Lex Reader vs Continuum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lex Reader
This app offers a versatile reading experience for books and audiobooks with customizable modes, extensive library access, and social features. It allows users to import their own content, sync progress across devices, and discover new reads through personalized recommendations and curated shelves.
- Customizable reading modes (scroll, paginated, blitz, bilingual)
- EPUB, PDF, and MP3 reader/player
- Text-to-audio synchronization
- Ambient audiobook listening with custom sounds
- Extensive library search and personalized recommendations
- Import reading data from Goodreads/Storygraph
- Create and share custom book shelves
- Sync reading progress across devices
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READ BOOKS THE WAY YOU WANT TO - Dark mode (EPUB) reader with scroll, paginated, blitz, and bilingual modes - PDF reader with bookmark & search functionality (OCR) - Fully customizable font styles, sizes, etc. - Make highlights, notes, etc. - Automatically sync progress across devices KICK BACK WITH AMBIENT AUDIOBOOKS - 30,000+ human & AI-narrated audiobooks - Text-to-audio synchronization (read along) - Multiple narrators options (solo, dramatic & group readings) - Ambient mode (choose between different ambient sounds) - Adjust playback speed (0.5x - 3x) and set sleep timer BUILD THE LIBRARY OF YOUR DREAMS - Lightning fast search across 6,000,000+ books (search title, author, genre, subject) - Import reading data from Goodreads, Storygraph, or a generic CSV file - Personalized home page (browse audiobook narrators, quotes, opening lines, illustrations) - Browse hundreds of curated bookshelves - Create and share your own shelves - Upload your own books/audiobooks (EPUB, PDF, MP3) with automatic metadata enrichment (cover, (cover, title, author, publication date) SOCIAL FEATURES - Activity feed displaying other users’ books, shelves, highlights & notes - Add collaborators to help build shelves - Invite 3 friends for 1 month of Lex Premium - Track reading progress, streaks, etc. SYNC EVERYWHERE Your reading activity syncs across devices. Start a book on your laptop, pick it up on your phone, and switch from the book to the audiobook whenever you please. INCLUDED FOR FREE: - 6,000,000+ books & 30,000+ audiobooks - Ambient audiobook listening - Text-to-audio synchronization - Paginated and Scroll reading modes - Upload your own books (EPUB and PDF) - Personalized book recommendations - Create, share, and save shelves, highlights, notes - Follow and connect with other users FOR POWER USERS (PREMIUM): - Lex AI: ask about any book, get better recommendations, and have it take app-specific actions on your behalf - Offline mode: download books/audiobooks to read anywhere (no internet required) - Higher upload limits: extra space for EPUBs, PDFs, and MP3s - Bilingual mode: get in-page translations to your preferred language (21 languages available) - Blitz mode: word-level / sentence-level Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (200-750 WPM) - PDF to EPUB conversion: turn PDFs into proper Ebooks - Verified badge: profile checkmark PERFECT FOR - Bookworms - Classical literature lovers - History buffs - Autodidacts - High school / college students - Book clubs SUBSCRIPTION INFO - Lex Premium (Monthly): $9.99/month - Free Trial - Lex Premium (Yearly): $95.90/year ($7.99/month) - Free Trial Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in your Apple ID Account Settings. Terms of Service: https://lex-books.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://lex-books.com/privacy Support: https://lex-books.com/support Lex is built by book lovers, for book lovers. We believe reading should be accessible to anyone, anytime, anywhere. And we’re just getting started.
Continuum
Immerse yourself in reading and listening simultaneously with this app. It syncs your ePub text with audiobooks, tracks your progress across both formats, and even allows you to scan physical book pages to find the corresponding digital location.
- Simultaneous ePub reading and audiobook listening
- Automatic progress tracking across formats
- Scan physical pages to find ePub location
- Chapter sync wizard for manual adjustments
- Customizable ePub reader
- Variable speed audio player
- Library management with stats
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Read your ePub and listen to its audiobook, at the same time. Continuum is the only app built for immersive reading: text and audio playing together, always in sync, always at your pace. Import your own files, link them once, and read or listen interchangeably, your furthest point is always saved, regardless of format. IMMERSIVE READING MODE Follow the ePub text while the audiobook plays. The chapter starts when the audio chapter starts. Ideal for language learners, students, and readers with dyslexia. ONE PROGRESS BAR. TWO FORMATS. Read 3 chapters. Listen to 2 more. Continuum tracks your furthest point across both, automatically. No confusion, no lost place. SCAN A PAPER PAGE. JUMP TO THE EBOOK. Reading a physical book? Photograph the page you stopped on. Continuum uses OCR to find that exact spot in your ePub instantly. Switch from paper to digital without losing your place. CHAPTER SYNC WIZARD Link your ePub to your audiobook chapter by chapter, once. Continuum handles the rest. Edit any pair manually when chapters don't match exactly. EPUB READER Customizable fonts, sizes, line spacing, and background color. Highlights, annotations, bookmarks. Full-text search across the entire book. OpenDyslexic font support. AUDIO PLAYER Supports MP3, M4B, and M4A. Speed from 0.5x to 3x. Sleep timer up to 1h30. Skip forward 30s / back 15s. Chapter navigation. YOUR LIBRARY Shelf or list view. Sort by title, date added, or recently played. Track hours read, hours listened, and your reading streak. Full backup export and import. iCloud sync across all your Apple devices. YOUR FILES. YOUR DEVICE. Your privacy. No account. No subscription. No tracking. Works exclusively with DRM-free files. Import from iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, or Humble Bundle. No store lock-in. No ecosystem restrictions. One-time purchase. Yours forever. Terms of Use: https://continuumreader.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://continuumreader.app/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lex Reader at 100% against Continuum's 50%. Lex Reader also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (12 vs 3). Continuum's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Lex Reader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Continuum sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lex Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Lex Reader's written reviews are positive against 50% of Continuum's.
Lex Reader ships an update weekly, Continuum every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lex Reader | Continuum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (12 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LexBooks, Inc. | RJ DIGITAL HUB SLU |
Customer experience
Lex Reader
Continuum
In-app purchases
Lex Reader
- Lex Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Lex Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Continuum
- Continuum$6.99









