leaf vs Cinder Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
leaf
This app offers a natural reading experience with customizable scrolling and page-turning options. Access thousands of free ebooks or import your own EPUB and PDF files. Organize your library, take notes, and create a personal reading journal.
- Vertical and horizontal scrolling
- Import EPUB and PDF files
- Access Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks
- Bookmarks, highlights, and notes
- Exportable Reading Journal
- Library organization with shelves
- iCloud syncing
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leaf is a reading app built for your phone. Read with a natural vertical scroll, or turn pages with a page curl when you want a more traditional feel. leaf flows through your book the way your thumb already moves. And when your attention keeps sliding off the page, tap play. leaf sets a gentle pace and lights up each line as you go, so the book keeps moving and you do too. Browse and download thousands of free ebooks from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks: classic literature, philosophy, fiction, and more. Import your own EPUB and PDF files too. No reading streaks. No goals. No ads. No noise. Just you and the book. READ ALONG Tap play and leaf sets the pace, lighting each line as you read Change the speed any time, pause with a tap, or step back a sentence Works with every reading style, and with PDFs READER - Three reading flows: page curl, slide, or continuous scroll - Vertical or horizontal page turns - Light, Dark, System, and E-Ink themes - Bookmarks, highlights, and notes - Multi-paragraph highlighting and sharing - Search within any book - Typefaces including Classic, Modern, Lexend, and Atkinson Hyperlegible - Adjust font size, spacing, and text density - Set a reading intention for each book - An exportable Reading Journal is created automatically when you highlight text or create a note PDFs - Read PDFs with the same reading flows as books - Pages follow your theme automatically, in light or dark - Columns are detected and shown one at a time, so the text is bigger and you never scroll sideways to read a line LIBRARY - Organise books into shelves - Filter by shelf, intention, or reading status - Sort by title, author, last opened, or shelf - View books as Grid or List - Search your entire library - Drop supported book files into the leaf folder and they'll appear in your library automatically - Use iCloud to share books between devices - Continue reading from your current book with the Home Screen widget CATALOG - Browse and download from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks - Over 70,000 free classic and public domain titles - The Call of the Wild is included, so you can start reading straight away - Import your own EPUB and PDF files - Supports multiple file and folder import LEAF PRO - Six more themes: Sepia, Ivory, Mist, Forest, Midnight, and Amber Night - Three more typefaces (Literata, Spectral, and Merriweather) or import your own - Line, paragraph, and letter spacing - Sync your library across devices - Sync reading progress, highlights, notes, bookmarks, shelves, and Reading Journal entries Privacy Policy: https://readleaf.co/legal Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Cinder Reader
A modern, ad-free app for reading ebooks, comics, manga, and PDFs. Organize your personal library, import files from various sources, and customize your reading experience with flexible tools and appearance settings.
- Read ebooks, comics, manga, and PDFs
- Import and manage personal library
- Connect to content sources
- Customize reader appearance
- Track reading progress
- Create highlights and notes
- Organize with folders and filters
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Cinder is a modern, ad-free reading app for ebooks, comics, manga, PDFs, web novels, and more. Build a library that fits the way you read. Import your own files, connect your preferred catalogs and personal content sources, organize everything in one place, and enjoy a clean, customizable reading experience across multiple formats. Features Read ebooks, comics, manga, and PDFs in one app Import your own files and manage your personal library Add and browse compatible catalogs and personal content sources Customize fonts, themes, spacing, alignment, and reader appearance Track reading progress and pick up where you left off Create highlights and notes Organize books with folders, filters, and library tools Discover new titles with built-in discovery features Sync with your Hardcover account to track reading progress and discover new books Designed for phones, tablets, and larger screens Built for readers Cinder focuses on a polished, distraction-light reading experience with flexible library management and deep reader customization. Whether you’re reading novels, graphic novels, manga, or documents, Cinder gives you one place to keep everything organized. Privacy-first by design Your library and reading setup stay centered around your own content, your own sources, and your own reading workflow.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cinder Reader at 100% against leaf's 33%. Cinder Reader also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8). leaf's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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. leaf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Cinder Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cinder Reader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of leaf's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cinder Reader's.
leaf ships an update weekly, Cinder Reader every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | leaf | Cinder Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Abraham Jesri | JESSE LAMAR MARTIN |
Customer experience
leaf
Cinder Reader
In-app purchases
leaf
- Leaf Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Leaf Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Year
Cinder Reader
- Cinder Pro Lifetime$8.99





