Readgio vs Starlit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Readgio
This app allows you to read your EPUB and PDF files, tracking your reading progress, time, and speed automatically. Save and revisit highlighted passages, and even log physical book reading sessions to keep your entire reading history in one place.
- Automatic reading progress tracking
- Chapter time estimation
- Adjustable PDF reader mode
- Highlighting and quote saving
- Manual logging for physical books
- iCloud sync for progress and bookmarks
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Read your own EPUB and PDF books in Readgio. See whether you have time for another chapter, save meaningful passages and track your progress without keeping a manual log. • One more chapter? See an estimate of the minutes left in your EPUB chapter, based on your reading pace. • PDFs without the tiny print. Reader Mode adapts the text to your screen and lets you adjust the font size. The original page layout is always available. • Statistics that track themselves. Reading time, progress, speed and streaks — just read and see yourself getting closer to your goal. • Quotes you can find again. Highlight passages, search your saved quotes and revisit favourite ideas through reminders and a widget. • Paper books count too. Use the timer or log sessions manually to keep your whole reading history together. Read offline. Sync your progress, bookmarks and highlights between iPhone and iPad with iCloud. PDF Reader Mode is available for files with selectable text. Some features require Readgio Pro. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Starlit
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Starlit helps you conquer that one book you’ve always meant to read but put down at the knowledge gap. It closes that gap — turning difficult passages into trails of discovery while keeping you inside the text. FEATURES - Reader: EPUB books (PDFs and images are not yet supported) - Assist: Context-aware explanation for any text selected - Speech: Pronounce selected text in your choice of voice - History: Automatically saves all your AI lookups & narrations
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Verdict
Readgio and Starlit are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Readgio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Starlit sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Readgio | Starlit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Anna Sadnova | Jiayi Liu |
In-app purchases
Readgio
- Pro: monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Pro: annual14 Days trial$13.991 Year
- Pro: lifetime$19.99
Starlit
- 100 TTS Credits$0.99
- 1,000 Lookups$1.99
- 2,000 Lookups$2.99
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- 300 TTS Credits$2.99
- 1,500 Lookups + 150 TTS$2.99







