True Epub vs Lu Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
True Epub
This app allows you to easily open and read EPUB documents. Customize your reading experience by adjusting font size, adding highlights, and taking notes. Import files directly from your device or through the share menu.
- Open EPUB documents
- Adjustable font size
- Create highlights
- Add notes
- Import via Files app
- Import via Share menu
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True Epub is an EPUB reader built to help you open and read EPUB documents faster and more comfortably. Import EPUBs directly from the Files app using the in-app Open button, or add them via the Share menu. Adjust the font size for supplementary/reference content, create highlights and notes to capture what matters, and quickly revisit key parts later.
Lu Reader
This application offers a streamlined reading experience for various document and e-book formats, including EPUB and PDF. It features customizable reading settings, text-to-speech functionality, and smart library management. Users can back up their data to Google Drive.
- Supports EPUB, PDF, TXT, DOC, FB2, HWP, ZIP, CBZ
- 11 customizable color themes
- Adjustable font size, line spacing, and margins
- In-app brightness control
- Text-to-speech with adjustable speed
- Automatic table of contents generation
- Smart library with sorting and search
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Lu Reader is a fast, clean, all-in-one reader for your documents and e-books - with no clutter and no sign-up required. SUPPORTED FORMATS - Text and e-books: TXT, EPUB, PDF, FB2, DOC, DOCX, HWP, HWPX - Archives containing text files: ZIP, CBZ COMFORTABLE READING - 11 color themes (cream, sepia, mint, black, navy and more) - Fine-tune font size, line spacing and margins - In-app brightness control for reading in the dark - Keep-screen-on, screen rotation and immersive full-screen mode VOICE READING (TTS) - Listen to any text with the current sentence highlighted - Adjustable speed from 0.6x to 2.0x - Choose from voices installed on your device - Sleep timer to stop automatically AUTOMATIC TABLE OF CONTENTS - Builds a chapter list even for plain TXT files - Detects multilingual chapter patterns - Jumps to and highlights the current chapter SMART LIBRARY - Add files from the Files app or the in-app file browser - Reading progress percentage and progress bar - Sort by name, date or progress, and search by filename - Bookmark your position; select a word for dictionary and translation - Auto-scroll and in-text search BACKUP & RESTORE - Safely back up your books, reading positions, bookmarks and settings to your own Google Drive - Restore everything on a new device Lu Reader keeps the focus on reading. Download it and enjoy your library, your way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: True Epub at none against Lu Reader's shown. True Epub also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Lu Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
True Epub ships an update fortnightly, Lu Reader every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | True Epub | Lu Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Byung-woo Hwang | sanghun jeong |
Customer experience
True Epub
Lu Reader
In-app purchases
True Epub
No in-app purchases
Lu Reader
No in-app purchases









