Comparison

EPUB & PDF Reader vs Second Reading

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

Head to head
About

EPUB & PDF Reader

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.

Highlights
  • EPUB and PDF reading
  • Automatic reading statistics
  • Track reading progress and streaks
  • Save and revisit favorite quotes
  • Offline access to books
  • Consistent reading experience
Features
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Readgio: Smart EPUB & PDF Reader with Built-in Statistics Read your own EPUB and PDF books. Your progress, speed and streaks are tracked automatically - no manual logging required. True Book Experience for EPUB & PDF: • EPUB support • PDF books displayed like real books • Same reading experience for EPUB and PDF • Import your own files • Offline access Unlike most apps, PDF files are not treated as plain documents - they are read in the same immersive reader as EPUB books. Automatic Reading Statistics: • Reading progress • Daily streaks • Reading speed • Detailed statistics • Insights into your reading habits Just read — and your data updates automatically. Save Quotes & Get Reminded: • Highlight and save your favorite quotes. • Receive gentle reminders that bring meaningful passages back to you. Revisit the ideas that matter. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Second Reading

Features
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You read something great on your Kindle and highlighted it. Now what? Second Reading imports the highlights you saved on your Kindle and gives them somewhere to live: a customizable Home Screen widget, a searchable library, and a cozy daily page worth returning to. Every highlight arrives on a color of its own, so no two quite feel the same. No account is needed. No analytics collected. Your library stays on your device and on your other devices too, through your own iCloud, if you turn it on. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Small, medium, or large. Rotates hourly or daily, in your choice of four typefaces, and shifts color as it goes. Pin a single shade if you would rather it sat still beside your wallpaper, or pick a neutral and have no color there at all. Tap a highlight to open it in the app. Show only your favorites if you would rather see only a few quotes. TODAY One highlight, full page, nothing competing for attention — on a field of color that changes along with it. Pull another whenever you like, mark a favorite, or share it. YOUR LIBRARY Every book you have highlighted, sorted by title, author, or most recently read. Turn a book off to keep it out of the rotation without deleting anything — or turn off a single highlight and leave the rest of the book showing. SEARCH Full-text search across everything you have imported, including books you have switched off. RE-IMPORTING IS SAFE Import your clippings file as often as you like. Second Reading works out what is genuinely new, leaves the edits you have made alone, and asks which version to keep only in the rare case where it cannot tell. QUOTES OF YOUR OWN Type in a line from a paper book and keep it alongside the rest. BUILT FOR IPHONE AND IPAD One app, both devices, with a layout that uses the space it is given. CROSS-DEVICE SYNC Off until you switch it on. Turn it on and your highlights, notes and favorites stay in step across your iPhone and iPad, through your own iCloud account with no server of ours in the middle. PRIVACY Second Reading is privacy focused. There is no server, no account, no tracking, and no third-party SDK collecting anything. Nothing you import ever leaves your device unless you choose to sync with your iCloud account. Free. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no advertising. Second Reading is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Amazon. "Kindle" is used only to describe the highlights file the app reads.

Screenshots

EPUB & PDF Reader4 screens
Second Reading4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Second Reading at none against EPUB & PDF Reader's 3. On price, update cadence, 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. EPUB & PDF Reader sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Second Reading asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EPUB & PDF Reader ships an update fortnightly, Second Reading every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
EPUB & PDF Reader versus Second Reading: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEPUB & PDF ReaderSecond Reading
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnna SadnovaNicholas Kinloch

In-app purchases

3 purchases

EPUB & PDF Reader

Subscriptions2
  • Pro: monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Pro: annual14 Days trial$25.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro: lifetime$39.99
None

Second Reading

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EPUB & PDF Reader free?
EPUB & PDF Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Second Reading free?
Second Reading is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EPUB & PDF Reader or Second Reading have ads?
Neither EPUB & PDF Reader nor Second Reading shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EPUB & PDF Reader or Second Reading?
EPUB & PDF Reader ships an update fortnightly, and Second Reading every 2 weeks. Most recently, EPUB & PDF Reader was updated on September 29, 2026 and Second Reading on September 16, 2026.

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