Comparison

EonBook vs Widget Reader

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

Head to head
About

EonBook

Features
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EonBook is a minimalist ebook reader built for focused, comfortable, and distraction-free reading. Designed for readers who prefer a clean interface and complete control over their reading experience, EonBook keeps the focus on your books—not on ads, feeds, or unnecessary features. Key features: • Support for EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, and PDF • Smooth page turning and scrolling modes • Two-page layout for landscape reading on iPad • Customizable fonts, text size, line spacing, paragraph spacing, margins, and alignment • Adjustable reading themes and backgrounds • Highlight, bookmark, search, and manage important passages • Organize your library with folders, tags, and custom metadata • Reading progress and detailed reading statistics • Bilingual reading support for multilingual ebooks • Local file management for a private, independent library • Optimized reading experience for both iPhone and iPad EonBook Pro unlocks additional customization, organization, and reading statistics features with a one-time purchase. Whether you read literature, history, essays, or personal documents, EonBook is designed to help you slow down, stay focused, and enjoy every page.

About

Widget Reader

Features
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Bring your own books into a quieter reading space. Widget Reader makes it easy to read a page, listen to a chapter, or enjoy a short passage from your Home Screen. • Import DRM-free EPUB, TXT, text-based PDF, MOBI/AZW, Markdown, HTML and FB2. • Choose files from your device, iCloud Drive or third-party cloud services enabled in Files. • Adjust fonts, text size, spacing, themes and page turns. • Listen with installed offline system voices, sentence highlighting and a sleep timer. • Save bookmarks, highlights and notes. Put your current book in a Home Screen widget. • Pro adds unlimited imports, organization, reading reports, advanced widgets, exports and optional private iCloud sync. Imported files are local copies; changes to the original do not update them. Export Google Docs to a supported format first. Scanned PDFs, OCR and DRM-protected books are not supported. Interactive widgets require iOS 17 or later. iPhone includes up to 10 unique books for free. Reading and library actions on iPad require Pro. Weekly and yearly subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled. Any trial is subject to App Store eligibility; see the purchase screen for current prices and terms. No app account or advertising. Books stay local unless you enable private iCloud sync. https://reader.jameshaoyu.com/privacy https://reader.jameshaoyu.com/subscription-terms https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

EonBook4 screens
Widget Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Widget Reader at none against EonBook's 1. EonBook's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. EonBook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Widget Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EonBook ships an update every 3 days, Widget Reader every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
EonBook versus Widget Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEonBookWidget Reader
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer海声 池浩宇 黄

In-app purchases

1 purchases

EonBook

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro$5.99
None

Widget Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EonBook free?
EonBook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Widget Reader free?
Widget Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EonBook or Widget Reader have ads?
Neither EonBook nor Widget Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EonBook or Widget Reader?
EonBook ships an update every 3 days, and Widget Reader every 3 weeks. Most recently, EonBook was updated on October 31, 2026 and Widget Reader on October 29, 2026.

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