Idyllic Reader vs Anyview
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idyllic Reader
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Idyllic is a reader for ebooks and comics with support for common formats. — FEATURES — Formats Supported EPUB, PDF, TXT, RTF for books. CBZ, CBR, CB7 for comics. WiFi Transfer Send books from your computer over local WiFi using your browser. Webtoon scroll Continuous scroll mode for manga and comics. Reading customisation Adjust font, size, line spacing, and theme. Light, sepia, and dark modes. Paginated, page-flip, or continuous scroll layouts. Library organisation Tags, shelves, favourites, series stacks, and full-text search. Bookmarks and highlights for every book. Read Aloud Text-to-speech using built-in system voices. Background playback supported.
Anyview
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Comics and books in one app. Free, with no ads. No unzipping required. Anyview opens zip, cbz, cbr and rar archives as they are, and folds a folder of loose images into a single volume. Your txt, epub, mobi, fb2, pdf and hwp files sit in the same library. ■ FREE, ALWAYS · Every feature is free. Nothing is locked · No ads, no subscription, no trial period · No in-app purchases of any kind ■ FORMATS · Comics — zip, cbz, cbr, rar · Images — png, jpg, gif, webp, heic and more · E-books — epub, mobi, azw3, fb2 · Text — txt, html · Documents — pdf, hwp, hwpx ■ READING COMICS · Page turn — Page Curl, Slide, Instant, or Continuous Scroll · Left-to-right or right-to-left reading · Two pages, split wide pages, trim edges · Invert colors · Auto-Turn at an interval you choose · Carry on into the next volume when one ends ■ READING TEXT · Three themes (White, Ivory, Night) with Light, Dark or Match Screen Mode · Adjust typeface, text size, line, letter and word spacing, and side margins · Add your own font files · Auto-format paragraphs in text with broken line breaks · Contents, bookmarks, and search within the book (with recent searches) · Jump back with ↶ after moving by contents or search ■ LISTENING · Text is read aloud · Speed from 0.5x to 2x · Sleep timer — 15, 30 or 60 minutes · Keeps reading with the screen off or in another app, with Lock Screen controls ■ ADDING FILES · Wi-Fi Transfer — open the address shown on screen in your computer's browser and drop files in. No cable needed · Files app, share sheet from other apps, or paste · Drag and drop on iPad ■ HIDDEN FOLDER · Hide books and folders you would rather not show, and bring them back with Face ID ■ WHERE YOU LEFT OFF · Every book reopens at the page you stopped on ■ NO ACCOUNT, NO SERVER · No sign-up · Your books stay on your device. Nothing is collected · Works without an internet connection (Wi-Fi Transfer stays within your own network)
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Verdict
Idyllic Reader and Anyview are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Idyllic Reader | Anyview |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jia De Cheok | Jaehyun Shin |
In-app purchases
Idyllic Reader
No in-app purchases
Anyview
No in-app purchases







