Readgio vs Libra reader
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 EPUB and PDF files with automatic tracking of your reading progress, speed, and streaks. It offers a consistent reading experience for both formats and lets you save favorite quotes with reminders.
- EPUB and PDF reading
- Automatic reading statistics
- Track reading progress and streaks
- Save and revisit favorite quotes
- Offline access to books
- Consistent reading experience
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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/
Libra reader
This app is a versatile ebook reader and library manager for iPhone and iPad. It supports a wide range of formats and allows reading from various sources, with features like customizable reading settings, note-taking, and cross-device synchronization.
- Supports all major ebook formats
- Read from device, cloud, and OPDS catalogs
- Customizable reading experience
- Highlights, notes, and bookmarks
- On-device translation
- Cross-device sync (Pro feature)
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Libra is a modern ebook reader and library manager for iPhone and iPad. Read the books you already own — from your device, your cloud storage, or any OPDS catalog — and keep your reading progress, highlights and notes in sync across all your devices. Key features • All major ebook formats • Read from device, cloud storage and OPDS catalogs • Comfortable, fully customizable reading • Highlights, notes and bookmarks • On-device translation • Reading sync across your devices Ebook formats • EPUB • PDF • FictionBook (fb2, fb2.zip) • MobiPocket and Kindle (mobi, azw3) • Comic Book (cbz) • Word (docx) • Markdown, HTML and plain text (md, html, txt) Your books, your storage • Locally on the device • In cloud storage: iCloud Drive, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Yandex Disk • From OPDS catalogs and online libraries you choose • Add your own catalog, for example a Calibre content server over OPDS Comfortable reading • Light, Sepia and Dark themes • Paginated (swipe) or continuous scroll • Serif, sans-serif and monospace fonts • Adjustable font size, line height, paragraph spacing, margins, letter spacing and text alignment • Device-independent reading position that transfers correctly across screens and devices • Table of contents navigation Highlights, notes and bookmarks • Highlight passages in four colors • Attach notes to your highlights • Bookmark any page • Share and export your notes and highlights as text Library management • Organize books into custom collections • Browse by folders across all your sources • Search your library • Automatic cover and metadata extraction • Track reading status and progress, and mark books finished • Rate and review your books • Back up and restore your library Translation • Translate selected text right in the reader • Translation runs on your device — nothing leaves it Sync across your devices (Pro) • Sync your library, reading position, progress, highlights, notes, bookmarks, reviews and collections • Syncs privately through your own iCloud account — we run no server and never hold your data ——— Support: support@libra-reader.com Privacy Policy: https://libra-reader.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://libra-reader.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Readgio at 5.0 against Libra reader's 4.0. Readgio also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Readgio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Libra reader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Readgio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Readgio | Libra reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 18.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anna Sadnova | Sergei Mikhailov |
Customer experience
Readgio
Libra reader
In-app purchases
Readgio
- Pro: monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Pro: annual14 Days trial$13.991 Year
- Pro: lifetime$19.99
Libra reader
- Libra Pro – Monthly$1.991 Month
- Libra Pro – Yearly$19.991 Year









