Kravion vs Bare Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Kravion
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You read a lot. But what's left a week later? Kravion helps you keep the ideas that matter to you. Read, keep the one idea, and Kravion brings it back until it sticks. HOW IT WORKS โข Read a book (almost any book, by search or ISBN), then talk with Ethan, your reading partner, about what moved you. โข Keep the idea you want to remember, in your own words. Something Ethan said worth keeping? Save it as Ethan's line. โข Kravion asks it again as a short question: after 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month. โข Still know it? It comes back later. Not yet? It comes back soon. REMEMBER, DON'T REREAD โข Remember first, then reveal. Your own words show how close you were. โข Nothing comes? A hint, not the answer. โข Five ideas at a time, a few minutes a day. No endless feed. WHAT MATTERS FIRST โข A book's core ideas and your own line from the book ("My line from this book") come before side notes. โข See what sticks: the ideas you've kept and what's waiting now. YOUR NEXT BOOK โข One pick for your next book. REMINDERS AND START โข Reminders only if you want them, at most one a day. โข Free to start, no account needed to begin. In English and German. Keep what you read.
Bare Reader
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Bare Reader is a calm, distraction-free way to read your EPUB books on iPhone. No accounts. No ads. No sync nags. No feed pulling you away from the page. Just your library and your books โ stored privately on your device. Less than 5MB in size, Bare Reader is as lightweight as it gets. READING, THE WAY IT SHOULD FEEL Open a book and everything else disappears. A clean, paginated reading view lets you move through pages the way that feels natural to you: swipe, tap the edges, or use the on-screen page buttons. PRIVATE BY DESIGN LeafReader works entirely offline. Your books and your reading never leave your device: there's no account to create and no data collected. What you read is nobody's business but yours. Bring your own EPUBs and enjoy a reader that gets out of the way. Bare Reader is completely free to use. If you enjoy the app, you can optionally purchase a one-time license to remove the occasional support reminder. Purchasing doesn't unlock anything or change how the app works; it's simply a way to support ongoing development.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bare Reader at every 5 days against Kravion's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Kravion sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Bare Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kravion ships an update fortnightly, Bare Reader every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kravion | Bare Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 โ better | 16.6 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stefan Radic | Nathaniel Rayestu Abdulrachman |
In-app purchases
Kravion
- Kravion Premium7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Kravion Premium$34.991 Year
Bare Reader
- Support Development$1.99









