Comparison

Chapter vs ContinuousReader

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

Head to head
About

Chapter

Features
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Chapter is an EPUB and PDF reader and book tracker built to help you read more, consistently. It combines a full reading experience for imported books and documents with flexible tracking for external books, so your entire reading life stays in one place. Import EPUB and PDF files, search for any book, manage your library, and log reading sessions over time. Build your bookshelf and TBR list, organize titles as unread, reading, or finished, and keep your reading journal clear and easy to revisit. The Continue Reading widget is always free, so you can jump back into your current book right from your Home Screen. Chapter Pro unlocks the features designed to strengthen your reading habit: Daily goals, Streaks, Weekly activity, Monthly activity, Yearly goals, and Deep reading insights. You can see your reader type, session style, and personal records, then keep everything visible with Insights widgets that show goal progress, streaks, weekly stats, and monthly reading activity at a glance. Chapter Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, each with a 1-week free trial. Pricing may vary by country or region. Chapter does not collect, sell, or share your personal data. Your reading data stays on your device and, if enabled, in your personal iCloud account. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ContinuousReader

Currently charting
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ContinuousReader is a native reading app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone, built around one idea: your reading position should follow you. Close a book on your Mac at midnight; open it on your iPhone in the morning โ€” same book, same paragraph. YOUR PLACE, EVERYWHERE Reading positions, bookmarks, notes, and library metadata sync over iCloud across every Apple device on the same Apple ID โ€” down to the exact paragraph. Book files sync through iCloud Drive. No account, no server but Apple's own. Each device keeps its own font, size, and theme. OPENS WHAT YOU HAVE EPUB, FB2, MOBI, HTML, TXT, RTF, DOC/DOCX (Mac), and their ZIP variants โ€” with chapter extraction, footnotes, encoding detection, and embedded images. A READING EXPERIENCE YOU CONTROL Nine typefaces and 41 themes across five palettes, plus Typewriter and Terminal. Continuous scroll, paged, or two-page spread. Real hyphenation in Latin, Cyrillic, CJK, Arabic, and Greek. Read Aloud with word-by-word highlighting. On-device translation โ€” nothing leaves your device. Reading statistics with shareable reports. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY Nested folders, color tags, genres, seven-color bookmarks with notes, three view modes, and OPDS catalogs (Standard Ebooks, Project Gutenberg, Feedbooks, or your own). PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No analytics, no telemetry, no tracking, no ads. Your books are plain files in a folder you can copy anywhere. One-time purchase. Universal Purchase across Mac, iPad, and iPhone โ€” buy once, read everywhere. Family Sharing supported.

Screenshots

Chapter4 screens
ContinuousReader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Chapter at Free against ContinuousReader's $19.99. ContinuousReader's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#91 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Chapter is free to download; ContinuousReader costs $19.99 up front. Chapter sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ContinuousReader asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chapter ships an update every 9 days, ContinuousReader every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 3 level
Chapter versus ContinuousReader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChapterContinuousReader
PriceFree โ€” better$19.99
Update frequencyEvery 9 days โ€” betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
Best chart rankโ€”#91 โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS26.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size37 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergiu ProdanOleksii Koshkin

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Chapter

Subscriptions2
  • Chapter Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Chapter Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
None

ContinuousReader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chapter free?
Chapter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ContinuousReader free?
ContinuousReader costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chapter or ContinuousReader have ads?
Neither Chapter nor ContinuousReader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chapter or ContinuousReader?
Chapter ships an update every 9 days, and ContinuousReader every 10 days. Most recently, Chapter was updated on September 15, 2026 and ContinuousReader on September 19, 2026.

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