EPUBs you already have into a library you actually finish. Add a file from Files and it lands in your library ā long texts go to Books, short ones to Documents. The file is copied into the app, so your original stays where it is and your reading works offline. READING Four themes: Light, White, Night and Old Book. Pinch to zoom, pan with two fingers, jump to any page, and pick up where you left off. Search inside a book and tap a result to land on that page. HIGHLIGHT, NOTE, REMEMBER Press and hold a sentence and an action bar appears. Highlight it, or save it as a note with its quote attached ā the Notes tab groups notes by book, and tapping one takes you back to that page with the text still selected. FLASHCARDS Turn a selection into a card: the sentence becomes the front, you write the answer on the back. Cards land in Today, Pending and Learned, and you rate each one Again, Good or Easy. ALSO Bookmark any page. Search your library by title or author, inside a book, or across your notes. Keep the questions that come up while reading in one place. No account, no sign-up. Everything stays on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Vellum Reader at 17.0 against Book Reader's 26.2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Vellum Reader | Book Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 ā better | 26.2 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SUZETTE RENEE COPLEY DE SCHRYVER | MUHAMMET BERAT ARSLAN |
In-app purchases
Vellum Reader
No in-app purchases
Book Reader
No in-app purchases









