Readova vs ReadRelay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
ReadRelay
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ReadRelay 把微信读书的书摘、划线、高亮和想法,同步到 Obsidian、Notion、flomo 浮墨和本地 Markdown。摘抄与批注按章节归档,进入你自己的知识库,方便持续做知识管理。 配置一次微信读书开放服务 API Key,即可直连官方网关,汇总书架藏书与读书笔记。也可以把已有笔记备份、迁移到 Obsidian、Notion 或 Markdown,不经过第三方服务器。 【核心功能特性】 • 全量书架即时汇总:自动拉取微信读书在读与已读藏书,批量统计每本书的划线、想法与阅读记录,按最近阅读活跃度智能排序。 • 划线与想法深度关联:精准提取高亮摘录、原文与个人想法,依照书籍章节脉络层次化排版,原文与思考一一对应。 • 本地优先与隐私安全:采用纯客户端原生架构,密钥与配置仅加密保存在本机钥匙串(Keychain)中。直连微信读书官方网关,不设中间服务器,不经过任何第三方,彻底保障阅读隐私。 • 多平台同步生态: - 本地 Markdown:标准纯文本规范,内置清晰的 YAML Frontmatter 元数据,离线可读。 - Obsidian 知识库:直连本地 Vault 目录,单书单档写入,完美契合双链笔记与知识图谱。 - Notion 数据库:自动映射书籍封面、作者、阅读进度,建立结构化个人阅读智库。 - flomo 浮墨笔记:自动将每条划线与想法推送为独立卡片 MEMO,打好书籍与作者专属双标签。 • 高度自由的同步模板:支持 Default、Minimal、Obsidian、Archive 等多种预置排版模板,各目标平台可独立绑定专属模板,自由定制导出排版。 【会员说明】 ReadRelay 的全部同步目标与划线海报模版均可免费使用,免费版每个平台每天可同步 10 条划线与想法,超出部分次日自动继续。升级 ReadRelay Pro 永久会员,一次性买断,即可终身不限量同步。 - 隐私协议 readrelay.pages.dev - 使用条款 https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Readova at 16.0 against ReadRelay's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Readova sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and ReadRelay sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Readova ships an update every 9 days, ReadRelay every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Readova | ReadRelay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 俊 汪 | 金苹 卢 |
In-app purchases
Readova
- Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
- Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Readova Pro · Lifetime$14.99
ReadRelay
- ReadRelay 永久会员$1.99









