BookWave vs LiBook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BookWave
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BookWave is a simple, beautiful way to read and listen to EPUBs, PDFs, and scanned book pages—no accounts, no clutter, just your books. IMPORT OR SCAN YOUR BOOKS Add any DRM-free EPUB or PDF to BookWave, and it appears on your shelf in seconds. You can also scan pages from a printed book, turn them into text, and create your own EPUB. Your library is yours: organize books into folders and keep everything in one place. LISTEN TO ANY BOOK BookWave reads your books aloud with natural-sounding voices, entirely on your device. When available, words are highlighted as they’re spoken, so you can follow along or switch between reading and listening anytime. Playback continues in the background, so you can listen while walking, commuting, or with the screen off. EVERYTHING STAYS IN SYNC Your library, reading progress, highlights, and bookmarks sync privately between your iPhone and iPad through iCloud. Start reading a chapter on one device and continue from exactly where you left off on another. No registration, no accounts, no third-party servers. SAVE WHAT MATTERS Save important passages as highlights. Your highlights and bookmarks stay with the book across all your devices. TRACK YOUR READING See how much you read and listen each day, and watch your reading habit grow. 20 CLASSICS INCLUDED Start reading right away with a free built-in library of classic EPUB books—including Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Around the World in Eighty Days, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, and many more. PRIVATE BY DESIGN BookWave has no accounts and no tracking. Your books and reading data live on your device and in your personal iCloud—nowhere else. BOOKWAVE PRO Reading and importing books are free, and you can listen to every built-in classic at no cost. BookWave Pro unlocks listening for your imported EPUB and PDF books, along with detailed reading statistics. Monthly and yearly auto-renewable subscriptions are available. Each includes a one-week free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://minimapps.github.io/bookwave/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://minimapps.github.io/bookwave/terms.html
LiBook
Organize and read all your digital books in one app. Supports EPUB, PDF, and TXT files with features like character tracking, customizable reading settings, and text-to-speech. Easily navigate, bookmark, and search your library.
- Import EPUB, PDF, TXT
- Library and collection management
- Character tracking
- Customizable reading experience
- Text-to-speech playback
- Bookmarks and highlights
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LiBook is a personal reading app that brings all your ebooks together in one place. Import your EPUB, PDF, and TXT files, organize them into your library and collections, and pick up right where you left off. With support for table of contents, search, bookmarks, and highlights, you can easily find what you need—even in long books—and come back to it whenever you want. With iCloud, your reading experience continues seamlessly across your devices. Your books, highlights, and reading positions are stored in your own iCloud and stay in sync across devices using the same Apple Account. If a book isn't currently stored on your device, a download indicator appears on its cover, allowing you to download it whenever you need it. You can also download an entire collection in advance for offline reading. When you need to free up storage space, you can remove books from your device while keeping them safely stored in iCloud. Keep track of characters while reading novels and long-form books. In EPUB and TXT books, you can select a character's name and save it as a character card with your own notes and descriptions. You can also see where a registered character appears throughout the book, making it easier to keep track of characters in stories with large casts. Customize your reading experience to suit each book and your preferences. For EPUB books, you can adjust font size, line spacing, paragraph spacing, margins, themes, and more. For PDFs, you can configure screen fitting, scrolling direction, and page-turning behavior. When reading isn't convenient, listen to your books with TTS. LiBook supports play, pause, previous and next navigation, adjustable speech speed, and a sleep timer, so you can listen comfortably whenever you want. ### Key Features * Import EPUB, PDF, and TXT files * Organize your library and collections * Manage book covers * Sort collections by recently modified, newest, name, or number of books * Save reading position and progress * iCloud sync for books, highlights, and reading positions * Download entire collections for offline reading * Remove books from your device while keeping them in iCloud * Table of contents, search, bookmarks, and highlights * Character registration and character cards for EPUB/TXT * View character appearances throughout a book * EPUB reading customization * PDF viewing settings * TTS playback and sleep timer * Multilingual UI support LiBook focuses on the reading experience rather than complicated features. Import your books, organize them your way, pick up where you left off, and quickly find what you need when you need it. LiBook keeps the essentials of personal reading simple, clean, and comfortable. Partnerships & Inquiries [miriworksdev@gmail.com](mailto:miriworksdev@gmail.com)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LiBook at none against BookWave's 2. On price, update cadence, ads 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. BookWave sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. LiBook asks for nothing beyond the download.
BookWave ships an update every 6 days, LiBook weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BookWave | LiBook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.2 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 94.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nazarii Stefaniuk | JOOYOUNG MAENG |
In-app purchases
BookWave
- BookWave Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- BookWave Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
LiBook
No in-app purchases









