Readova vs AuraRead

Readova is a quiet, focused iOS eBook reader. Our goal is simple: make reading feel peaceful again. No forced sign-in. No built-in bookstore. No ads. Open your library and start reading. A Quiet, Fluid Experience Enjoy smooth scrolling, natural page turns, and carefully rendered text, images, and layouts. Open Your Books Supports EPUB, MOBI, AZW, AZW3, TXT, FB2, and other popular formats. Import local files directly without complicated conversions. Read Your Way Choose continuous scrolling or page-turning mode. Customize fonts, text size, spacing, and themes. Import your own fonts and look up selected words with the system dictionary. Listening Is Reading Too Listen while commuting, doing chores, or resting your eyes. Use system voices right away, or enjoy clear, natural narration with the high-quality offline voice engine. Follow along with sentence highlighting, adjust rate and pitch, set a sleep timer, and control playback from the Lock Screen or Control Center. You can also connect your own cloud voice service for more voice options. System voices and the offline engine can process text on your device. Hands-Free Reading Auto Scroll moves the page at your preferred pace. Timed Page Turns advance pages automatically. Sentence Mode reads one sentence at a time and continues onto the next page. Annotations and Notes Use highlights, underlines, wavy underlines, or strikethroughs in multiple colors. Add private notes to selected text. Reading Statistics Explore daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly statistics, including reading time, words read, streaks, trends, and focused hours. Organize Your Library Create categories, reorder books, pin favorites, and sort by title or date. Switch between English and Chinese on layouts optimized for different iPhone sizes. Continue Across Devices Use iCloud or WebDAV to sync your library, book files, progress, annotations, notes, and categories. Sync is optional and enabled only by you. Readova does not provide a public library or upload books to Readova servers. Upgrade to Pro Choose a Pro subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. High-Quality Offline Voices Generate speech on your device for natural narration without a constant internet connection. Cloud Sync Sync your library, files, progress, notes, and categories through iCloud or WebDAV. WebDAV Import Connect your own WebDAV service and import eBooks directly. 49-Encoding Detection Recognize Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and many other text encodings. Unlimited Library, Categories, and Notes Organize your collection and capture thoughts without limits. Custom Fonts and Sorting Import fonts and arrange categories by name, date, or drag and drop. Reading Insights View weekly, monthly, and yearly reading trends. The free version includes core reading, system text-to-speech, Auto Reading, basic encoding support, daily statistics, and annotations. Your Reading Stays Private Readova does not include a bookstore, distribute eBooks, or analyze your book content. Books and reading data stay on your device by default. If you enable iCloud or WebDAV, relevant data is synced to your own account or configured service. If you connect a cloud voice service, narrated text is sent to that service. System text-to-speech, Auto Reading, and the offline voice engine can run locally on your device. Made by an independent developer who loves reading. No ads. No third-party tracking. No unnecessary distractions. Just reading. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

AuraRead - Born for Serious Readers  A pure local novel reader that does not provide any content and focuses solely on creating the ultimate reading experience. Permanent use, no advertisements. Supports TXT and EPUB, dual end reading for iPhone and Apple Watch.  Privacy Protection: Only you have access to your reading world.  • Face ID application lock - automatically locked from the backend to the frontend to prevent others from browsing at will • Private bookshelf - Private books are automatically hidden and can only be viewed with Face ID unlocking, with one click locking at the top • Single book encryption - individually encrypted, requiring Face ID verification every time opened, with a lock icon displayed on the cover • Privacy function requires Face ID verification to prevent others from turning off protection without authorization 【 Page flipping and scrolling · Dual mode 】 • Simulated page flipping - Curling animation with gaps following the theme, visually flawless • Smooth sliding/no animation page flipping • Continuous reading up and down - seamless connection of chapters, as natural as sliding information flow, automatic memory position • Automatic scrolling - frees both hands, adjustable speed, manually dragged to pause  [AI Voice Listening to Books] • Multiple reading engines: system voice, offline AI voice package, optional online enhancement, both TXT and EPUB can read aloud • Offline synthesis does not consume data, models can be downloaded on demand, disk occupancy is clear at a glance • Reading progress is automatically saved, screen lock control, sleep timer  Deep reading and taking notes, leaving your thoughts behind.  • Long press to highlight words - highlight, take notes, search for words, read aloud from selected areas, extract and share cards • Highlight colors - support custom color selection in addition to preset color palettes • Note center - independent note page, classified by book, easy to search and filter • Note export - Markdown/TXT/CSV, take your thoughts away at any time • Bookmark management - add bookmarks, bookmark list quick navigation  【 Bookshelf and Classification 】 • Two level classification management - create/rename/delete categories, book one click archiving • Multiple selection batch operation, batch move to specified categories, batch import directly into the folder • Sorting - Recent Reading/Add Time/Reading Progress/Book Title • Bookshelf search, three column grid cover wall, cover displays reading progress  【 Multiple import methods 】 • File App import, supports batch selection • Wi Fi web page upload - open web page in computer browser and drag and drop upload • WebMAV - directly connect to services such as Nut Cloud and Synology • SMB - connect to computer or NAS shared folders • Calibre Library (OPDS) - browse and download • System sharing import - import from other apps by sharing  【 Layout tuning 】 • Font, size, line spacing, spacing, page margin, and top and bottom margins are fully adjustable for real-time preview • Built in exquisite fonts, supporting the import of custom font files • Text color, background color, built-in texture, album background image • Custom book cover, setting exclusive covers for each book from the album  [Apple Watch Independent Reading] • Offline reading, no need to bring an iPhone when going out • Reading progress is automatically synchronized in both directions • Watch bookshelf, multiple books can be freely switched  [Multi device synchronization] • iCloud synchronizes reading progress, bookmarks, and highlighted notes for free • The synchronization status is visible in real-time, and the switch is controlled by you