Comparison

Readova vs Leafary

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

Head to head
About

Readova

A focused eBook reader designed for a calm and simple reading experience. Import your own EPUB, TXT, and FB2 files, customize your reading environment, and utilize text-to-speech functionality. Track your progress and manage your library with cloud sync options.

Highlights
  • Supports EPUB, TXT, FB2 formats
  • Customizable fonts, themes, and spacing
  • Text-to-speech with adjustable speed
  • Hands-free auto-reading modes
  • Highlighting and note-taking
  • Reading statistics and progress tracking
  • iCloud and WebDAV cloud sync
Features
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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, PDF,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/

About

Leafary

Features
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Leafary 是一款简洁、纯粹的本地 TXT 小说阅读器。 我们不提供任何小说资源,也不内置在线书库。你可以自由导入自己的 TXT 文件,在一个安静、舒适的环境中享受阅读。 核心功能 本地导入阅读 支持导入 TXT 小说文件,所有书籍由你自行管理,阅读更加自由。 小说分类管理 支持对书籍进行分类整理,轻松管理不同类型的小说与文档。 多种阅读主题 内置多套阅读主题,支持亮色模式与深色模式,满足不同场景下的阅读需求。 深色模式支持 针对夜间阅读进行了优化,减少视觉疲劳,让长时间阅读更加舒适。 丰富的阅读自定义选项 * 自定义字体 * 自定义字体大小 * 自定义行高 * 自定义段落间距 * 自定义首行缩进 根据自己的阅读习惯,打造专属于你的阅读界面。 简洁纯净 没有复杂的社区功能,没有资源推荐,没有信息干扰。Leafary 专注于一件事情——让阅读回归阅读本身。 适合哪些用户? * 喜欢阅读本地 TXT 小说的用户 * 拥有大量小说文件收藏的用户 * 希望拥有高度自定义阅读体验的用户 * 喜欢简洁、无干扰阅读环境的用户 Leafary,希望成为你长期陪伴的私人书架。 导入一本书,安静地读下去。

Screenshots

Readova4 screens
Leafary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Leafary at none against Readova's 3. Readova's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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. Readova sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Leafary asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Readova ships an update every 9 days, Leafary every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Readova versus Leafary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReadovaLeafary
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer俊 汪俊锋 仝

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Readova

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Readova Pro · Lifetime$14.99
None

Leafary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Readova free?
Readova is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Leafary free?
Leafary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Readova or Leafary have ads?
Leafary shows ads; Readova does not.
Which is updated more often, Readova or Leafary?
Readova ships an update every 9 days, and Leafary every 5 days. Most recently, Readova was updated on October 29, 2026 and Leafary on October 25, 2026.

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