Comparison

Star Document Reader vs Reed

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

Head to head
About

Star Document Reader

Features
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Star Readers is a smart, modern reading tool for people who want to read documents, e-books and text files with clarity and comfort. Use AI features to summarize texts and understand them even faster. Whether you open PDF, EPUB, MOBI, TXT, CSV, Markdown, JSON or log files, Star Reader brings many useful formats into one clean app and keeps the focus where it belongs: on your content. It turns your mobile device into a versatile, elegant reader for everyday use, study, work and personal reading journeys. Highlights: - Elegant, minimal reader design - EPUB chapter view with navigation - MOBI reading with chapter and section navigation for DRM-free files - PDF viewer with annotations and image export - Share PDF annotations as images - Read text, Markdown, JSON and log files - View CSV files as a table or raw text - Favorites and recently opened files - Automatic reading position saving - Adjustable text size, line height and font style - Light, dark and system theme modes - English and German language options - File explorer for supported local files on your device Star Readers is built for longer reading sessions, with calm colors, clear typography and an interface that stays out of the way. Open local files, return to important documents faster and read e-books, notes, logs or tables in one app. Ideal for: - E-books and long-form reading - PDFs with visual annotations - Local document collections - Markdown notes - CSV files - JSON and log files - Focused reading by day or night Supported file extensions: .txt .csv .md .markdown .json .log .epub .pdf .mobi

About

Reed

Features
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Reed is a calm, focused reader for the books and documents you already own. Open plain text, Markdown, and EPUB files and read them beautifully. โ€ข Open your own .txt, Markdown (.md), and EPUB files โ€ข Clean, typographic reading with light, sepia, and night themes โ€ข Adjustable font, size, margins, and page-turn style โ€ข Reading progress, bookmarks, and in-book search โ€ข Read aloud with text-to-speech โ€ข Reading stats and streaks โ€ข iCloud sync keeps your library and progress across all your devices โ€ข Smart text-encoding detection for older files No account required. Your library stays on your device and in your personal iCloud. Reed is free with ads โ€” remove them anytime with a one-time purchase.

Screenshots

Star Document Reader4 screens
Reed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Star Document Reader at none against Reed's 1. Star Document Reader also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Reed sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Star Document Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Star Document Reader versus Reed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStar Document ReaderReed
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDailyโ€”
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size41 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarkus StadiOh Hyeon Kwon

In-app purchases

None

Star Document Reader

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Reed

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Star Document Reader free?
Star Document Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Reed free?
Reed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Star Document Reader or Reed have ads?
Reed shows ads; Star Document Reader does not.

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