Comparison

Andrea vs EPUB Reader

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

Head to head
About

Andrea

Organize and read your personal collection of ebooks, comics, manga, and PDFs with extensive customization options. Build your ideal digital library with smart organization tools and a powerful reading experience.

Highlights
  • Local-first reading library
  • Customizable collections and sections
  • Advanced reading profile settings
  • Import various file formats (EPUB, PDF, CBZ, etc.)
  • Cloud and network storage integration
  • Reading statistics and progress tracking
  • OCR selection and translation
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Andrea Reader is an ebook, comic, manga, manhua, webtoon and PDF reader for iPhone and iPad. A local-first reading library for your own DRM-free files: no account, no sign-up, no ads. Import your books, organize them your way, and read with deep customization across formats. COLLECTIONS & SECTIONS Create collections with their own name, color, cover and layout. Add nested collections, sort, filter, reorder and resize your library with pinch gestures. Inside each collection, create Sections: movable, collapsible blocks with their own name and color. Drag books in and out, reorder sections between books, and shape every saga, reading list or archive exactly how you want. Each collection saves its own appearance and settings. POWERFUL READING Open a book and start reading immediately with automatic settings by format, or create your own reading profiles and apply them per book or per collection. Adjust gestures, page transitions, margins, spacing, brightness, full screen, scrolling, double page mode, right-to-left manga reading, PDF/comic fit options and more. IMPORT & STORAGE - EPUB, PDF, CBZ, CBR, ZIP, RAR, 7Z, CB7, TAR and CBT - Import from Files, local storage, iTunes/Finder file sharing or cable connection - Quick Read: open a file without importing it - Scan physical pages and create digital books - Extract compressed archives with books inside - Connect to iCloud, OPDS, WebDAV, SMB and SFTP - Download multiple books, choose the target collection and section, and manage local/remote storage CUSTOMIZATION Make Andrea feel like your library, not a generic file list. Choose grid, list or showcase layouts, customize book cards, covers, thumbnails, progress display, colors, themes, Zen Mode, top shortcut icons, status bar behavior and collection history. The interface can follow each collection's color or stay clean and global. STATS & PROGRESS Reading stats are tracked quietly in the background while you read. See progress, sessions, time spent reading, speed, streaks and more at three levels: per book, per section and per collection. Clean charts turn your reading activity into something easy to understand. READER TOOLS - OCR selection and translation - EPUB highlights - Favorite pages for comics, manga and webtoons - Reader widgets for progress, brightness, chapters and favorites - View Covers: high-resolution cover gallery - Edit books: reorder or remove comic pages and adjust structure - Omnibus: merge multiple comics or books into one volume - Smart Rename: clean messy filenames with regex rules and live preview - Compress books and folders into CBZ/ZIP archives WORLD LIBRARY Discover and download free public-domain books inside Andrea. Browse a visual cover mosaic, search by title or author, filter by language or genre, and send EPUBs directly to the collection you choose. Andrea Reader is for people who love to build, shape and inhabit their own digital library. Your collections, sections and books. Your small, well-governed kingdom. Subscription Information: Andrea Reader Premium subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://andreareader.com/content/privacy

About

EPUB Reader

This app allows you to import and read your DRM-free ebook files locally. It supports various formats and offers customizable reading settings for a personalized offline experience. You can also search, highlight, and annotate your books.

Highlights
  • Import DRM-free EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, FB2, TXT
  • Offline reading with no account
  • Customizable text and themes
  • Full-book search and highlighting
  • Chapter navigation and progress tracking
  • Export notes and highlights
Features
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EPUB Reader is an epub reader for the books you already own. Import your DRM-free EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, FB2 and TXT files into one local ebook library and read them offline, with no account and nothing uploaded. An ebook reader that takes the file as it is. EPUB reflows to your settings. DRM-free MOBI, AZW, AZW3 and PRC open directly, with AZW3 read from its KF8 layer for better typography. FB2 arrives as .fb2, .fb2.zip or .fbz, and TXT is decoded as UTF-8 or GBK, with a long chapterless file split into chapters you can navigate. The format is read from the contents of the file, so a book that lost its extension in mail still opens; what will not open is reported as unsupported or damaged. Reading is paginated, not an endless scroll: tap a side of the page or swipe. The contents list opens on the chapter you are in, the bottom bar carries the chapter name, page X of Y and your percentage through the book, and the progress bar jumps only when you let go. A reopened book starts on the page you left. Search the whole book from two characters up. Every hit arrives with its chapter name and the words around it; tap one and the reader lands there with the match highlighted. Highlight any passage in one of four colors, attach a note or copy it. Bookmarks, highlights and notes share one panel and export as plain text. Type size, page brightness, justified or left-aligned text and the light, sepia and dark paper themes are all free, night reading included. Every pixel of the reader follows the paper theme, and a book's own CSS cannot turn sepia or dark into dark text on a dark page. Offline books are the normal case here, not a mode you switch on: on a plane, in the subway, in a dead zone on the highway, the library and the book behave the same. At night the dark paper theme and the brightness slider let you read beside someone who is asleep. Studying, you highlight what matters, write your thought next to it, then export chapter, progress, passage and note into your notes app. Most of what sits beside this app in search is a different product. Content platforms hand you a catalog and want you signed in. Converters turn one format into another. Borrowing apps need a library card. Read-aloud apps are built around a voice. This one opens the files that are already yours and stays out of the way. • Open DRM-free EPUB, MOBI, AZW, AZW3, PRC, FB2 and TXT files • Format read from file contents, even with a wrong extension • TXT in UTF-8 or GBK, long files split into navigable chapters • Import several files in one go and get a single summary • Ebook library as a cover grid, three to six columns • Search by title or author, filter by reading, not started or finished • Sort by recently read, recently added, title or author to organize the shelf • Continue Reading card for the book you had open last • Page turns by tap or swipe, with a draggable progress bar • Contents list, chapter name, page X of Y and whole-book percentage • Full-book search with chapter name and context per hit • Four highlight colors, notes and copy from the selection bar • Bookmarks, highlights and notes in one panel, exportable as text • Line spacing, page margins and font family (Pro) Your books and your reading position stay in this app's storage on the device: no account, no sync, no record of what you read. To be clear about the edges: no PDF, no comic archives, no DOC or CHM, no conversion between formats, no way into books locked by another store's DRM, no text-to-speech, no audiobooks, no translation, no dictionary. The free library holds three books; EPUB Reader Pro lifts that limit and unlocks line spacing, page margins and font family. Bring your own files, drop them in and start reading. Terms of Use: https://zeroplay.io/docs/legal/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://zeroplay.io/docs/legal/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Andrea4 screens
EPUB Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Andrea at 100% against EPUB Reader's 0%. Andrea also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). EPUB Reader's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Andrea sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and EPUB Reader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

EPUB Reader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Andrea has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Andrea's written reviews are positive against 0% of EPUB Reader's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Andrea ships an update every 10 days, EPUB Reader every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Andrea versus EPUB Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAndreaEPUB Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMikel GotiZeroPlay Ltd.

Customer experience

Andrea

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

EPUB Reader

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Andrea

Subscriptions2
  • Andrea Premium Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Andrea Premium Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Andrea Premium Lifetime$24.99
2 purchases

EPUB Reader

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$5.997 Days
  • Monthly$14.991 Month

Questions

Is Andrea free?
Andrea is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EPUB Reader free?
EPUB Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Andrea or EPUB Reader?
EPUB Reader is rated higher. Andrea averages 3.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while EPUB Reader averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Andrea or EPUB Reader have ads?
EPUB Reader shows ads; Andrea does not.
Which is updated more often, Andrea or EPUB Reader?
Andrea ships an update every 10 days, and EPUB Reader every 2 months. Most recently, Andrea was updated on September 16, 2026 and EPUB Reader on September 9, 2026.

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