Comparison

Sutra vs Ficverse

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

Head to head
About

Sutra

Organize and read all your eBooks and comics in one beautiful, calm reader. Connect to self-hosted libraries, explore online catalogs, and customize your reading experience with various display options. Enjoy seamless progress syncing across devices.

Highlights
  • Unified reader for EPUB, PDF, CBZ, MOBI, comics, and manga
  • Connect to Kavita, Komga, Calibre, and OPDS servers
  • Customizable reading experience (fonts, themes, layout)
  • Organized library with Series and Collection views
  • Progress and finished-book sync across devices
  • Offline reading support for comics
Features
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Sutra is a warm, thoughtful home for every book and comic you love. Bring together your self-hosted library, your manga, your classic EPUBs, and those “just one more chapter” reads in one beautifully calm reader. Connect Kavita, Komga, or Calibre; explore any OPDS catalogue; or discover a new favourite from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks. READ YOUR WAY • Enjoy EPUB, PDF, CBZ, MOBI, fixed-layout comics, and manga in one place • Move through comics panel by panel, or take in the whole page • Read right-to-left manga and beautiful iPad two-page spreads • Make the page yours with fonts, text size, spacing, themes, auto-scroll, page turns, and Sutra-only brightness control A LIBRARY THAT FEELS LIKE HOME • Browse dedicated Series and Collection views, with Favorites always close by • Sort by Recently Read, Title, Author, or Date Added while staying in a familiar cover grid • Let Sutra recover missing Calibre series details and keep your library beautifully organised • Pick up where you left off with dependable progress and finished-book sync for Kavita and Komga BUILT FOR SELF-HOSTERS • Connect Kavita, Komga, Calibre, Grimmory, or another OPDS server • Stream comic pages from Kavita and Komga when available, or download for offline reading • Keep your highlights and reading progress with you across your Apple devices Sutra is free to enjoy for EPUB and PDF reading, with no ads and no subscription. Unlock unlimited CBZ, MOBI, and Komga reading once, and keep it forever.

About

Ficverse

Features
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Ficverse is built for reading and writing fanfiction from the series and films you love. Every fandom gets a real page: cast, characters, tags and stories in one place. DISCOVER • Editor's picks, trending stories and popular fandoms on your home screen. • Search stories, fandoms, characters and tags — find the tone you want by tag. • Jump from a fandom page to its characters and tags, and on to new stories. READ • A distraction-free reader: theme, typeface, text size and line spacing are yours. • Pick up where you left off — your reading position travels with your account. • Chapters you open are kept on device, so a dropped connection doesn't stop you. • Tags and content warnings sit at the top of every chapter, before you start. • Leave a comment under a paragraph and talk to the author and other readers. WRITE • Write stories and chapters in a rich text editor; drafts stay on your device. • Add a cover, order your chapters, publish when you're ready. • Release chapter by chapter, answer readers in the comments, grow your following. FOLLOW • Follow fandoms, authors and stories; get notified when a new chapter lands. • Like and save to your library; your history and current reads are one tap away. YOURS TO CONTROL • English and Turkish throughout. • Dark mode, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support. • Block users and report content. • Every story and chapter carries a General / 13+ / Adult label; adult chapters ask first. • Delete your account from inside the app whenever you want. You can browse and read without an account. Sign in with Apple or Google in seconds to write, like and follow. Ficverse is a fan community app: stories are written by users and are not affiliated with the rights holders of the source works. Fandom, character and poster data comes from TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Screenshots

Sutra4 screens
Ficverse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ficverse at none against Sutra's 4. Sutra's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Sutra sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Ficverse asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sutra versus Ficverse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSutraFicverse
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB13 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKoustav DasguptaBahadir Buber

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Sutra

One-time4
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
Show 1 more
  • Sutra Pro$6.99
None

Ficverse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sutra free?
Sutra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ficverse free?
Ficverse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sutra or Ficverse have ads?
Ficverse shows ads; Sutra does not.

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