Comparison

SetFri vs Easy_Reader

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

Head to head
About

SetFri

Features
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SetFri is a home for stories. Read original short stories, serials and literary classics, listen to them as audiobooks, and now step inside them with Bex, an adventure where your choices decide what happens next. NEW: BEX, PART OF SETFRI PLUS Pick a book and play it. Bex turns a story into an adventure you choose your way through, from psychological drama to horror to classic tales. Every choice changes where the story goes, and a book can keep you company over several nights. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF Home keeps the story you are reading at the top, alongside the Story of the Day and new picks, so getting back to your book takes one glance. READ Clean, comfortable pages with text you can resize. Single stories, multi-chapter serials and timeless classics, across romance, horror, gothic, crime, dystopian, fairy tale, magical realism, literary fiction and more. LISTEN Play the audiobook or have a story read aloud while you read along. The player has speed control, a sleep timer and chapter navigation, and keeps playing when you leave the app. BROWSE AND SAVE Search by title, author or genre, and save the stories you love to your Library to come back to any time. WORD SALAD A daily word puzzle made from the stories themselves. Privacy Policy: https://www.setfri.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.setfri.com/terms

About

Easy_Reader

Features
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Easy_Reader transforms everyday documents into a focused reading room for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Choose thoughtful typography and atmospheric themes, then let Focus Flow introduce sentences or paragraphs at a comfortable pace. Natural narration, subtle motion, and optional soundscapes help the words feel present without becoming distracting. READ BEAUTIFULLY • Sentence, paragraph, and page-based Focus Flow • Carefully designed type, spacing, themes, and Liquid Glass controls • Adjustable reading speed, focus, margins, and motion • Optional rain, ocean, fireplace, and brown-noise atmosphere LISTEN NATURALLY • Automatic language detection with the best matching Apple voice installed on your device • Optional manual voice selection, pace control, and synchronized playback navigation FIND ANYTHING • Search by exact phrase, all words, typo-tolerant matching, semantic similarity, or regular expression • Navigate by contents, source or virtual page, and individually numbered paragraph • Jump straight from a search result to its exact place in the document READ AND REMEMBER • Add highlights, bookmarks, and passage-anchored typed notes • Write by hand with Apple Pencil or a finger on iPhone and iPad • Keep original handwriting or convert it to editable text • Export annotated PDF, Word, EPUB, RTF, HTML, Markdown, and text files BRING YOUR DOCUMENTS Import PDF, EPUB, Word, RTF, HTML, Markdown, text, and images. Scanned pages can be recognized on-device with Vision OCR. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your library, annotations, search index, reading history, and narration remain on-device. No account or sign-in is required. FREE TO START Read up to three documents with the core reader, narration, notes, bookmarks, and local library. EASY_READER PREMIUM Choose monthly or annual Premium to unlock unlimited imports, Smart Search, annotated export, and personalization. Eligible new subscribers can try Premium free for 7 days. Restore Purchases and Manage Subscription are available in Settings.

Screenshots

SetFri4 screens
Easy_Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Easy_Reader at none against SetFri's 1. SetFri's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. SetFri sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Easy_Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SetFri ships an update fortnightly, Easy_Reader every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
SetFri versus Easy_Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSetFriEasy_Reader
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB5 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperOwen ColeLuke Mclaughlin

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SetFri

Subscriptions1
  • SetFri Premium$4.991 Month
None

Easy_Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SetFri free?
SetFri is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Easy_Reader free?
Easy_Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SetFri or Easy_Reader have ads?
Neither SetFri nor Easy_Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SetFri or Easy_Reader?
SetFri ships an update fortnightly, and Easy_Reader every 3 weeks. Most recently, SetFri was updated on October 28, 2026 and Easy_Reader on October 25, 2026.

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