Comparison

BeeReader vs JustReader

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

Head to head
About

BeeReader

This app transforms your Apple Watch into a portable e-reader. Import EPUB, PDF, or TXT files from your iPhone and read them directly on your wrist, even offline. Enjoy a distraction-free reading experience with customizable themes and text sizes.

Highlights
  • Import EPUB, PDF, TXT files
  • Read on Apple Watch
  • Offline reading capability
  • Digital Crown scrolling
  • Hands-free auto-scroll
  • Customizable themes and text size
  • On-device AI PDF cleanup
Features
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BeeReader turns your Apple Watch into a real book reader. Import a .txt, EPUB, or PDF on your iPhone and BeeReader sends it straight to your wrist — no account, no cloud, no data collection. Everything is processed on your own devices. WHY BEEREADER • Read anywhere — on a walk, in line, in bed — without reaching for your phone. • Works fully offline. Once a book is on your watch, you never need a connection. • Distraction-free: just your text, the way reading should be. FEATURES • Import TXT, EPUB, and PDF from Files, iCloud Drive, or any app via the Share sheet. • Digital Crown scrolling, with your reading position saved automatically. • Hands-free auto-scroll at a steady, adjustable reading pace. • Read-aloud on the watch itself — a built-in voice reads your book through the watch's speaker (or your headphones) while the page follows along. • A "continue reading" watch-face complication — tap to jump right back into your book. • Four easy-on-the-eyes themes (black, paper, sepia, and Night for a dark room) and adjustable text size. • On-device AI cleanup for messy PDFs — fixes broken line breaks and strips page headers. • An on-phone bookshelf re-sends any book to a new Apple Watch in a tap. PRIVACY FIRST BeeReader has no account and collects no data. Your books never leave your devices. The first few books are free. BeeReader Pro is a one-time purchase for unlimited imports — no subscription, ever.

About

JustReader

A free, native reader for Mac, iPad, and iPhone that supports various file formats. It offers a customizable reading experience with multiple themes, fonts, and scroll options, plus on-device translation and no ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Supports EPUB, FB2, MOBI, HTML, TXT, RTF, DOC/DOCX
  • Customizable themes, typefaces, and palettes
  • Continuous scroll, paged, or two-page spread
  • On-device translation
  • Chapter navigation and in-book search
  • No ads or tracking
Read full description

JustReader is a free, native reader for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Open a book file and read it the way it should look — one book at a time, no library to manage, no account, no ads. OPENS WHAT YOU HAVE EPUB, FB2, MOBI, HTML, TXT, RTF, DOC/DOCX (Mac), and their ZIP variants — with chapter extraction, footnotes, encoding detection, and embedded images. THE FULL READING EXPERIENCE Nine typefaces and 41 themes across five palettes, plus Typewriter and Terminal. Continuous scroll, paged, or two-page spread. Real hyphenation in Latin, Cyrillic, CJK, Arabic, and Greek. Read Aloud with word-by-word highlighting. On-device translation — nothing leaves your device. Chapter navigation, in-book search, an image gallery, and a fullscreen mode with multiple clock styles. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No analytics, no telemetry, no tracking, no ads. Files stay on your device. WANT YOUR LIBRARY TO FOLLOW YOU? ContinuousReader is the full version: an iCloud-synced library with your reading position to the exact paragraph on every device, bookmarks and notes, OPDS catalogs, reading statistics, folders, and more. Free.

Screenshots

BeeReader4 screens
JustReader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BeeReader at 50% against JustReader's 0%. BeeReader also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). JustReader's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BeeReader ships an update every 2 days, JustReader fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BeeReader versus JustReader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeeReaderJustReader
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYingtao GuoOleksii Koshkin

Customer experience

BeeReader

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

JustReader

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

BeeReader

No in-app purchases

None

JustReader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BeeReader free?
BeeReader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is JustReader free?
JustReader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BeeReader or JustReader have ads?
Neither BeeReader nor JustReader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeeReader or JustReader?
BeeReader ships an update every 2 days, and JustReader fortnightly. Most recently, BeeReader was updated on October 3, 2026 and JustReader on October 9, 2026.

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