Comparison

Gutenberg eBooks Reader vs Auren

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

Head to head
About

Gutenberg eBooks Reader

Features
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Discover over 75,000 classic books, enjoy a comfortable reading experience, and build a daily reading habit with Gutenberg eBooks Reader. Explore timeless literature from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks, from beloved novels and mysteries to adventures, romance, science fiction, history, philosophy, and poetry. DISCOVER 75,000+ CLASSIC BOOKS Find great books by some of the world's most celebrated authors: β€’ Pride and Prejudice β€” Jane Austen β€’ The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes β€” Arthur Conan Doyle β€’ Frankenstein β€” Mary Shelley β€’ Dracula β€” Bram Stoker β€’ Jane Eyre β€” Charlotte BrontΓ« β€’ Wuthering Heights β€” Emily BrontΓ« β€’ A Tale of Two Cities β€” Charles Dickens β€’ Great Expectations β€” Charles Dickens β€’ The Picture of Dorian Gray β€” Oscar Wilde β€’ The Time Machine β€” H. G. Wells β€’ The Count of Monte Cristo β€” Alexandre Dumas READING FOCUS β€” BLOCK DISTRACTIONS Want to read more and scroll less? Reading Focus helps you protect your reading time. Select distracting apps on your iPhone, set a daily reading goal, and block access to those selected apps until you complete your reading goal. Spend more time reading and less time switching between apps. BUILD A DAILY READING HABIT β€’ Set a daily reading goal. β€’ Track your reading time and progress. β€’ Build and maintain reading streaks. β€’ Use daily reading reminders to make reading a routine. β€’ See your reading journey over time. A READER MADE FOR YOU β€’ Enjoy a clean, distraction-free reading experience. β€’ Customize fonts, text size, themes, and reading layout. β€’ Explore books by author, subject, and collection. β€’ Save books to your personal library. β€’ Continue reading where you left off. READ OFFLINE WITH PREMIUM Download supported books with Premium and enjoy reading even without an internet connection. EXPLORE CLASSIC LITERATURE Whether you enjoy literary fiction, detective stories, adventure, romance, philosophy, or poetry, discover books worth reading and authors worth remembering. Start exploring your next great book and make reading part of every day. Reading Focus requires a compatible iOS device and the necessary permissions. Book availability and public-domain status may vary by country. Some features require Premium. Gutenberg eBooks Reader is an independent reading app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Project Gutenberg or Standard Ebooks.

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Auren

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Auren turns books, documents, and saved pages into speech. Choose about 75 minutes of Auren Premium Voice each month or 15 hours each year. The annual allowance starts when an eligible free trial begins. Apple voices remain unlimited. You can also download Auren's on-device Kokoro voice pack, try the experimental Supertonic 3 voice pack, or paste an existing xAI, OpenAI, or Google developer API key for optional cloud voices. Build a listening library from printed pages, photos, pasted text, PDFs, EPUBs, text files, web links, and audio transcripts. Open any item, tap a paragraph to start listening, and follow the text as Auren reads. Auren also includes a maintained catalog of U.S. public-domain editions sourced from Standard Ebooks and a Discover feed limited to written articles from approved sources with a documented sharing basis. Other websites can be imported by link or followed through a personal RSS feed. With Auren, you can: - Listen with Apple voices available on your device - Use Auren Premium Voice, about 75 minutes each month or 15 hours each year - Download the recommended Kokoro on-device voice pack - Try the separately downloaded experimental Supertonic 3 voice pack - Paste an existing xAI, OpenAI, or Google API key for optional cloud voices - Scan pages and extract text from photos - Import PDFs, EPUBs, text files, web links, and audio - Discover verified written articles from approved public sources - Save articles locally for offline reading and listening - Create a branded Audio Card video and optional revocable listening link - Continue from the Home Screen with Auren widgets - Keep your place in every item - Adjust voice, speed, rewind, forward, and sleep timer - Read and listen in the same focused view You do not create an Auren account or sign in. Auren creates an anonymous installation identity on your device for online services such as translation, connected-provider narration, Gift a Listen, and support. The identifier and its 32-byte secret stay in ThisDeviceOnly Keychain storage. Auren stores only a hash of the secret and uses short-lived installation sessions. Auren Premium Voice sends each uncached passage through Auren's service for narration and tracks the period allowance. A Premium-only access token is stored in iOS Keychain. Premium audio is cached on the device and on Auren's service; private-import audio is owner-scoped. Optional connected-provider narration accepts an existing developer API key. For each uncached passage, Auren sends the provider key and passage through its Cloudflare service to the provider selected. Connected-provider audio is cached on the device. Auren does not create provider accounts or sell provider usage. Before translating an article, Auren asks for permission to send the article title and text through Auren's service on Cloudflare to Google Gemini. Do not continue with content you do not want processed off your device. Auren requires an Auren subscription for app access. In the US, Auren Monthly is $7.99 per month and includes about 75 minutes of Auren Premium Voice each month. Auren Annual is $59.99 per year and includes 15 hours of Auren Premium Voice each year. App Store pricing varies by region. Eligible new annual subscribers can receive a 7-day free trial with the full annual allowance available from its start. The monthly plan has no introductory offer. Each plan renews automatically for its billing period unless canceled in your App Store account. Apple determines trial eligibility and shows the offer and price before purchase confirmation. Privacy Policy: https://aurenreader.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://aurenreader.com/support/

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Gutenberg eBooks Reader4 screens
Auren4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Auren at none against Gutenberg eBooks Reader's shown. Gutenberg eBooks Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Gutenberg eBooks Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Auren sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Gutenberg eBooks Reader versus Auren: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGutenberg eBooks ReaderAuren
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsβ€”
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size78 MB49 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperVaneet Gupta21 Media

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Gutenberg eBooks Reader

One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$19.99
2 purchases

Auren

Subscriptions2
  • Auren Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Auren Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Gutenberg eBooks Reader free?
Gutenberg eBooks Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Auren free?
Auren is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Gutenberg eBooks Reader or Auren have ads?
Gutenberg eBooks Reader shows ads; Auren does not.

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