Comparison

Vesper vs Easy_Reader

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

Head to head
About

Vesper

Features
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A calm, focused place to read your own EPUB and PDF books and keep a private journal of everything you read. Load your library, open a book, and the reader gets out of the way. Tap once to hide every chrome element so it's just you and the page. Highlights you save show up in a Quote of the Day widget on your Home Screen, so the lines that mattered come back to find you later. A reading buddy lives inside the book. Tap the chat button on any page and ask about what you're looking at — a phrase, a character, the historical moment, your own half-formed thought. A short answer appears beside the page. Useful for catching a reference, asking a question, working through a passage out loud, or when a scene just wants to be talked about. The journal half of the app tracks what you're reading, what you've finished, and what's still waiting. Build custom views with filters and sorts — Currently Reading, Finished This Year, By Genre, by anything you care about. Tag books with genres and subgenres, add notes, set reading status. It's a bookshelf you actually use. Features: • Read EPUB and PDF files from your library, iCloud Drive, Files, or anywhere on your device • Ask AI about the page you're on, without leaving the book • Save highlights and revisit them via the Home Screen widget • Track reading status, finish dates, genres, and notes per book • Build custom filtered views of your library • Multiple typefaces, adjustable size, and full theme control • Automatic Day/Night theme that follows local sunset • Private iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad — your data, your account • Designed for both phone and iPad Bring your own EPUBs and PDFs. Read at your pace. Keep the record. Terms of service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Easy_Reader

Features
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Easy_Reader transforms everyday documents into a focused reading room for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Choose thoughtful typography and atmospheric themes, then let Focus Flow introduce sentences or paragraphs at a comfortable pace. Natural narration, subtle motion, and optional soundscapes help the words feel present without becoming distracting. READ BEAUTIFULLY • Sentence, paragraph, and page-based Focus Flow • Carefully designed type, spacing, themes, and Liquid Glass controls • Adjustable reading speed, focus, margins, and motion • Optional rain, ocean, fireplace, and brown-noise atmosphere LISTEN NATURALLY • Automatic language detection with the best matching Apple voice installed on your device • Optional manual voice selection, pace control, and synchronized playback navigation FIND ANYTHING • Search by exact phrase, all words, typo-tolerant matching, semantic similarity, or regular expression • Navigate by contents, source or virtual page, and individually numbered paragraph • Jump straight from a search result to its exact place in the document READ AND REMEMBER • Add highlights, bookmarks, and passage-anchored typed notes • Write by hand with Apple Pencil or a finger on iPhone and iPad • Keep original handwriting or convert it to editable text • Export annotated PDF, Word, EPUB, RTF, HTML, Markdown, and text files BRING YOUR DOCUMENTS Import PDF, EPUB, Word, RTF, HTML, Markdown, text, and images. Scanned pages can be recognized on-device with Vision OCR. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your library, annotations, search index, reading history, and narration remain on-device. No account or sign-in is required. FREE TO START Read up to three documents with the core reader, narration, notes, bookmarks, and local library. EASY_READER PREMIUM Choose monthly or annual Premium to unlock unlimited imports, Smart Search, annotated export, and personalization. Eligible new subscribers can try Premium free for 7 days. Restore Purchases and Manage Subscription are available in Settings.

Screenshots

Vesper4 screens
Easy_Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Easy_Reader at none against Vesper's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Vesper sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Easy_Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Vesper versus Easy_Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVesperEasy_Reader
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperS TanLuke Mclaughlin

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Vesper

Subscriptions2
  • Vesper Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Vesper Premium Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Book Library Lifetime$24.99
None

Easy_Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vesper free?
Vesper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Easy_Reader free?
Easy_Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vesper or Easy_Reader have ads?
Neither Vesper nor Easy_Reader shows ads.

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