FolioSpace Reader vs Persimmon Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FolioSpace Reader
This personal reading client allows you to browse, organize, and read your digital library. Enjoy comfortable reading layouts for books and comics, with optimized performance for large collections on iPad.
- Connect to FolioSpace Library server
- Browse and organize remote library
- Read EPUB, PDF, comics, webtoons
- Comfortable reading layouts
- Optimized for large libraries
- Local caching for comics
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FolioSpace Reader brings your personal EPUB books, local TXT files, PDFs, comics, and webtoons to iPhone and iPad. Read without a local book limit. Customize typography, use bookmarks and notes, and connect one FolioSpace Library server for browsing, search, reading progress, and offline downloads. On iPhone Duo, keep your bookshelf and book cover on the outer display. Open a book to full-screen reading on the inner display, with side-by-side pages in landscape and a single page in portrait. Unlock Pro with a one-time purchase. Pro includes page-turn animations, the full ambient sound collection, up to five saved FolioSpace Library servers, Calibre-Web and Komga connections, and Markdown notes export. No subscription is required. Core reading, accessibility controls, and your existing books and reading data remain available in the free edition. AI translation and bilingual reading are not included in this release. Terms of Use: https://foliospace.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://foliospace.app/privacy.html
Persimmon Reader
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Persimmon is a simple, focused ebook reader built around one thing: reading. The interface stays out of your way and leaves as much room as possible for the book. No annotations, no AI features, no clutter—just open a book and read. Page turns are carefully tuned to feel responsive and natural. They follow your finger, stay smooth through fast repeated swipes, and are designed for people who read quickly. You can also rapidly flip through pages, a bit like thumbing backward through a paperback. Your library and reading progress can sync for free through your own cloud storage, so there’s no separate Persimmon account to create. Just use your existing cloud drive and keep reading across devices. Your books and reading data stay on your device unless you choose to sync them. Even then, they go directly to your own cloud drive.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Persimmon Reader at none against FolioSpace Reader's 1. Persimmon Reader also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). FolioSpace Reader's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. FolioSpace Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Persimmon Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FolioSpace Reader against 5.0 for Persimmon Reader. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
FolioSpace Reader ships an update every 9 days, Persimmon Reader every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FolioSpace Reader | Persimmon Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 晓东 傅 | Qihang Yang |
Customer experience
FolioSpace Reader
Persimmon Reader
In-app purchases
FolioSpace Reader
- Lifetime Pro$6.99
Persimmon Reader
No in-app purchases
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