Wunder vs BeyondRead
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wunder
Organize your personal library of EPUB, TXT, and PDF files on a virtual bookshelf. Enjoy reading with annotation tools or listen to your books with read-aloud playback. Save and share highlighted passages as note cards.
- 3D virtual bookshelf organization
- EPUB, TXT, PDF file support
- Read-aloud playback
- Highlighting and annotation
- Note card creation from excerpts
- Bookmark management
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Wunder is an eBook reader for your own PDF, EPUB, and TXT files. Import your books into a quiet bookshelf and read on iPhone and iPad, or use read-aloud playback when you want to rest your eyes. Add bookmarks, highlight, underline, annotate, and collect excerpts as you read. Turn selected passages into shareable note cards, while your bookshelf, reading progress, and notes stay organized on your device. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app.notion.com/p/Wunder-Privacy-Policy-36b9645c47b680179361c6bb3be81b07
BeyondRead
This app is an EPUB and PDF reader that includes a library of over 20,000 public-domain classics. It offers AI-powered features to explain, translate, or discuss any sentence within a book, and can generate concise AI Digests of entire books. All reading data is stored locally for enhanced privacy.
- AI sentence explanation, translation, and chat
- AI book digests
- Library of 20,000+ public-domain classics
- EPUB, PDF, and MOBI support
- Local-first data storage
- Customizable reading experience
- Quote card creation and sharing
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BeyondRead is a local-first ebook reader for your own EPUB, PDF and MOBI files, now with a built-in library of more than 20,000 public-domain classics. Listen to any book in a lifelike voice, and keep reading from the exact sentence where listening stopped. Select any sentence and ask AI to explain it, translate it, or keep the conversation going in the context of the book. AI Digest turns a whole book into an article you can read in a few minutes. BROWSE (NEW) • More than 20,000 public-domain classics in over 40 languages, free to download and keep • Shelves of great books, browsing by language and genre, and a "Surprise me" pick • Search by title, author or subject, with several words in any order LISTEN (NEW) • Tap the headphones: the free System Voice reads any book on your device and highlights the sentence being read • Premium Voice: a lifelike female or male voice in 10 languages. Try 5 minutes of any book first • Reading and listening stay in sync: turn pages freely, then jump back to where it is reading or start from the page you are on • Say "Hey Reader" while listening to stop and ask about the book; the answer is read aloud • Speed from 0.5x to 2x, sleep timer, lock-screen controls; what you have heard stays on the device for offline listening, and the whole book can be downloaded • Premium Voice sends the text being read to our narration provider to generate the audio; the text is not stored READ • EPUB, PDF and MOBI (MOBI is converted to EPUB on import), on iPhone and iPad • Full-page bookmarks with notes; every book reopens where you left off • Quote cards in three styles: save them to Photos or share them • In-book search, table of contents, adjustable font size and background • Reading, bookmarks, quotes and search need no account ASK AI ABOUT ANY SENTENCE • Translate, Explain and Chat, with as many follow-up questions as you like • Only the passage you select and about 300 characters around it are sent, never the whole book • Translation, explanation and chat on the same passage merge into one highlight you can reopen AI DIGEST • Built from the title, the author, the real table of contents extracted on your device, and roughly the first 200 characters of each chapter • The full text is never uploaded; scanned PDFs and DRM-protected books cannot be digested • You are notified when a digest is ready PRIVACY • Books, bookmarks, quotes, reading positions and AI history live only on your device; our server stores no book content • AI can be switched off entirely, and then nothing leaves the device PLANS • Reading is free, and so is the public-domain library • AI features require signing in (Sign in with Apple) • AI translation is free and does not use your allowance (a fair-use monthly limit applies) • Free plan: 10 AI chats every month, plus 3 AI Digests to keep • Subscriptions raise your monthly chat and digest allowance. They renew automatically, are charged to your Apple ID and can be cancelled at any time in Settings; prices are shown in the app • AI Top-Up packs (new): buy chats and digests without subscribing. Credits never expire and are only used after your monthly allowance runs out • Premium Voice is bought per book and per voice, sized to the book's length (5 to 200 hours). It is a one-time purchase, not a subscription LANGUAGES • Interface in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German and Russian • The AI reply language can be set separately Questions or suggestions? Use "Report a problem" in the app or visit the support page. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ BeyondRead Terms of Use: https://beyondread.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://beyondread.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Wunder at every 2 days against BeyondRead's every 4 days. 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
Both are free to download. Wunder sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and BeyondRead sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Wunder ships an update every 2 days, BeyondRead every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wunder | BeyondRead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 336 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | 国城 林 | 章 刘 |
Customer experience
Wunder
BeyondRead
In-app purchases
Wunder
- Reader Member$2.991 Month
- Deep Listening$4.991 Month
- Wunder Lifetime$9.99
BeyondRead
- Plus Monthly$0.991 Month
- Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Max Monthly$8.991 Month
- AI Top-Up · Small$0.99
- Premium Voice · 5 hours$2.99
- AI Top-Up · Medium$2.99
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- AI Top-Up · Large$4.99
- Premium Voice · 15 hours$6.99
- Premium Voice · 25 hours$13.99
- Premium Voice · 50 hours$27.99
- Premium Voice · 100 hours$54.99
- Premium Voice · 200 hours$109.99









