Comparison

Bookhaven vs JustReader

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

Head to head
About

Bookhaven

Features
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Bookhaven turns your iPhone or iPad into a focused home for the books you already own. Import PDF and EPUB files in a few taps and see them appear on a clean bookshelf right away. Keep reading momentum with saved position and chapter navigation that make every return session simple. Bookhaven is built for people who read local documents, study materials, novels, and long-form references across different formats. You add files once, organize them into collections, and open any title with controls that help you read comfortably for longer sessions. **Bring Your Library Together** Import multiple PDF and EPUB files at once and keep them in one place you control. Bookhaven watches its local Documents folder, so newly added files can appear without extra setup. **Organize by the Way You Read** Create custom collections for topics, classes, projects, or moods to keep your shelf tidy. Long-press actions let you move books into collections quickly, so your next read is always easy to find. **Resume Without Losing Context** Bookhaven remembers your last page in PDFs and your last locator in EPUBs for each title. You can jump back in confidently and continue exactly where you left off. **Navigate Chapters Faster** Open the table of contents to move through chapters and sections without endless scrolling. Search and refresh tools in contents view help you reach the right section when you need it. **Tune Reading Comfort** Adjust PDF fit and scrolling behavior to match the way you hold your device. For EPUB, choose theme, font size, and scroll mode to create a setup that feels natural for your eyes. Import your next book into Bookhaven and enjoy a local-first reading experience designed to stay clear, calm, and dependable every day.

About

JustReader

A free, native reader for Mac, iPad, and iPhone that supports various file formats. It offers a customizable reading experience with multiple themes, fonts, and scroll options, plus on-device translation and no ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Supports EPUB, FB2, MOBI, HTML, TXT, RTF, DOC/DOCX
  • Customizable themes, typefaces, and palettes
  • Continuous scroll, paged, or two-page spread
  • On-device translation
  • Chapter navigation and in-book search
  • No ads or tracking
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JustReader is a free, native reader for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Open a book file and read it the way it should look โ€” one book at a time, no library to manage, no account, no ads. OPENS WHAT YOU HAVE EPUB, FB2, MOBI, AZW3, PDF, Markdown, HTML, TXT, RTF and DOC/DOCX (on the Mac), including inside ZIP and RAR archives. Chapters, footnotes and pictures come through, and the app works out the encoding by itself. Manga and comics in CBZ and CBR open as two-page spreads, and Japanese manga reads right to left. Chinese and Japanese books open too, old encodings like GB18030 and Shift_JIS included. Furigana sits above the kanji. THE FULL READING EXPERIENCE Nine typefaces and 41 themes across five palettes, plus Typewriter and Terminal. Continuous scroll, paged, or two-page spread. Real hyphenation in Latin, Cyrillic, CJK, Arabic, and Greek. Read Aloud with word-by-word highlighting. On-device translation โ€” nothing leaves your device. Chapter navigation, in-book search, an image gallery, and a fullscreen mode with multiple clock styles. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No analytics, no telemetry, no tracking, no ads. Files stay on your device. WANT YOUR LIBRARY TO FOLLOW YOU? ContinuousReader is the full version: an iCloud-synced library with your reading position to the exact paragraph on every device, bookmarks and notes, OPDS catalogs, reading statistics, folders, and more. Free.

Screenshots

Bookhaven4 screens
JustReader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JustReader at none against Bookhaven's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bookhaven ships an update monthly, JustReader every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
Bookhaven versus JustReader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookhavenJustReader
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”50.0% of reviews
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
Monetizationโ€”Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size12 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFishington StudiosOleksii Koshkin

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bookhaven

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Pro$4.99
None

JustReader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bookhaven free?
Bookhaven is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JustReader free?
JustReader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bookhaven or JustReader have ads?
Neither Bookhaven nor JustReader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bookhaven or JustReader?
Bookhaven ships an update monthly, and JustReader every 2 weeks. Most recently, Bookhaven was updated on November 5, 2026 and JustReader on October 31, 2026.

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