Flumen vs kindphone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Flumen
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Flumen is a calm, private EPUB reader for people who like building a real library full of ebooks. Import your own EPUBs, download public-domain classics from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks, and keep everything organized in a library that feels made for reading. Covers, progress, metadata and collections all in one place, without ads or a social layer around your books. READ COMFORTABLY Choose from carefully tuned themes including Paper, Sepia, Night, and OLED Black. Adjust fonts and text size, then let Flumen remember your reading preferences for each book. The reader keeps the interface out of the way so the page can take the room it deserves. DISCOVER CLASSICS Search and browse public-domain books from trusted sources, preview book details, and download directly to your library. Explore authors, genres, popular classics, and curated rows without leaving the app. ORGANIZE YOUR LIBRARY Sort by recent, title, author, or progress. Create collections, use smart collections, rename books, track finished titles, and quickly return to what you were reading. READING PROGRESS THAT FEELS USEFUL Flumen tracks where you are, how much is left, and your active reading time. Optional goals, streaks, monthly summaries, and reading statistics help you understand your habits without turning reading into homework. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your library, settings, and reading history are stored on your device by default. Flumen does not use third-party advertising or analytics SDKs to track your reading. FLUMEN PRO Flumen is free to start with a 15-book library. Flumen Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks unlimited books, reading statistics, and private iCloud sync for your library, EPUB files, progress, settings, notes, and highlights across your Apple devices. Flumen is built for readers who want a quieter place for their books.
kindphone
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Kindphone turns your iPhone or iPad into a calm, paper-inspired reading space. Import your own documents and read with flexible typography, warm themes, and precise progress restoration. READ SCANNED PDFS COMFORTABLY Kindphone detects when a PDF contains selectable text and uses it directly. For scanned pages and images, on-device OCR extracts readable text without uploading your documents to external servers. OCR results are cached on your device so completed books do not need to be processed again. MULTIPLE FORMATS Open PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPG, PNG, HEIC and TIFF files. EPUB structure, paragraphs and available cover artwork are preserved whenever possible. A READER THAT ADAPTS TO YOU Choose font size, line spacing, typeface, margins, paper white, sepia or dark themes. Read with continuous vertical scrolling or a native page-curl experience. The interface supports iPhone, iPad, portrait and landscape layouts. ACCESSIBLE READING Use read-aloud with visual text tracking and playback controls. Kindphone includes descriptive VoiceOver labels, Dynamic Type support in controls, adjustable text size and spacing, high-contrast reading themes, and reduced-motion support. Highlights can be saved in different colors, titled, annotated, edited, and reviewed together with bookmarks. FIND YOUR PLACE AGAIN Kindphone saves your exact reading position, recent books, bookmarks and reading preferences locally. Switch between scrolling and page-turning modes while keeping your place. NAVIGATION TOOLS Search within a book, use bookmarks, browse detected contents and follow transcription progress for scanned documents. YOUR DOCUMENTS STAY YOURS Document extraction and OCR happen on the Device. Kindphone does not require an account to read. FREE WITH AN OPTIONAL AD-FREE UPGRADE The free version includes banner and interstitial advertising. A one-time in-app purchase removes ads permanently. No subscription is required. Kindphone: the warmth of paper with the flexibility of your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Flumen at none against kindphone's shown. kindphone's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Flumen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and kindphone sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flumen | kindphone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mathias Jaeger-Pedersen | agustin armando carreras |
In-app purchases
Flumen
- Flumen Pro$6.99
kindphone
- Ad-free version$4.99









