Common Reader vs Yuedu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Common Reader
This app offers a unified reading and AI-powered analysis experience for various ebook formats. It allows users to ask questions about book content, automatically organize their library, and sync across multiple devices. Privacy is a core focus, with no proactive data collection.
- Supports multiple ebook formats (epub, azw3, mobi, txt, md, pdf)
- AI-powered questions about book content
- Automatic library organization with generative AI
- Cloud sync (iCloud, OneDrive, WebDAV)
- Fast full-library search
- Unified cross-platform interface
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- UI and interactions follow a carefully unified cross-platform logic and are built with native technologies for iOS and iPadOS. - Supports many ebook formats, including epub, azw3, mobi, txt, markdown, and pdf. - Supports nearly every ebook rendering feature, including vertical writing and RTL. - Listen with built-in system voices or AI voice models. - A high-performance, Metal-powered simulated page-turn engine offers an unparalleled visual experience. - Deeply integrates AI features for asking questions about books and automatically organizing your library with generative AI. - Supports cloud sync through iCloud, OneDrive, Google Drive, WebDAV, and more. - Provides fast full-library search across books, authors, tags, notes, highlights, and original text. - The app does not proactively collect any of your information. Your data is only processed by the model and cloud storage providers you trust.
Yuedu
Organize all your books in one place, regardless of their source. Explore, search, and manage your entire library seamlessly. Supports various file formats and offers advanced reading features like read-aloud and iCloud sync.
- Unified library organization
- Customizable Explore home
- Universal search across sources
- Multiple book source management
- EPUB, TXT, PDF, and comic support
- Read aloud functionality
- iCloud sync for progress
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Yuedu 3.0 is a major redesign: your books no longer live apart in separate sources. Everything is organised around the book itself, so you explore, search and manage it all in one place. EXPLORE, YOUR WAY ・Add, remove and reorder the sections of your Explore home, and keep several Home Configurations, each with its own photo ・Choose from many layouts — a top carousel, charts, category cards, collage cards, large-cover shelves and more — with a live preview ・Resume, next in series, featured collections and your library, one tap from reading SEARCH EVERYWHERE AT ONCE ・Your library, sources, OPDS and Calibre remote libraries, public libraries, Open Library and modules ・Results merged by book and grouped by kind, loading to the end on their own ONE BOOK, ONE PAGE ・Book Details: synopsis, contents, series, related books and book information ・Finds which of your enabled sources can read the book as soon as it opens ・Switch the source of an imported book: files, sources, remote libraries and modules are all versions of the same book CONNECT EVERYTHING YOU READ ・The Sources tab lists modules, sources, remote libraries and subscriptions together ・Official modules: public-domain books from Project Gutenberg and Aozora Bunko, and book data from Open Library and more ・Remote libraries: WebDAV, OPDS and Calibre ・Import EPUB, TXT, Markdown, PDF and comic archives; missing covers and descriptions fill themselves in MADE FOR LONG READS ・Native CoreText typesetting: stable pagination and progress you can trust ・Horizontal or vertical CJK text, paged or scrolling, ruby annotations ・Full-book search with regular expressions, bookmarks, highlights and notes ・Read aloud, and keep listening after you close the book ・iCloud sync for reading progress and settings This app does not include, recommend, host, or distribute copyrighted content sources. Users are responsible for making sure imported files, websites, feeds, accounts, and source rules comply with applicable laws, copyright requirements, and website terms. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Yuedu at 4.3 against Common Reader's 3.0. Yuedu also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Common Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days). On price, review sentiment, 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. Common Reader sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Yuedu sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Yuedu holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Common Reader's written reviews are positive against 88% of Yuedu's.
Common Reader ships an update every 2 days, Yuedu every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Common Reader | Yuedu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.3 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 87.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 天宇 高 | JUILIN CHANG |
Customer experience
Common Reader
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In-app purchases
Common Reader
- 1 Cup of Coffee$4.00
- 2 Cups of Coffee$8.00
- Lifetime Unlock$9.99
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- 4 Cups of Coffee$16.00
- Many coffees$32.00
Yuedu
- Yuedu Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yuedu Pro Lifetime$14.99








