Comparison

静静听书 vs Readova

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

Head to head
About

静静听书

This app allows you to read and listen to your own local book files like TXT and EPUB. It offers offline text-to-speech with adjustable speed and reading customization. Premium features include character voice recognition and custom voices for an immersive audio experience.

Highlights
  • Import TXT and EPUB files
  • Offline text-to-speech
  • Adjustable reading settings
  • Customizable character voices
  • Automatic progress saving
Features
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静静听书是一款本地书籍阅读与听书应用,支持导入你自行持有或合法使用的 TXT、EPUB 文件。导入后自动保存到书架,在同一应用中完成阅读、章节浏览与听书播放。 应用支持离线语音合成听书,可调节语速,并从上次进度继续。你也可以根据自己的习惯调整字体、字号、阅读背景和夜间模式,获得更舒适的阅读体验。订阅后,还可开启引语角色归属识别,并为不同角色自定义语音,让听书体验更沉浸。 应用提供自动续费订阅,用于解锁高级功能。当前提供月订阅和年订阅两种订阅周期。订阅价格和结算规则以 App Store 中显示的实际价格为准。订阅将在每个订阅周期结束时自动续费,除非你在当前周期结束前至少 24 小时取消订阅。你可以在购买后前往 Apple账户设置中管理或取消订阅。 你导入的书籍内容和阅读数据默认保存在设备本地;如果你在使用中遇到问题,或有改进建议,可以通过应用内“设置 - 帮助与反馈”联系我们。 隐私政策:https://book.nature-lang.cn/privacy 服务条款:https://book.nature-lang.cn/terms

About

Readova

This app offers a peaceful reading experience with customizable text, page turns, and an optional AI voice narration. It supports a wide range of ebook formats and allows for organized library management with optional cloud syncing.

Highlights
  • Supports EPUB, PDF, MOBI, AZW, TXT, FB2
  • AI voice narration with offline engine
  • Customizable fonts, themes, and spacing
  • Continuous scrolling or page-turning modes
  • Highlighting, underlining, and note-taking
  • Reading statistics and progress tracking
  • iCloud and WebDAV library syncing
Features
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Readova is a quiet, focused iOS eBook reader. Our goal is simple: make reading feel peaceful again. No forced sign-in. No built-in bookstore. No ads. Open your library and start reading. A Quiet, Fluid Experience Enjoy smooth scrolling, natural page turns, and carefully rendered text, images, and layouts. Open Your Books Supports EPUB, PDF,MOBI, AZW, AZW3, TXT, FB2, and other popular formats. Import local files directly without complicated conversions. Read Your Way Choose continuous scrolling or page-turning mode. Customize fonts, text size, spacing, and themes. Import your own fonts and look up selected words with the system dictionary. Listening Is Reading Too Listen while commuting, doing chores, or resting your eyes. Use system voices right away, or enjoy clear, natural narration with the high-quality offline voice engine. Follow along with sentence highlighting, adjust rate and pitch, set a sleep timer, and control playback from the Lock Screen or Control Center. You can also connect your own cloud voice service for more voice options. System voices and the offline engine can process text on your device. Hands-Free Reading Auto Scroll moves the page at your preferred pace. Timed Page Turns advance pages automatically. Sentence Mode reads one sentence at a time and continues onto the next page. Annotations and Notes Use highlights, underlines, wavy underlines, or strikethroughs in multiple colors. Add private notes to selected text. Reading Statistics Explore daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly statistics, including reading time, words read, streaks, trends, and focused hours. Organize Your Library Create categories, reorder books, pin favorites, and sort by title or date. Switch between English and Chinese on layouts optimized for different iPhone sizes. Continue Across Devices Use iCloud or WebDAV to sync your library, book files, progress, annotations, notes, and categories. Sync is optional and enabled only by you. Readova does not provide a public library or upload books to Readova servers. Upgrade to Pro Choose a Pro subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. High-Quality Offline Voices Generate speech on your device for natural narration without a constant internet connection. Cloud Sync Sync your library, files, progress, notes, and categories through iCloud or WebDAV. WebDAV Import Connect your own WebDAV service and import eBooks directly. 49-Encoding Detection Recognize Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and many other text encodings. Unlimited Library, Categories, and Notes Organize your collection and capture thoughts without limits. Custom Fonts and Sorting Import fonts and arrange categories by name, date, or drag and drop. Reading Insights View weekly, monthly, and yearly reading trends. The free version includes core reading, system text-to-speech, Auto Reading, basic encoding support, daily statistics, and annotations. Your Reading Stays Private Readova does not include a bookstore, distribute eBooks, or analyze your book content. Books and reading data stay on your device by default. If you enable iCloud or WebDAV, relevant data is synced to your own account or configured service. If you connect a cloud voice service, narrated text is sent to that service. System text-to-speech, Auto Reading, and the offline voice engine can run locally on your device. Made by an independent developer who loves reading. No ads. No third-party tracking. No unnecessary distractions. Just reading. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

静静听书4 screens
Readova4 screens

Verdict

The call

静静听书 and Readova both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of 静静听书's written reviews are positive against 67% of Readova's. Readova's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. 静静听书 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Readova sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 静静听书 against 5.0 for Readova. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of 静静听书's written reviews are positive against 67% of Readova's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

静静听书 ships an update every 10 days, Readova every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
静静听书 versus Readova: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter静静听书Readova
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size304 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer文豪 魏俊 汪

Customer experience

静静听书

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative10.0%

Readova

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

静静听书

Subscriptions2
  • 月订阅3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • 年订阅3 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • 永久会员2 variants$12.99
3 purchases

Readova

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Readova Pro · Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is 静静听书 free?
静静听书 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Readova free?
Readova is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 静静听书 or Readova?
静静听书 and Readova are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do 静静听书 or Readova have ads?
Neither 静静听书 nor Readova shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 静静听书 or Readova?
静静听书 ships an update every 10 days, and Readova every 9 days. Most recently, 静静听书 was updated on November 9, 2026 and Readova on November 5, 2026.

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