EverReed vs SlowRead
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EverReed
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EverReed is your personalized reading companion for tracking series, organizing your library, finding books that fit your taste, and reading your own books. Keep your reading life in one place — from deciding what to read next to following a series, managing your TBR, and reading EPUB or PDF books. PERSONALIZED BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Get recommendations shaped by the books you finish, rate, save, reread, and drop. EverReed looks beyond genre to understand patterns in your reading taste, including pacing, tone, mood, themes, character focus, worldbuilding, romance level, and more. Taste DNA and Reader Insights help explain why a book may fit you and what kind of reading experience to expect. TRACK EVERY SERIES • See books in reading order • Track your progress across a series • See what comes next • Follow upcoming releases • Get release reminders for books you care about • Discover other series that fit your taste ORGANIZE YOUR READING LIBRARY • Track books as reading, finished, paused, dropped, rereading, or want to read • Create shelves and organize your TBR • Record ratings, notes, reviews, progress, and reading dates • View reading statistics, milestones, and wrap-ups • Import your Goodreads library SEARCH THE WAY READERS THINK Search by title, author, or series — or describe the mood, theme, pacing, setting, or kind of reading experience you want. READ YOUR OWN BOOKS Open EPUB and PDF files inside EverReed with reading progress, bookmarks, highlights, annotations, search, and reading controls. CONNECT YOUR PERSONAL EBOOK LIBRARY Connect compatible OPDS, Calibre, Kavita, or Komga libraries and access your own collection from EverReed. READ TOGETHER Create or join reading Rooms, share progress updates, react to posts, discuss books with spoiler protection, and keep a shared room TBR. YOUR READING LIFE, IN ONE PLACE EverReed is built for readers who want better recommendations, easier series tracking, a more organized library, and more control over what they read next. Privacy Policy: https://everreed.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
SlowRead
This app helps you build a visually appealing digital bookshelf and encourages focused reading sessions by blocking distracting apps. Track your reading progress, organize your library, and create a personalized reading ritual.
- Customizable 2.5D digital bookshelf
- Distraction-blocking focus sessions
- Reading streak tracking
- TBR and library organization
- Effortless book addition (scan, search, photo)
- Import from Goodreads (CSV)
- Private, local-first library
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SlowRead is the book tracker with a bookshelf you will want to show off. Every book you read stands on your own shelf, with its real spine and cover. Keep your TBR, your reading journal and your reading log in one place, and share your bookshelf on BookTok and Instagram. YOUR BOOKSHELF • Every book stands on the shelf as a spine or as a cover. • Photograph your own copy to show its real spine, cover and sprayed edges, or use a photo another reader already shared. • Arrange your books by hand, lay them flat in piles and keep a series together. • Decorate with plants, candles, lights and more, and pick a theme for the wall and the wood. • Share a picture of your bookcase to your Stories on TikTok or Instagram. • Get a public profile at slowreadapp.com/@you with the bookcases you choose to show. BOOK CLUBS • Create a club or join one and read the same book together. • Talk in a channel for each part of the book, so nobody spoils what comes next. • Hide the parts of a message that are spoilers. • Vote on the club's next book. YOUR READING YEAR • Monthly and yearly wrap ups: cards to swipe through and share. • Your reader type, worked out from the books you finish. • A yearly reading challenge, and your year next to the last one. • Stats for pages, time and books, your reading speed and your top genres. • A reading streak, with past days you can fill in by hand. TRACKING WITHOUT EFFORT • Search millions of books or scan the barcode to add one in seconds. • Import your library from Goodreads, The StoryGraph, Bookmory, Fable or Libib. • Paperback, ebook and audiobook, even for the same book. • Track library loans with the due date and a reminder the day before. • Series grouped together, with your progress through each one. • Notes, quotes scanned from the page with your camera, and characters with a portrait and their relationships. • Half star ratings, rereads and did not finish. WIDGETS • Your bookshelf, what you are reading, your streak, your challenge and a daily quote on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. READING SESSIONS • Start a timed session from any book and log the page where you stop. • If you want, block the apps that distract you while you read, with Screen Time. All features described above require a subscription. A free trial is included, so you can try everything before paying. TERMS: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EverReed at none against SlowRead's 4. EverReed also leads on ads (none vs shown). SlowRead's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and chart position (#30 vs unranked). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. SlowRead sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.39 per 7 days. EverReed asks for nothing beyond the download.
EverReed ships an update monthly, SlowRead every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EverReed | SlowRead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (793 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 25.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 793 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #30 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meysam Gharib khani | Adrian Martinez Moreno |
In-app purchases
EverReed
No in-app purchases
SlowRead
- Premium Weekly$8.397 Days
- Premium Annual Offer$32.991 Year
- Premium Annual3 Days trial$44.991 Year
- Lifetime access to Slowread$149.99









