Sona Reader vs Audia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sona Reader
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Sọna is a reading platform for people who love to read. Buy and read books from a growing collection of African and international authors, or import your own EPUB and PDF library and read it right alongside your Sona books. Read online or offline—your books, bookmarks, highlights, and notes sync across all your devices. Your own imports now sync across devices. Choose your preferred storage option when you import, and the same book, page, and highlights follow you from phone to tablet. - Track reading with yearly goals and daily streaks - Organise your library into collections, and keep a wishlist for what's next - Follow your favourite authors and see who you follow, anytime - Read comfortably in light, dark, and black modes - Discover new releases, trending titles, and free reads - eARC Hub: request advance copies from authors, read early, leave reviews—all from your phone Whether you're building a library, chasing a reading goal, or reviewing advance copies for authors you follow, Sọna keeps it in one place.
Audia
Listen to your documents, books, and articles with natural-sounding voices. Customize reading speed, pronunciation, and use a sleep timer. Import various file formats and read offline.
- Natural neural voices
- Adjustable reading speed
- Customizable pronunciation
- Sleep timer
- Offline reading
- Import various file formats
- Library organization
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Listen to your books, PDFs and articles while you walk, commute or rest your eyes. Audia reads your text aloud on your iPhone or iPad, with natural voices and no subscription. READ WITH YOUR EYES OR YOUR EARS Choose from 10 built-in neural voices across 31 reading languages. Adjust the speed, follow the highlighted words, set a sleep timer and customize pronunciation. Organize your library in folders and transfer documents from your computer over local Wi-Fi. YOUR TEXT, NARRATED ON YOUR DEVICE Imported content can be read aloud offline, without uploading it to a speech service. Internet is needed to fetch web articles and download books from Audia Library. START FREE. UPGRADE ONCE. The free plan has a daily limit on premium-voice listening. Audia Plus is a one-time in-app purchase for unlimited premium listening, CarPlay, bookmarks, full-book search and M4A audio export. BRING YOUR BOOKS OR FIND A NEW READ Import DRM-free EPUB, PDF with selectable text, MOBI/AZW/PRC, TXT, RTF, DOCX, ODT and FB2, or paste text and web articles. Protected ebooks and image-only PDFs are not supported. Explore classics and Audia Originals in Audia Library. The library gradually grows with new titles. Books have no additional charge; your plan's listening limits still apply. Tap + to explore and start listening.
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Verdict
Sona Reader and Audia are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sona Reader ships an update every 10 days, Audia every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sona Reader | Audia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 242 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sona Books Limited | Leopoldo Manuel Romacho |
In-app purchases
Sona Reader
No in-app purchases
Audia
No in-app purchases
