JustReader vs iLib
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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 β 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 β 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 β 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.
iLib
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iLib is your pocket library β one beautiful app for everything you read, hear, and study. Read on the web, on your iPhone and iPad, and on macOS β with more platforms on the way; sign in and your library, reading progress, notes and vocabulary sync across every device. ONE LIBRARY FOR EVERYTHING Books, comics, web novels, audiobooks, podcasts, radio and news β all in one place. Stream a massive global catalog of podcasts and live radio stations from countries and languages around the world, follow world news as it happens, and discover millions of free titles from public catalogs β or bring your own files. OPENS ALMOST ANYTHING β’ E-books: EPUB, MOBI, AZW, AZW3, FB2, FBZ β’ Documents: PDF β’ Text: TXT, Markdown β’ Comics: CBZ, CBR, CB7 β’ Audiobooks: MP3, M4A, M4B, AAC, OGG, OPUS, FLAC, WAV β with chapters and cover art And with Send to iLib, paste any web article and it becomes a clean, readable book in your library. A SERIOUS READER A fast, beautiful reader with full typography control, highlights, notes, bookmarks and a calm dark mode. Open two books side by side β each keeps its own position, settings and translation β and read right-to-left and vertical scripts with ease. LISTENING IS READING TOO Sentence-level text-to-speech with synced highlighting, plus audiobooks, podcasts and read-along. Keep going with your ears when your eyes need a break. LUMI, YOUR AI READING PARTNER Ask questions about the book you're reading, get hard passages explained, and summarize chapters β grounded in the text in front of you. Use on-device models or bring your own key. TRANSLATE ANYTHING Translate a word, a passage, or an entire book across multiple engines β with optional, higher-quality AI translation when you want it. The interface itself is localized in 33 languages. EXPORT AND TAKE YOUR BOOKS WITH YOU Export any book as the original file, a fully translated edition, or a bilingual side-by-side EPUB β generated right on your device. LEARN AS YOU READ Tap any word to look it up, build your vocabulary, and review with spaced repetition and leveled reading. Import your existing word lists. YOURS, AND PRIVATE Local-first and offline-ready β your library lives on your device. Sign in to sync across every device. Your third-party credentials are end-to-end encrypted. No ads, no tracking. Start reading at web.ilib.ai or right here on your iPhone and iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: iLib at 14.0 against JustReader's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JustReader | iLib |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | β |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac β better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Oleksii Koshkin | Qianye (hubei Province) Education Technology Co., Ltd |
In-app purchases
JustReader
No in-app purchases
iLib
No in-app purchases









