Comparison

Volumes 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

Volumes

This app helps you track, rate, and reflect on the books you read, building a personal library. It offers personalized reading recommendations based on your history and can import existing reading lists. Discover new titles with a comprehensive book catalog and keep your reading life backed up.

Highlights
  • Track books read
  • Rate and reflect on books
  • Personalized reading recommendations
  • Import existing reading lists
  • Comprehensive book catalog
  • iCloud backup
Features
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Volumes is a reading companion for thoughtful readers. Track the books you read, rate them, and reflect on what stayed with you. Over time you'll build a personal library that becomes richer with every entry. Next Read — Recommendations that tell you why — Volumes draws on the books you've loved, rated, and written about to suggest what to read next. Every recommendation includes a short note explaining the connection, helping you discover books that genuinely fit your taste. Bring your reading list with you — Already keep a list in Notes, a spreadsheet, or somewhere else? Paste it in and Volumes will magically import it, matching each title with cover art and preserving your ratings and notes. Your library starts full, not empty. Your reading history, all in one place — Keep track of the books you've read, revisit old favourites, and remember what you thought years later. Notes and reflections are surfaced throughout your library, turning your reading history into something personal and lasting. A complete book catalog, built in — Search across more than 40 million books, with beautiful cover art and rich metadata. Quickly add books to your library without manually entering titles or authors. Yours forever — Your library is backed up to iCloud and stays private. A lifelong record of your reading life that grows more meaningful over time.

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

Volumes4 screens
Easy_Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Volumes at every 5 days against Easy_Reader's every 3 weeks. Easy_Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Volumes ships an update every 5 days, Easy_Reader every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 5 level
Volumes versus Easy_Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVolumesEasy_Reader
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJacob RuizLuke Mclaughlin

In-app purchases

None

Volumes

No in-app purchases

None

Easy_Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Volumes free?
Volumes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Easy_Reader free?
Easy_Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Volumes or Easy_Reader have ads?
Neither Volumes nor Easy_Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Volumes or Easy_Reader?
Volumes ships an update every 5 days, and Easy_Reader every 3 weeks. Most recently, Volumes was updated on November 10, 2026 and Easy_Reader on November 5, 2026.

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