Comparison

EpubReader vs LiBook

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

Head to head
About

EpubReader

Read EPUB books offline with a customizable reader. Listen to your books with built-in text-to-speech and sync your library across devices. Organize your collection with custom collections and smart sorting.

Highlights
  • Offline EPUB reading
  • Built-in text-to-speech (TTS)
  • iCloud library sync
  • Customizable reading experience
  • Organize books into collections
  • Multiple import methods
Features
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EpubReader is a clean, powerful ebook reader built exclusively for iPhone and iPad. Read EPUB books offline, listen with built-in text-to-speech, and sync your entire library across devices with iCloud. Import DRM-free EPUB books in seconds, organize them into custom collections, customize every detail of your reading experience — fonts, themes, dark mode — and pick up right where you left off on any device. Effortless Book Import • Import EPUB files from Files or iCloud Drive • WiFi Transfer – drag and drop books from Mac or PC • Open in from Safari • AirDrop support Fully Customizable Reading • Light, Sepia, Dark Mode & True Black (OLED) night mode themes • Adjust font size, line height, margins, and spacing • Choose from premium, highly readable fonts • Page curl animation or smooth vertical scrolling • Bookmarks with notes and color highlights Built-in Text-to-Speech (TTS) — Read Aloud • Listen to your ebooks hands-free like an audiobook • Real-time sentence highlighting • Automatic page turning • Great for multitasking or resting your eyes Automatic iCloud Sync • Sync books across iPhone and iPad • Reading progress, bookmarks & highlights stay updated • Secure and private — powered by your personal iCloud Smart Library & Collections • Organize your books into custom collections • Create multiple bookshelves for different genres, authors, or projects • Quickly add or move books between collections • Smart sorting by recent reads so your current book is always easy to find • Full Table of Contents navigation Privacy First • EpubReader never tracks your reading habits. • No analytics tracking. • No data selling. • No mandatory sign-ups. • All books stay on your device or securely in your personal iCloud. Download EpubReader today and enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Note: EpubReader supports DRM-free EPUB files only. DRM-protected books are not supported.

About

LiBook

Organize and read all your digital books in one app. Supports EPUB, PDF, and TXT files with features like character tracking, customizable reading settings, and text-to-speech. Easily navigate, bookmark, and search your library.

Highlights
  • Import EPUB, PDF, TXT
  • Library and collection management
  • Character tracking
  • Customizable reading experience
  • Text-to-speech playback
  • Bookmarks and highlights
Features
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LiBook is a personal reading app that brings all your ebooks together in one place. Import your EPUB, PDF, and TXT files, organize them into your library and collections, and pick up right where you left off. With support for table of contents, search, bookmarks, and highlights, you can easily find what you need—even in long books—and come back to it whenever you want. With iCloud, your reading experience continues seamlessly across your devices. Your books, highlights, and reading positions are stored in your own iCloud and stay in sync across devices using the same Apple Account. If a book isn't currently stored on your device, a download indicator appears on its cover, allowing you to download it whenever you need it. You can also download an entire collection in advance for offline reading. When you need to free up storage space, you can remove books from your device while keeping them safely stored in iCloud. Keep track of characters while reading novels and long-form books. In EPUB and TXT books, you can select a character's name and save it as a character card with your own notes and descriptions. You can also see where a registered character appears throughout the book, making it easier to keep track of characters in stories with large casts. Customize your reading experience to suit each book and your preferences. For EPUB books, you can adjust font size, line spacing, paragraph spacing, margins, themes, and more. For PDFs, you can configure screen fitting, scrolling direction, and page-turning behavior. When reading isn't convenient, listen to your books with TTS. LiBook supports play, pause, previous and next navigation, adjustable speech speed, and a sleep timer, so you can listen comfortably whenever you want. ### Key Features * Import EPUB, PDF, and TXT files * Organize your library and collections * Manage book covers * Sort collections by recently modified, newest, name, or number of books * Save reading position and progress * iCloud sync for books, highlights, and reading positions * Download entire collections for offline reading * Remove books from your device while keeping them in iCloud * Table of contents, search, bookmarks, and highlights * Character registration and character cards for EPUB/TXT * View character appearances throughout a book * EPUB reading customization * PDF viewing settings * TTS playback and sleep timer * Multilingual UI support LiBook focuses on the reading experience rather than complicated features. Import your books, organize them your way, pick up where you left off, and quickly find what you need when you need it. LiBook keeps the essentials of personal reading simple, clean, and comfortable. Partnerships & Inquiries [miriworksdev@gmail.com](mailto:miriworksdev@gmail.com)

Screenshots

EpubReader4 screens
LiBook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LiBook at 5.0 against EpubReader's 4.0. LiBook also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). EpubReader's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 90%) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LiBook holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of EpubReader's written reviews are positive against 90% of LiBook's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EpubReader ships an update every 3 months, LiBook weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
EpubReader versus LiBook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEpubReaderLiBook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better90.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPenghui ZhaoJOOYOUNG MAENG

Customer experience

EpubReader

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

LiBook

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

None

EpubReader

No in-app purchases

None

LiBook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EpubReader free?
EpubReader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LiBook free?
LiBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EpubReader or LiBook?
LiBook is rated higher. EpubReader averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while LiBook averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do EpubReader or LiBook have ads?
Neither EpubReader nor LiBook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EpubReader or LiBook?
EpubReader ships an update every 3 months, and LiBook weekly. Most recently, EpubReader was updated on September 13, 2026 and LiBook on September 21, 2026.

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