Comparison

Starlit vs EPUB Reader

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

Head to head
About

Starlit

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Starlit helps you conquer that one book you’ve always meant to read but put down at the knowledge gap. It closes that gap — turning difficult passages into trails of discovery while keeping you inside the text. FEATURES - Reader: EPUB books (PDFs and images are not yet supported) - Assist: Context-aware explanation for any text selected - Speech: Pronounce selected text in your choice of voice - History: Automatically saves all your AI lookups & narrations

About

EPUB Reader

This app allows you to import and read your DRM-free ebook files locally. It supports various formats and offers customizable reading settings for a personalized offline experience. You can also search, highlight, and annotate your books.

Highlights
  • Import DRM-free EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, FB2, TXT
  • Offline reading with no account
  • Customizable text and themes
  • Full-book search and highlighting
  • Chapter navigation and progress tracking
  • Export notes and highlights
Features
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EPUB Reader is an epub reader for the books you already own. Import your DRM-free EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, FB2 and TXT files into one local ebook library and read them offline, with no account and nothing uploaded. An ebook reader that takes the file as it is. EPUB reflows to your settings. DRM-free MOBI, AZW, AZW3 and PRC open directly, with AZW3 read from its KF8 layer for better typography. FB2 arrives as .fb2, .fb2.zip or .fbz, and TXT is decoded as UTF-8 or GBK, with a long chapterless file split into chapters you can navigate. The format is read from the contents of the file, so a book that lost its extension in mail still opens; what will not open is reported as unsupported or damaged. Reading is paginated, not an endless scroll: tap a side of the page or swipe. The contents list opens on the chapter you are in, the bottom bar carries the chapter name, page X of Y and your percentage through the book, and the progress bar jumps only when you let go. A reopened book starts on the page you left. Search the whole book from two characters up. Every hit arrives with its chapter name and the words around it; tap one and the reader lands there with the match highlighted. Highlight any passage in one of four colors, attach a note or copy it. Bookmarks, highlights and notes share one panel and export as plain text. Type size, page brightness, justified or left-aligned text and the light, sepia and dark paper themes are all free, night reading included. Every pixel of the reader follows the paper theme, and a book's own CSS cannot turn sepia or dark into dark text on a dark page. Offline books are the normal case here, not a mode you switch on: on a plane, in the subway, in a dead zone on the highway, the library and the book behave the same. At night the dark paper theme and the brightness slider let you read beside someone who is asleep. Studying, you highlight what matters, write your thought next to it, then export chapter, progress, passage and note into your notes app. Most of what sits beside this app in search is a different product. Content platforms hand you a catalog and want you signed in. Converters turn one format into another. Borrowing apps need a library card. Read-aloud apps are built around a voice. This one opens the files that are already yours and stays out of the way. • Open DRM-free EPUB, MOBI, AZW, AZW3, PRC, FB2 and TXT files • Format read from file contents, even with a wrong extension • TXT in UTF-8 or GBK, long files split into navigable chapters • Import several files in one go and get a single summary • Ebook library as a cover grid, three to six columns • Search by title or author, filter by reading, not started or finished • Sort by recently read, recently added, title or author to organize the shelf • Continue Reading card for the book you had open last • Page turns by tap or swipe, with a draggable progress bar • Contents list, chapter name, page X of Y and whole-book percentage • Full-book search with chapter name and context per hit • Four highlight colors, notes and copy from the selection bar • Bookmarks, highlights and notes in one panel, exportable as text • Line spacing, page margins and font family (Pro) Your books and your reading position stay in this app's storage on the device: no account, no sync, no record of what you read. To be clear about the edges: no PDF, no comic archives, no DOC or CHM, no conversion between formats, no way into books locked by another store's DRM, no text-to-speech, no audiobooks, no translation, no dictionary. The free library holds three books; EPUB Reader Pro lifts that limit and unlocks line spacing, page margins and font family. Bring your own files, drop them in and start reading. Terms of Use: https://zeroplay.io/docs/legal/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://zeroplay.io/docs/legal/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Starlit4 screens
EPUB Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Starlit at none against EPUB Reader's shown. Starlit also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). EPUB Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Starlit sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and EPUB Reader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Starlit ships an update fortnightly, EPUB Reader every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Starlit versus EPUB Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarlitEPUB Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB104 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJiayi LiuZeroPlay Ltd.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Starlit

One-time5
  • 100 TTS Credits$0.99
  • 1,000 Lookups$1.99
  • 2,000 Lookups$2.99
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  • 300 TTS Credits$2.99
  • 1,500 Lookups + 150 TTS$2.99
2 purchases

EPUB Reader

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Monthly3 Days trial$14.991 Month

Questions

Is Starlit free?
Starlit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EPUB Reader free?
EPUB Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Starlit or EPUB Reader have ads?
EPUB Reader shows ads; Starlit does not.
Which is updated more often, Starlit or EPUB Reader?
Starlit ships an update fortnightly, and EPUB Reader every 2 months. Most recently, Starlit was updated on November 5, 2026 and EPUB Reader on October 31, 2026.

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