Comparison

epup vs Seekquel

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

epup

Transform reading into an engaging RPG where every page read helps your virtual pet grow and unlock rewards. Customize your pet's skills, build and decorate your dream house, and explore social features and seasonal events.

Highlights
  • Read EPUB/PDF files
  • Virtual pet evolution
  • House building and decoration
  • Island customization
  • Gardening and cooking
  • Social features and clubs
  • Seasonal events
Features
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Struggling to focus on reading? Epup turns your reading list into a rewarding RPG journey. READ TO GROW Import your favorite EPUB/PDF files or discover public domain classics. Every page you turn earns you Ink and XP. Track your reading time and use your progress to evolve your virtual companion and unlock rewards. YOUR COMPANIONS & SKILLS Adopt from 11 unique companions including Papyrus (the loyal dog), Folio (the curious cat), Vellum (the magical dragon), Phoenix (the legendary firebird), and more. Each pet has unique skills with 4 upgradeable tiers that boost your reading with timed bonuses, XP multipliers, ink generation, and special abilities. COZY CREATIVITY & HOUSING • Your Dream House: Build and upgrade across 6 tiers (Cottage → Palace) with 30 levels. Unlock up to 3 rooms as you progress. • Decorate: Craft 60+ furniture items from common to legendary rarity. Place furniture with XP, ink, and drop rate buffs. • Island Customization: Design your island with roads, trees, flowers, beaches, and structures. • Gardening: Plant crops, flowers, and herbs. Flowers provide passive buffs while cooking ingredients. • Cooking: Master 18+ recipes with food buffs for XP, ink, hunger, and special effects. ADVENTURES & SOCIAL • Expeditions: Send pets on 4 expeditions (Whispering Woods to Dragon Peak) for rare resources. • Social System: Make friends, join clubs, and progress through friendship tiers. Even marry your best friend with upgradeable rings. • Seasonal Events: Participate in limited-time events with special quests and themed furniture. FEATURES: • Customizable E-Reader (Fonts, Themes, Dark Mode, Vertical Scrolling) • Interactive Pet System (Hunger, Mood, Evolution, Unique Skills) • Expandable House System (30 levels, 6 tiers, multi-room decorating) • Island Decoration System (roads, nature, structures) • Furniture Crafting (60+ items with rarity tiers and buffs) • Gardening (crops, flowers, herbs with passive buffs) • Cooking (18+ recipes with food buffs) • Expeditions (4 locations with scaling rewards) • Social Features (friends, clubs, marriage system) • Seasonal Events (limited-time quests and rewards) • Inkwell Lab Mini-Games (5 cognitive games) • Reading Stats Tracker (Total Time Read) • Daily Quests & Achievements (streaks, wealth, decorator, library, and more)

About

Seekquel

This app helps readers meticulously track their reading habits, organize their book collections, and discover new titles based on personalized recommendations. It allows users to log progress, set reading goals, and connect with a community of fellow book lovers.

Highlights
  • Track reading progress by page
  • Organize library with custom shelves and tags
  • Personalized book recommendations
  • Camera OCR for capturing quotes
  • Reading session timer and Focus Mode
  • Build reading habits with goals and challenges
  • Connect with other readers and buddy reads
Features
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Seekquel is a book tracker you set up yourself. There is a lot in it and none of it is compulsory: build your home screen from the parts you use, switch off the rest, and keep the community on its own tab. Plenty of readers run it as a plain reading log and never touch anything else. SET UP THE HOME SCREEN • More than thirty cards: currently reading, daily goals, your streak, recommendations, your reading calendar and more • Drag them into the order you want and switch off the ones you never use • Arrange your stats page and public profile the same way • 21 themes, from Dark Academia to Cottagecore, and more than twenty app icons • Home screen widgets, adjustable text size, reduced motion and reduced transparency DECIDE WHO SEES WHAT • Public, followers only, or private, then set each part of your profile on its own • Show your reviews but hide your stats, or turn a whole profile tab off • Choose who can message you and approve followers before they see anything • No ads, no data selling, and analytics you can decline • Export everything you have added, whenever you want TRACK YOUR LIBRARY • Add books by title, author, ISBN, or barcode scan • Want to Read, Reading, Paused, Read, and Did Not Finish • Log progress by page, percent, or time listened, in the edition you actually own • Custom shelves, shelves that fill themselves from rules you set, tags, and notes • Track what you own, what you borrowed, and what you lent out • Coming from elsewhere? Import from Goodreads, StoryGraph, or Hardcover, with your shelves, ratings and reviews SYNC YOUR E-READER • KOReader on Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook or Android sends your place, reading time, highlights and finished books • Readest and Xteink pocket readers connect too • Calibre keeps shelves, ratings, reviews and reading dates in step in both directions DISCOVER YOUR NEXT READ • A taste profile built from your genres, moods, themes and pacing • Browse by mood, trope and pace, not just broad genres • Pick For Me: a few quick questions, one considered recommendation • Shelve a book before it is published and hear the day it comes out • See the films and series a book was turned into • Mood, pace and content notes gathered from real reader reviews BUILD A READING HABIT • A reading timer, with ambient sounds like rain or a fireplace • Daily page or minute targets, and a streak with freeze days built in • Yearly goals and custom challenges, on your own or shared with friends • A monthly reading bingo card, and badges from Bronze to Platinum SEE YOUR READING • Books, pages, hours, streaks and genres at a glance • A Monthly Wrapped recap of the month just gone • Share cards for a finished book, a month or your whole year • With Pro: build your own charts, compare one period against another, and see reading heatmaps, pacing and mood trends THE COMMUNITY, ON ITS OWN TAB • Nothing social reaches your home screen unless you put it there • Rate books with stars, plus writing, plot, characters, atmosphere and impact • Follow readers, build shareable lists, and recommend books directly • Buddy reads with milestones and chat, and book clubs • Ask the community for a book and shelve their suggestions in one tap • Fix catalog mistakes yourself and build your reputation as a contributor Free on iPhone, Android and the web. Pro adds more themes, custom charts, deeper stats and higher limits. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://seekquel.app/privacy

Screenshots

epup4 screens
Seekquel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Seekquel at 4.9 against epup's 4.3. Seekquel also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and review sentiment (89% vs 71%). epup's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Seekquel sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. epup asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Seekquel holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of epup's written reviews are positive against 89% of Seekquel's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

epup ships an update every 2 weeks, Seekquel every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
epup versus Seekquel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterepupSeekquel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (14 ratings)4.9 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1414
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHaries RamdhaniMohamed Sabri Ben Chaabane

Customer experience

epup

All ratings14 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

Seekquel

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

None

epup

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Seekquel

Subscriptions2
  • Seekquel Pro (Monthly)14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Seekquel Pro Yearly14 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Seekquel Pro Lifetime$119.99

Questions

Is epup free?
epup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Seekquel free?
Seekquel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, epup or Seekquel?
Seekquel is rated higher. epup averages 4.3 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Seekquel averages 4.9 from 14 ratings.
Do epup or Seekquel have ads?
Neither epup nor Seekquel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, epup or Seekquel?
epup ships an update every 2 weeks, and Seekquel every 3 days. Most recently, epup was updated on October 25, 2026 and Seekquel on October 25, 2026.

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