Codex Reader Early Access vs ComfyReader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Codex Reader Early Access
Organize and enjoy your existing digital books and audiobooks in one unified library. Seamlessly switch between reading and listening with synchronized text and narration, all accessible offline. Customize your reading experience with extensive options and device integrations.
- Unified book and audiobook library
- Readaloud synchronized text and narration
- Offline access to downloaded content
- CarPlay and Siri integration
- Customizable typography and playback
- Home Screen widgets and Live Activity
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Codex Reader turns the books you already own into one library you can read and listen to. Connect your own sources — Plex, Audiobookshelf, OPDS catalogs, and Storyteller — or bring files straight in from the Files app. Your EPUBs, M4Bs, and MP3 audiobooks all land in a single shelf. READ AND LISTEN, TOGETHER Readalouds keep the text and the narration in sync, highlighting each line as it's spoken. Switch between reading and listening whenever you like and pick up exactly where you left off. BUILT FOR iOS CarPlay for the drive. Siri and Spotlight to jump straight into a book. Home Screen widgets and a Live Activity for what you're in the middle of. Everything works offline once downloaded. MADE YOURS Choose your app icon, tune typography and playback to taste, organize shelves and reading lists, and follow authors or servers to hear about new arrivals. Codex Premium adds iCloud sync so your place in a book follows you between devices.
ComfyReader
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ComfyReader is a quiet place to read and listen. Pick a classic, settle into a scene of rain on the window or a crackling fire, and read, or let the book be read to you. A LIBRARY OF CLASSICS Browse 1,530 public-domain books from Standard Ebooks, carefully produced editions of novels, stories, poetry and nonfiction, from A to Z. Search by title or author, download in a tap and read offline. Every catalog book is free. YOUR OWN BOOKS Import your own DRM-free EPUB files and text PDFs from Files, the Share Sheet, or by drag and drop on iPad. PDF reading is in Beta: a Reader view reflows a text PDF for comfortable reading. LISTEN 25 catalog books come with a free audiobook, narrated by Storyteller, our own voice. Words light up as they're read and pages turn on their own. Any book can also be read aloud for free with Apple's voices, right on your device. NARRATE THIS BOOK Want Storyteller to read a book that has no audio yet, even one you imported? Narrate This Book turns any English book into Premium Audio with a single purchase priced by the book's length, shown before you buy. The chapter you're on is narrated first, usually ready in minutes, and the app shows when the rest of the book will be ready. Your audiobook downloads to your device, and Restore Purchases brings it back on your other devices. READER SCENES Eight scenes set the mood with a soft looping video and matched sound: Lodge Fireplace, Café, Rain on Window, Rain on Tent, Thunderstorm, Ocean Waves, Mountain Snowfall and Starship Bridge. Every scene's sound is free, and Lodge Fireplace and Café are free in full. SPOTLIGHT READING Follow an audiobook one sentence at a time: only the sentence being read, large and centered, with the rest of the page out of sight. MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN Designed for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo. Your library, reading positions, bookmarks and settings sync through your own private iCloud. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account and no sign-up. No ads, no third-party analytics and no tracking. EXTRA COMFY Reading, the catalog, imports, Read Aloud and the free audiobooks are free. The Extra Comfy subscription adds, on every book: • The video and visuals of every reader scene • Words highlighted as they're read, with pages that turn on their own • Spotlight Reading On the 25 books with a free audiobook, all of this is free for everyone. Extra Comfy is $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year in the US (prices vary by country), and starts with a 7-day free trial. It can be shared with your family through Family Sharing. Premium Audio for a book is a separate one-time purchase and doesn't need the subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://comfyreader.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://comfyreader.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Codex Reader Early Access at 16.4 against ComfyReader's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Codex Reader Early Access sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ComfyReader sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Codex Reader Early Access | ComfyReader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Cameron Green | Lane Fries |
In-app purchases
Codex Reader Early Access
- Codex Premium$6.99
ComfyReader
- Narrate This Book$10.99
- Narrate This Book$11.99
- Narrate This Book$13.99
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- Narrate This Book$16.99
- Narrate This Book$18.99
- Narrate This Book$23.99
- Narrate This Book$29.99
- Narrate This Book$34.99
- Narrate This Book$46.99
- Narrate This Book$59.99
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