Comparison

Book Reader vs MagicReader

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

Head to head
About

Book Reader

This app combines audiobooks, eBooks, and AI-powered summaries into a single platform. It offers AI narration, the ability to convert your own EPUB files to audio, and automatic searching for free public domain books.

Highlights
  • AI audiobook narration
  • AI book summaries
  • EPUB to audiobook conversion
  • Import EPUB, PDF, TXT
  • Automatic book finder
  • Offline reading and listening
Features
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Book Reader turns your books and documents into audiobooks, and lets you read along as they play. LISTEN TO ANY BOOK • Natural AI narrators: five voices for each of 10 languages, and listening in more than 40 book languages • Instant voices start right away; Studio voices (Premium) are even more expressive • Speed from 0.5× to 3×, skip back 15 s or ahead 30 s, jump by chapter or sentence • Sleep timer, including "end of chapter", with a gentle fade-out • Keeps playing in the background, with lock-screen controls and CarPlay READ ALONG • The sentence being spoken is highlighted as you listen • Start listening from any sentence with "Listen from here" • Night, Day and Sepia themes, serif or sans, adjustable text size and spacing • Table of contents, search in book and bookmarks • PDFs open as the original pages or as reflowed text YOUR OWN FILES • Import EPUB, PDF, DOCX and TXT files up to 100 MB • Share or "Open in" from Files, Mail, Safari and other apps • Share a link to a PDF or EPUB from your browser DRM-protected books and scanned PDFs are not supported. DISCOVER CLASSICS • Public-domain classics from Project Gutenberg and Wikisource, ready to listen • Voiser Picks and shelves for adventure, mystery, love, sci-fi, horror, philosophy, poetry and children's books HIGHLIGHT, NOTE, TRANSLATE • Five highlight colors and notes, all in one searchable list • Translate a passage into 20 languages with AI • Share a quote as an image ONE LIBRARY ON EVERY DEVICE • Start as a guest, no sign-up needed • Sign in with Apple or Google to sync your library, progress, highlights and bookmarks • Books you open stay on your device for offline reading FREE AND PREMIUM • Free: listen to Voiser Picks with Instant voices, plus 30 minutes a month for your own books and other classics • Premium: hours of listening to your own books and Studio voices. Fair-use limits apply: 10 hours a week (weekly plan), 40 hours a month (monthly) or 480 hours a year (annual) • Plans: weekly, monthly and annual. A free trial may be offered on the weekly plan for eligible users; its length is shown before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and renewal is charged within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://policies.voiser.ai/ai-book-reader/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://policies.voiser.ai/ai-book-reader/privacy/

About

MagicReader

Features
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Read without touching the screen. MagicReader is a hands-free reader for EPUB, PDF and comics: turn your head, wave a hand, wink, or just say "next page" — and the page turns. Or sit back and let a natural voice read to you. Whether your hands are busy, wet, full, or simply resting — or touching the screen is difficult for you — MagicReader keeps the story going. NEW: OPENS LIKE A REAL BOOK • Ready for iPhone Duo — unfold it and your book becomes a two-page spread, with the spine right on the fold • Landscape reading — two pages side by side on iPad and most iPhones, for EPUB, PDF and comics, including vertical Japanese books • Flip page turns — pages turn over like paper and follow your finger • Split View on iPad and iPhone Duo TOUCH-FREE READING • Head control — turn your head left or right to flip pages; look up to open or close a book • Wink control — wink your right eye to go forward, your left to go back (Face ID devices) • Hand control — a cursor follows your hand; close your hand to grab a book, swipe from the screen edge to flip • Voice control — say "next", "back", "open", "read aloud" and more, in English, Japanese, Spanish, French or German • A guided tour teaches every gesture with live practice NATURAL READ-ALOUD • Natural, expressive voices read your EPUB books aloud — in English and Japanese • The sentence being spoken is highlighted, and pages turn in step with the narration • English narration powered by Kokoro; Japanese voices powered by VOICEVOX (VOICEVOX:No.7, VOICEVOX:四国めたん, VOICEVOX:青山龍星, VOICEVOX Nemo) • Books in Spanish, French and German are read by your device's system voice for that language, with nothing to download • Natural voices are downloaded once, then work fully offline — all speech is generated on your device YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY • EPUB and PDF books, plus CBZ/CBR comics and manga • Beautiful animated bookshelf themes — drifting watercolour clouds, a starry cosmos, and story worlds that come alive behind special books • Japanese vertical text (縦書き) done right, with optional automatic furigana (ふりがな) above kanji • Comfortable reading themes, adjustable fonts (including OpenDyslexic for dyslexia-friendly reading), and remembered positions THOUSANDS OF FREE CLASSICS • Browse and download public-domain classics from Project Gutenberg and Aozora Bunko (青空文庫) — from Alice in Wonderland to 銀河鉄道の夜 — right inside the app PRIVATE BY DESIGN • The camera and microphone are used only to recognize your gestures and commands, entirely on your device • Nothing is recorded, nothing is uploaded, and there are no accounts, no ads, and no tracking — ever MagicReader began in 2012 as one of the first face-controlled book readers on the App Store. It has been rebuilt from the ground up for today's devices — same magic, new tricks. Reading is best when nothing comes between you and the story. Not even your hands.

Screenshots

Book Reader4 screens
MagicReader2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MagicReader at none against Book Reader's 4. Book Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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. Book Reader sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. MagicReader asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Book Reader versus MagicReader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook ReaderMagicReader
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVoiser Teknoloji Limited SirketiLeo Rivas-Micoud

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Book Reader

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Weekly3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • Annual Subscription$49.991 Year
None

MagicReader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Book Reader free?
Book Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MagicReader free?
MagicReader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Book Reader or MagicReader have ads?
Neither Book Reader nor MagicReader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Book Reader or MagicReader?
Book Reader ships an update monthly, and MagicReader monthly. Most recently, Book Reader was updated on November 7, 2026 and MagicReader on October 31, 2026.

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