Comparison

阅微 vs PillowBook Reader

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

Head to head
About

阅微

This app is a personalized reading companion that supports EPUB and TXT formats. It offers cloud synchronization with popular services, customizable reading settings, and features like smart bookmarks and reading statistics to enhance your experience.

Highlights
  • EPUB and TXT format support
  • Cloud drive synchronization (Baidu, Alibaba, 115)
  • Customizable fonts, sizes, and themes
  • Dark mode and wallpaper options
  • Smart bookmarking
  • Reading statistics and progress tracking
  • Book reviews and community interaction
Features
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不积跬步,无以至千里 —— 阅微,您的专属阅读伴侣 核心功能: - 多格式支持 :完美支持 EPUB、TXT主流电子书格式 - 云盘同步 :支持百度网盘、阿里云盘、115网盘,书籍资源安全备份与跨设备同步 - 个性化阅读 :支持多种字体、字号、行高、边距自定义,深色模式、壁纸主题 - 智能书签 :下拉添加书签,轻松标记阅读进度 - 阅读统计 :记录阅读时长、读过的书籍,见证阅读成长 - 书评互动 :支持评分、点评,与书友分享阅读感悟

About

PillowBook Reader

A local-first TXT and EPUB reader designed for comfortable, personalized reading. Enjoy a clean interface, customizable reading settings, and text-to-speech functionality without ads or account requirements. Manage your personal library offline.

Highlights
  • Customizable reading interface
  • Adjustable font, spacing, and themes
  • Horizontal/vertical text support
  • Multiple page-turning options
  • System text-to-speech integration
  • Offline library management
  • Import via Files or Wi-Fi sharing
Features
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Read your own books, quietly and comfortably PillowBook is a local-first reader for TXT and EPUB, designed to make long reading sessions feel calm and personal. No account is required, there are no ads, and you don’t need to upload your books to the developer’s servers. Your books, reading position, bookmarks, and reading history are stored on your device by default, so you can keep reading offline. MAKE IT YOUR READING SPACE • Enjoy a clean, comfortable interface that keeps the focus on your books • Choose light, dark, or system appearance, change accent colors, and pick an app icon to match your mood • Select a reading palette, adjust page brightness, or use your own image as the reading background • Fine-tune fonts, text size, character spacing, line spacing, paragraph spacing, and margins READ YOUR WAY • Switch between horizontal and vertical text • Turn pages, scroll continuously, use a lifelike page curl, or let pages advance automatically • Thoughtful multilingual typesetting with support for ruby text, footnotes, and EPUB images • Enjoy two-page reading in landscape on iPad, like an open book LISTEN WHEN YOUR EYES NEED A BREAK • Read aloud with system voices on iPhone and iPad • Voices already downloaded to your device can work offline • Choose a voice, adjust the speed, and set a sleep timer • Listening stays in sync with the text, so you return to the same place KEEP YOUR LIBRARY YOURS • Import TXT and EPUB from Files, the share sheet, or a browser on the same Wi-Fi • Automatically detect common text encodings and chapter structure • Track reading progress and time, add bookmarks, and search entire books • Favorite or archive books; protect the Vault entrance with Face ID or your device passcode • Multilingual interface support PillowBook does not provide or sell ebooks, and it does not support DRM-protected EPUB files. Please import only files you have the right to use. The free version can store up to five books in the library. If you need more, a one-time purchase unlocks Unlimited Library. No subscription.

Screenshots

阅微4 screens
PillowBook Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PillowBook Reader at none against 阅微's 3. PillowBook Reader also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, ads, monetization model 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. 阅微 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. PillowBook Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
阅微 versus PillowBook Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter阅微PillowBook Reader
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.218.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB111 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZhenDong Technology Co, LtdHAO GONG

Customer experience

阅微

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

PillowBook Reader

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

阅微

One-time3
  • 青士 · 30天$0.99
  • 青士 · 365天$8.99
  • 翠微青士$19.99
None

PillowBook Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 阅微 free?
阅微 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PillowBook Reader free?
PillowBook Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 阅微 or PillowBook Reader have ads?
Neither 阅微 nor PillowBook Reader shows ads.

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