Flumen vs BeyondRead

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.

BeyondRead is a local-first ebook reader for your own EPUB, PDF and MOBI files, now with a built-in library of more than 20,000 public-domain classics. Select any sentence and ask AI to explain it, translate it, or keep the conversation going in the context of the book. AI Digest turns a whole book into an article you can read in a few minutes. BROWSE (NEW) • More than 20,000 public-domain classics in over 40 languages, free to download and keep • Shelves of great books, browsing by language and genre, and a "Surprise me" pick • Search by title, author or subject, with several words in any order READ • EPUB, PDF and MOBI (MOBI is converted to EPUB on import), on iPhone and iPad • Full-page bookmarks with notes; every book reopens where you left off • Quote cards in three styles: save them to Photos or share them • In-book search, table of contents, adjustable font size and background • Reading, bookmarks, quotes and search need no account ASK AI ABOUT ANY SENTENCE • Translate, Explain and Chat, with as many follow-up questions as you like • Only the passage you select and about 300 characters around it are sent, never the whole book • Translation, explanation and chat on the same passage merge into one highlight you can reopen AI DIGEST • Built from the title, the author, the real table of contents extracted on your device, and roughly the first 200 characters of each chapter • The full text is never uploaded; scanned PDFs and DRM-protected books cannot be digested • You are notified when a digest is ready PRIVACY • Books, bookmarks, quotes, reading positions and AI history live only on your device; our server stores no book content • AI can be switched off entirely, and then nothing leaves the device PLANS • Reading is free, and so is the public-domain library • AI features require signing in (Sign in with Apple) • AI translation is free and does not use your allowance (a fair-use monthly limit applies) • Free plan: 10 AI chats every month, plus 3 AI Digests to keep • Subscriptions raise your monthly chat and digest allowance. They renew automatically, are charged to your Apple ID and can be cancelled at any time in Settings; prices are shown in the app • AI Top-Up packs (new): buy chats and digests without subscribing. Credits never expire and are only used after your monthly allowance runs out LANGUAGES • Interface in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German and Russian • The AI reply language can be set separately Questions or suggestions? Use "Report a problem" in the app or visit the support page. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ BeyondRead Terms of Use: https://beyondread.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://beyondread.app/privacy