Comparison

Cinder Reader vs EPUB Player

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

Head to head
About

Cinder Reader

A modern, ad-free app for reading ebooks, comics, manga, and PDFs. Organize your personal library, import files from various sources, and customize your reading experience with flexible tools and appearance settings.

Highlights
  • Read ebooks, comics, manga, and PDFs
  • Import and manage personal library
  • Connect to content sources
  • Customize reader appearance
  • Track reading progress
  • Create highlights and notes
  • Organize with folders and filters
Features
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Cinder is a modern, ad-free reading app for ebooks, comics, manga, PDFs, web novels, and more. Build a library that fits the way you read. Import your own files, connect your preferred catalogs and personal content sources, organize everything in one place, and enjoy a clean, customizable reading experience across multiple formats. Features Read ebooks, comics, manga, and PDFs in one app Import your own files and manage your personal library Add and browse compatible catalogs and personal content sources Customize fonts, themes, spacing, alignment, and reader appearance Track reading progress and pick up where you left off Create highlights and notes Organize books with folders, filters, and library tools Discover new titles with built-in discovery features Sync with your Hardcover account to track reading progress and discover new books Designed for phones, tablets, and larger screens Built for readers Cinder focuses on a polished, distraction-light reading experience with flexible library management and deep reader customization. Whether you’re reading novels, graphic novels, manga, or documents, Cinder gives you one place to keep everything organized. Privacy-first by design Your library and reading setup stay centered around your own content, your own sources, and your own reading workflow.

About

EPUB Player

This app reads EPUB3 books with media overlays, offering synced audio narration and text highlighting. It also functions as a local EPUB reader with library management and customizable reading settings.

Highlights
  • EPUB3 media overlay support
  • Synced audio narration
  • Active text highlighting
  • Local EPUB import and library management
  • Customizable reading experience
  • Resume reading progress
Features
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EPUB Player is a reader built specifically for EPUB3 books with media overlays. Source code at: https://github.com/seedds/EPUB_Player If your EPUB includes media overlay support, EPUB Player lets you follow the narration with synced audio playback and active text highlighting. Tap spoken text to start from that point, jump by chapter, and resume from your last played segment. The app also works as a clean local EPUB reader for iPhone and iPad. Import books from Files, manage your library, restore reading progress, and customize the reading experience with themes, font size, line height, highlight color, and imported custom fonts.

Screenshots

Cinder Reader4 screens
EPUB Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EPUB Player at none against Cinder Reader's 1. EPUB Player also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). Cinder Reader's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, rating, 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. Cinder Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. EPUB Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cinder Reader against 5.0 for EPUB Player. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cinder Reader ships an update every 3 weeks, EPUB Player every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cinder Reader versus EPUB Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCinder ReaderEPUB Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB16 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJESSE LAMAR MARTIN石 邓

Customer experience

Cinder Reader

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

EPUB Player

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cinder Reader

One-time1
  • Cinder Pro Lifetime$8.99
None

EPUB Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cinder Reader free?
Cinder Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EPUB Player free?
EPUB Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cinder Reader or EPUB Player?
Cinder Reader and EPUB Player are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Cinder Reader or EPUB Player have ads?
Neither Cinder Reader nor EPUB Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cinder Reader or EPUB Player?
Cinder Reader ships an update every 3 weeks, and EPUB Player every 3 days. Most recently, Cinder Reader was updated on October 8, 2026 and EPUB Player on October 13, 2026.

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