Comparison

Melo vs Mong Reader

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

Head to head
About

Melo

Features
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Melo is an EPUB reader that responds to the story you're reading. As you read, Melo scores the emotional tone of each paragraph on your device and gently shifts the background colour to match: cooler tones for sorrow and tension, warmer tones for joy and calm. A small reading companion changes expression alongside the text, and a timeline beside the text traces the chapter's emotional arc. Fog of War Protection keeps the part you haven't read yet greyed out, so the timeline never gives away what's coming. READ YOUR OWN BOOKS β€’ Import DRM-free EPUB files from the Files app, or open them in Melo from other apps β€’ A few classic sample books are included to get you started: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Frankenstein and The Great Gatsby, in Standard Ebooks editions MAKE IT COMFORTABLE β€’ Text size, serif or sans-serif type, line spacing, margins and justification β€’ Light, Dark and Sepia themes, plus a brightness control β€’ Choose where the active paragraph sits on screen β€’ Fullscreen mode and an optional keep-screen-awake setting β€’ Turn the mood ambience off whenever you like FIND YOUR PLACE β€’ Table of contents and bookmarks β€’ Melo remembers where you stopped in every book UNDERSTAND A PASSAGE β€’ On iPhone and iPad models that support Apple Intelligence, select a passage and choose Analyze Context for a short explanation generated on your device. Requires Apple Intelligence to be turned on. Generated text can contain mistakes. PRIVATE BY DESIGN β€’ No account or sign-in β€’ Melo doesn't use the internet, analytics or tracking β€’ Your books, bookmarks and settings stay on your device Melo supports iPhone and iPad. Books protected by DRM can't be imported.

About

Mong Reader

Features
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Mong Reader is an offline reader for TXT novels and documents. β€’ No ads, no account, no internet β€” files stay on your device and are never sent anywhere β€’ Paper-style page turns, slide, or scroll; two-page spread on iPad β€’ Automatic table of contents, bookmarks, in-text search, auto-saved position β€’ Read aloud (TTS) with speed and voice choice and automatic page turning β€’ Auto page-turn timer β€’ Fonts, size, line spacing, margins; light, sepia, dark and black themes β€’ Auto-detects UTF-8, EUC-KR, Shift-JIS and UTF-16 β€’ Import TXT files inside ZIPs, automatic series grouping, favorites and sorting β€’ Korean, Japanese, English and Chinese interface Read quietly in your own little library.

Screenshots

Melo4 screens
Mong Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Mong Reader at 14.0 against Melo's 26.0. On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Melo versus Mong Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeloMong Reader
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS26.014.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size26 MB44 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPrem KumarMinjung Yoo

In-app purchases

None

Melo

No in-app purchases

None

Mong Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Melo free?
Melo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mong Reader free?
Mong Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Melo or Mong Reader have ads?
Neither Melo nor Mong Reader shows ads.

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