Comparison

Yomu vs Bare Reader

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

Head to head
About

Yomu

Features
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Yomu is a reader for iPhone and iPad built for heavy scanned and self-scanned PDFs. Convert self-scanned books, scanned handouts, and technical or class-material PDFs into .yom, a reading-optimized format, and page through them fast โ€” a reader built to focus on reading. [Key Features] โ€ข Blazing-fast page rendering Smooth, stress-free reading even with heavy scanned PDFs and large documents. โ€ข Full-text search, even for scans Build an index and jump straight to matching pages. Image-only scanned PDFs are made searchable with on-device OCR. โ€ข Two-page spreads and reading direction Choose left-to-right or right-to-left, with full two-page spread support. โ€ข Comfortable reading adjustments Shadow reduction at page edges and color inversion for dark reading. โ€ข Everything runs on device Conversion, search, and reading all run on device โ€” your content is never sent to a server. Read offline anytime. โ€ข Simple one-time purchase Add up to 2 books for free. Adding a 3rd requires a single one-time purchase โ€” no subscription, no recurring charges. Terms of Use: https://yomu.juntaki.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://yomu.juntaki.com/privacy-policy/

About

Bare Reader

Features
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Bare Reader is a calm, distraction-free way to read your EPUB books on iPhone. No accounts. No ads. No sync nags. No feed pulling you away from the page. Just your library and your books โ€” stored privately on your device. Less than 5MB in size, Bare Reader is as lightweight as it gets. READING, THE WAY IT SHOULD FEEL Open a book and everything else disappears. A clean, paginated reading view lets you move through pages the way that feels natural to you: swipe, tap the edges, or use the on-screen page buttons. PRIVATE BY DESIGN LeafReader works entirely offline. Your books and your reading never leave your device: there's no account to create and no data collected. What you read is nobody's business but yours. Bring your own EPUBs and enjoy a reader that gets out of the way. Bare Reader is completely free to use. If you enjoy the app, you can optionally purchase a one-time license to remove the occasional support reminder. Purchasing doesn't unlock anything or change how the app works; it's simply a way to support ongoing development.

Screenshots

Yomu4 screens
Bare Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bare Reader at every 5 days against Yomu's every 4 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Yomu sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bare Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yomu ships an update every 4 months, Bare Reader every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Yomu versus Bare Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYomuBare Reader
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.6 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size12 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJumpei TakiyasuNathaniel Rayestu Abdulrachman

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Yomu

One-time1
  • Yomu Unlimited$9.99
1 purchases

Bare Reader

One-time1
  • Support Development$1.99

Questions

Is Yomu free?
Yomu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bare Reader free?
Bare Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Yomu or Bare Reader have ads?
Neither Yomu nor Bare Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yomu or Bare Reader?
Yomu ships an update every 4 months, and Bare Reader every 5 days. Most recently, Yomu was updated on October 31, 2026 and Bare Reader on October 25, 2026.

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