Booksify vs Star Document Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Booksify
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Too many books, not enough time? Booksify helps you learn faster by turning long non-fiction books into 15-minute summaries. - 2,000+ bestselling nonfiction titles - High-quality audiobook summaries - Instant word lookup — Expand your vocabulary - Offline listening — Learn anywhere - Daily reading reminders — Helps you create reading habit Download free and read your first summary now! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Star Document Reader
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Star Readers is a smart, modern reading tool for people who want to read documents, e-books and text files with clarity and comfort. Use AI features to summarize texts and understand them even faster. Whether you open PDF, EPUB, MOBI, TXT, CSV, Markdown, JSON or log files, Star Reader brings many useful formats into one clean app and keeps the focus where it belongs: on your content. It turns your mobile device into a versatile, elegant reader for everyday use, study, work and personal reading journeys. Highlights: - Elegant, minimal reader design - EPUB chapter view with navigation - MOBI reading with chapter and section navigation for DRM-free files - PDF viewer with annotations and image export - Share PDF annotations as images - Read text, Markdown, JSON and log files - View CSV files as a table or raw text - Favorites and recently opened files - Automatic reading position saving - Adjustable text size, line height and font style - Light, dark and system theme modes - English and German language options - File explorer for supported local files on your device Star Readers is built for longer reading sessions, with calm colors, clear typography and an interface that stays out of the way. Open local files, return to important documents faster and read e-books, notes, logs or tables in one app. Ideal for: - E-books and long-form reading - PDFs with visual annotations - Local document collections - Markdown notes - CSV files - JSON and log files - Focused reading by day or night Supported file extensions: .txt .csv .md .markdown .json .log .epub .pdf .mobi
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Star Document Reader at none against Booksify's 5. Star Document Reader also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 days) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Booksify sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Star Document Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
Booksify ships an update every 6 days, Star Document Reader daily. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Booksify | Star Document Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jalal Aliyev | Markus Stadi |
In-app purchases
Booksify
- Weekly Subscription$7.997 Days
- Monthly Premium3 Days trial$12.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription$24.991 Month
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- 3 Months Subscription$59.993 Months
- Annual Subscription3 Days trial$79.991 Year
Star Document Reader
No in-app purchases
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