Comparison

EPUB Reader vs CrossPort

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

Head to head
About

EPUB Reader

Customize your reading experience with extensive font and layout options. Effortlessly manage your library, track reading habits, and enjoy eye-care features. Sync your books across devices via cloud storage without proprietary lock-in.

Highlights
  • 200+ built-in fonts and custom font import
  • Adjustable text and layout settings
  • Smart dark mode with intelligent image inversion
  • 20-20-20 eye health reminders
  • Library management for 5,000+ books
  • Cloud sync via iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive
  • Highlighting, notes, and bookmarking
  • Reading progress tracking and goal setting
Features
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EPUB, PDF, comics, and audiobooks in one native iOS reader. Fast, deeply customizable, and built to disappear so you can simply read. FOUR FORMATS, ONE SHELF Read EPUB 3 and PDF. Read CBZ and CBR comics and manga, with two-page spreads, double-tap zoom, and a reading direction you set per book. Listen to audiobooks with chapters, a sleep timer, Car Mode, and CarPlay. Or follow along with EPUB 3 narration, where the text highlights in time with the voice. READ ALOUD Any book can be read to you, by any Apple voice on your device or by natural neural voices in 31 languages that you download once and then run offline. The sentence highlights as it is spoken and the pages turn on their own, with speed presets, sentence skips, a sleep timer, and Lock Screen controls. Prepare a book in advance and keep listening with the screen off. TYPOGRAPHY YOU CONTROL 200+ fonts, or import your own. Tune size, weight, line and paragraph spacing, alignment, hyphenation, and separate margins for portrait and landscape. Save settings per book so a novel, a textbook, and poetry each look right. Build your own color themes and let them switch at sunset. Choose which buttons the reader toolbar shows and where a tap opens it, and give links their own color and style. Smart dark mode keeps images natural, and in-reader brightness, Line Focus, and eye-care break reminders protect your eyes. NO LOCK-IN, EVER Your books stay ordinary files in an ordinary folder, never a proprietary database. Point JustRead at any folder: on device, iCloud Drive, or one your cloud app syncs through Files. Import from a Calibre server or any OPDS catalog. Email a book to your Kindle or PocketBook. IN SYNC WITH YOUR E-READER Your reading position follows you to any e-reader running KOReader, a Kobo included, in both directions. Connect a self-hosted Grimmory server to browse and download its books, send books to it, and keep status, ratings, highlights, notes, and bookmarks in step both ways. A LIBRARY THAT SCALES Thousands of books with no lag, and a book opens in about a second. Instant search by title, author, or series. Automatic metadata and series detection, 11 sort modes, saved filters, collections, and tags. Edit any book's details by hand, description included. Spotlight opens any book from your home screen. HIGHLIGHTS, NOTES, BOOKMARKS Highlight, underline, and attach a note. Browse every highlight across your whole library in one place, share a quote as a card, or export to Markdown, PDF, or Readwise. YOUR READING, IN NUMBERS Daily goals, a yearly books goal, streaks, and milestone badges. An hourly heatmap shows when you read best. Monthly and yearly recaps, plus a story-style Reading Wrap that turns your year into cards worth sharing. AND THE REST Home screen and lock screen widgets. Dictionary and translation. Full-text search and a nested table of contents. iCloud sync, so you resume on the exact line on any device. Right-to-left and Japanese vertical text. A page curl, if you want one. Free for 14 days, then a subscription or a lifetime purchase, both with Family Sharing. Available in 21 languages. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://justread.app/en/privacy_policy

About

CrossPort

Manage your e-ink reader's library, wallpapers, and files wirelessly. Browse books with cover art, track reading progress, and read EPUBs on your phone. Customize sleep screens and organize device files efficiently.

Highlights
  • Browse book library with cover art
  • Track reading progress sync
  • Built-in EPUB reader
  • Download books for offline reading
  • Add custom sleep screen wallpapers
  • Manage device files wirelessly
  • Automatic device discovery
Features
Currently charting
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CrossPort is the companion iOS app for e-ink readers running CrossPoint, an open-source third-party firmware for Xteink X4, X3, and compatible devices. Also works with alternative firmwares based on CrossPoint. Manage your books, wallpapers, and files — all over WiFi. LIBRARY & READING • Browse your full book library with cover art from Open Library, Apple Books, and Google Books • Track reading progress synced bidirectionally with your device • Built-in EPUB reader for reading on your phone with automatic progress sync back to the device • Download books to read on the go, upload from your phone to the device WALLPAPER • Add custom sleep screen wallpapers from your photos or files • Preview how wallpapers look on your device with a realistic e-ink display simulation • Send wallpapers to your device with one tap FILE MANAGEMENT • Browse, upload, rename, move, and delete files on your device • Upload progress tracking for large files • Automatic EPUB optimization with image compression • Smart filename cleanup for archive downloads SMART FEATURES • Automatic device discovery on your local network • Book cover art from multiple sources with EPUB fallback • XTC/XTCH file upload and management • Home screen widget showing your current read • Deep link support for quick access from widgets Requires a device running CrossPoint or a compatible firmware with WiFi file transfer mode enabled. Works with the Xteink X4, X3, and other supported devices.

Screenshots

EPUB Reader4 screens
CrossPort4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: EPUB Reader at Free against CrossPort's $2.99. EPUB Reader also leads on ratings volume (48 vs 2). CrossPort's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

EPUB Reader is free to download; CrossPort costs $2.99 up front. EPUB Reader sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. CrossPort asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CrossPort holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EPUB Reader has 48 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of EPUB Reader's written reviews are positive against 100% of CrossPort's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EPUB Reader ships an update every 5 days, CrossPort every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
EPUB Reader versus CrossPort: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEPUB ReaderCrossPort
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.7 (48 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings48 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#42 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.118.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size207 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPETR JAHODASnacks After Midnight

Customer experience

EPUB Reader

All ratings48 ratings
Positive89.6%
Neutral6.3%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral9.5%
Negative7.1%

CrossPort

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

EPUB Reader

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly Premium14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
  • Yearly – Launch Price7 Days trial$12.491 Year
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  • Yearly Premium14 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime – Launch Price$29.99
  • Lifetime Premium$79.99
None

CrossPort

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EPUB Reader free?
EPUB Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CrossPort free?
CrossPort costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EPUB Reader or CrossPort?
CrossPort is rated higher. EPUB Reader averages 4.7 out of 5 from 48 ratings, while CrossPort averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do EPUB Reader or CrossPort have ads?
Neither EPUB Reader nor CrossPort shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EPUB Reader or CrossPort?
EPUB Reader ships an update every 5 days, and CrossPort every 4 days. Most recently, EPUB Reader was updated on October 20, 2026 and CrossPort on October 21, 2026.

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