Comparison

ScrollWizard vs Quill

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

Head to head
About

ScrollWizard

Features
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Your books deserve a better home. ScrollWizard is a full EPUB and PDF reader for people who care how they read -- not just what. Tune the type to taste -- font, size, line height, spacing, reading width, margins, alignment, hyphenation -- and override any of it per book. Speed-read with a built-in focus engine. No subscription, ever. Pay once, own it forever. READING, YOUR WAY -- 12 fonts including OpenDyslexic, with size, line height, and letter and word spacing -- Text alignment, paragraph indent and spacing, hyphenation -- Reading Width control sets your line length and centres the column on wide screens, plus top and bottom margins -- 5 built-in themes (Light, Dark, Sepia, Solarized Dark, Nord) plus unlimited custom themes -- Page-turn animations: slide, fade, or none -- Per-book overrides -- some books just read better in a different font -- A Lock Screen Live Activity shows your reading progress at a glance FOCUS READING (RSVP SPEED READER) -- Words appear one at a time at the pace you set, from 100 to 1500 WPM -- A focus mode: fewer distractions, one word at a time, your pace -- Adjustable word highlighting and a tunable pause curve -- Sentence navigation: swipe back or forward with full context -- Eases back up to speed after a pause, so you never lose the thread SPLIT READER (iPad) -- Two books side by side with a draggable divider -- Paragraph-proportional sync keeps both sides aligned -- Reference pane: open footnotes or an appendix beside the text without losing your place VOCABULARY & ANNOTATIONS -- Select any word for an instant dictionary definition -- Save words with their sentence and book attached, then export them to a flashcard file (Anki, TSV, or JSON) -- Highlight in 5 colors, with optional notes -- Export every annotation to Markdown, Obsidian, Notion, Logseq, or JSON -- no caps, no publisher limits -- Full-text search within any book YOUR LIBRARY -- Smart collections that sort themselves by your rules -- Browse free books from Project Gutenberg, ManyBooks, and Feedbooks, plus Standard Ebooks for Patrons Circle members -- Connect your own Calibre server -- iCloud sync for books and reading position, in a folder you can actually see -- Cover grid with sorting, filtering, metadata editing, and batch actions READING STATISTICS -- Daily reading charts with 7- and 30-day views, goals, pages, and time -- See how far you have come -- not how far you have to go No ads. No analytics. No feed pulling you somewhere else. No account to make. Just you and the book. The base reader is completely free. Advanced Wizard Mode -- the RSVP Speed Reader, the iPad Split Reader, and custom font import -- is a one-time purchase. No subscription. No recurring charges. One wizard, one price, forever. Reflowable EPUB and PDF. App available in 12 languages.

About

Quill

This application enhances your reading experience by providing AI-powered definitions, translations, and contextual explanations for any word or passage within your imported EPUB and PDF books. It offers instant insights to deepen comprehension.

Highlights
  • AI-powered explanations
  • Instant definitions
  • Contextual understanding
  • Import EPUB and PDF
  • Word and passage lookup
Features
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Quill is an ebook reader with built-in AI that helps you understand what you read. Import your EPUB and PDF books, then tap any word or passage to get instant definitions, translations, and contextual explanations

Screenshots

ScrollWizard4 screens
Quill4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quill at none against ScrollWizard's 1. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ScrollWizard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Quill asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScrollWizard ships an update fortnightly, Quill every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
ScrollWizard versus Quill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrollWizardQuill
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMerijn Douwes思涵 岳

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ScrollWizard

One-time1
  • Advanced Wizard Mode$4.99
None

Quill

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ScrollWizard free?
ScrollWizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quill free?
Quill is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ScrollWizard or Quill have ads?
Neither ScrollWizard nor Quill shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScrollWizard or Quill?
ScrollWizard ships an update fortnightly, and Quill every 9 days. Most recently, ScrollWizard was updated on October 27, 2026 and Quill on October 23, 2026.

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