Comparison

JustReader vs DjVu Book Reader

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

Head to head
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
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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, AZW3, PDF, Markdown, HTML, TXT, RTF and DOC/DOCX (on the Mac), including inside ZIP and RAR archives. Chapters, footnotes and pictures come through, and the app works out the encoding by itself. Manga and comics in CBZ and CBR open as two-page spreads, and Japanese manga reads right to left. Chinese and Japanese books open too, old encodings like GB18030 and Shift_JIS included. Furigana sits above the kanji. 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.

About

DjVu Book Reader

Features
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DjVu Reader is a focused document reader for DJVU and DJV files. Import scanned books, manuals, research papers, archives, and rare documents, then read them in a clean library built for long-form reading. The app keeps your DjVu collection organized with reading progress, file details, and a simple reader that gets out of the way. Features: - Open DJVU and DJV files - Import documents into your library - Track reading progress. Continue reading from your last position - Use light, dark, or system appearance The free plan includes 5 imported books. DjVu Reader Premium removes the import limit, so you can build an unlimited DjVu library. Premium is available as a monthly subscription or a lifetime purchase. Privacy Policy: https://yevgenii.dev/projects/djvu-reader/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

JustReader4 screens
DjVu Book Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JustReader at none against DjVu Book Reader's 2. JustReader also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. DjVu Book Reader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. JustReader asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for JustReader against 5.0 for DjVu Book Reader. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
JustReader versus DjVu Book Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJustReaderDjVu Book Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleksii KoshkinYevgenii Kryzhanivskyi

In-app purchases

None

JustReader

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

DjVu Book Reader

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$5.99

Questions

Is JustReader free?
JustReader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DjVu Book Reader free?
DjVu Book Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, JustReader or DjVu Book Reader?
JustReader and DjVu Book Reader are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do JustReader or DjVu Book Reader have ads?
Neither JustReader nor DjVu Book Reader shows ads.

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