Comparison

Librosy vs Booklip

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

Head to head
About

Librosy

A beautifully designed reader for iOS that supports multiple book formats. It allows users to highlight text, save quotes, and organize notes. Track progress on both digital and physical books with integrated tools.

Highlights
  • Supports EPUB, FB2, PDF, TXT, Markdown, HTML, RTF
  • Highlighting with color-coded quotes
  • Centralized saving of quotes, words, and highlights
  • Paper book tracking with timer and page counter
  • Smart library with auto-shelving and search
  • iCloud sync for progress and notes
  • Native iOS gestures and dark mode support
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Librosy is a calm, beautifully made iOS reader for people who read closely, not fast — and want to keep what their books leave behind. Any format EPUB, FB2, PDF, TXT, Markdown, HTML, RTF — one beautiful reader for everything you read. Highlights with color Long-press, drag, pick a color. Your quote is saved — and you can share it as a designed card on Threads, Instagram, or Telegram. Memory Everything you save from a book — quotes, words, highlights, bookmarks — lives in one place. Add a thought, or tag how it made you feel. Librosy brings it back to you later. Paper books Add a paper book: snap the cover, run a session timer and page tracker, follow progress in a Live Activity. Camera and photos are used only for the cover. Smart library Auto-shelves by folder. Search across books, quotes, and notes. Multi-select for batch actions. iCloud Sync Reading progress, highlights, notes, bookmarks, and saved words follow you between devices through your own iCloud. Book files stay where you put them — we never see your data. Native iOS Gestures, haptics, smooth motion, dark mode, OLED — done right. Ukrainian-first Interface in Ukrainian, with hyphenation and local typography. English included. Completely free. Every feature, for everyone — no subscriptions, no ads, no limits. Made in Ukraine by one designer-developer. Not a social network. Not a store. Not a page counter. Just a calm home for everything you read — and everything it gave you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://librosy.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://librosy.app/privacy

About

Booklip

This app offers a clean, distraction-free reading experience for your existing EPUB, PDF, and TXT files. Customize your reading environment with various fonts and themes, and listen to your books hands-free with built-in text-to-speech. Organize your library and track your reading habits.

Highlights
  • Supports EPUB, PDF, TXT, Markdown
  • Customizable fonts, themes, and spacing
  • Built-in text-to-speech with highlighting
  • Cloud integration (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive)
  • Library organization and management
  • Reading habit tracking
Features
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Booklip is a clean, distraction‑free reader for the books you already own. Import your own files, make every page look exactly how you like, and listen hands‑free with built‑in text‑to‑speech. **Read any format** Open EPUB, PDF, TXT, and Markdown files. EPUB embedded fonts are rendered faithfully, so even specially typeset books display correctly. Covers and images come through, and full Unicode support means Korean, English, and mixed‑language books all read beautifully. **Make it yours** Choose your font, size, line spacing, text color, and background — or pick from ready‑made themes for day and night reading. Includes Korean typefaces. Every book remembers its own look. **Listen, don't just read** Built‑in text‑to‑speech reads your books aloud with natural English and Korean voices. Adjust speed and pitch, follow along with on‑screen highlighting, and set a sleep timer to drift off. Auto‑scroll mode keeps the page moving hands‑free. **Find your place** Jump around with the table of contents, drop bookmarks, and highlight passages in four colors. Your reading position is saved automatically. Tap or swipe to turn pages, with a smooth slide or paper page‑turn animation. **Organize your library** Sort and group your books into folders, switch between grid and list layouts, and select multiple books to move or delete at once. See real EPUB covers at a glance. **Bring books from the cloud** Connect Dropbox, Google Drive, or OneDrive and import files directly — browse your folders, pick what you want, and read offline. Access is read‑only, so nothing in your cloud is ever changed or deleted. You can also paste a direct download link to pull in a single file. **Track your habit** See total time read, your day streak, and how many books you're reading or have finished. Everything stays on your device. No account required. No ads.

Screenshots

Librosy4 screens
Booklip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Booklip at none against Librosy's 2. Booklip also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Librosy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per year. Booklip asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Librosy against 5.0 for Booklip. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Booklip has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Librosy ships an update monthly, Booklip fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Librosy versus Booklip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLibrosyBooklip
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVitalii TrusKevin Park

Customer experience

Librosy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Booklip

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Librosy

Subscriptions1
  • Librosy Pro · Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Librosy Pro · Lifetime$39.99
None

Booklip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Librosy free?
Librosy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Booklip free?
Booklip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Librosy or Booklip?
Librosy and Booklip are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Librosy or Booklip have ads?
Neither Librosy nor Booklip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Librosy or Booklip?
Librosy ships an update monthly, and Booklip fortnightly. Most recently, Librosy was updated on October 17, 2026 and Booklip on October 20, 2026.

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