JustReader vs VibeRead
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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.
VibeRead
Manage and read your digital library offline. Import various ebook formats, organize books into shelves, and customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts, themes, and reading parameters. Track your progress and set reading goals.
- Import EPUB, FB2, MOBI, ZIP
- Local library with shelves
- Customizable reader settings
- Reading progress tracking
- OPDS catalog support
- Offline reading
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Удобное приложение для чтения и хранения книг в одном месте. Импортируйте EPUB, FB2, MOBI и ZIP-архивы, наводите порядок в библиотеке, читайте офлайн и настраивайте ридер под себя. Что есть в приложении: --- импорт книг в форматах EPUB, FB2, MOBI и ZIP; --- локальная библиотека с полками и быстрым доступом к нужным книгам; --- настраиваемый ридер: размер шрифта, интервалы, отступы, темы и параметры чтения; --- сохранение прогресса, статистика чтения, цели и достижения; --- поддержка OPDS-каталогов для загрузки книг; --- встроенный SCP-каталог с офлайн-доступом к материалам; --- работа без интернета после загрузки файлов на устройство; --- информативный раздел со статистикой по чтению; --- функционал для постановки и выполнения целей по чтению; Приложение подойдёт тем, кто хочет читать удобно, хранить книги локально и держать всю свою библиотеку под рукой.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: VibeRead at 15.1 against JustReader's 17.0. On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | JustReader | VibeRead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Oleksii Koshkin | Jam.Me |
Customer experience
JustReader
VibeRead
In-app purchases
JustReader
No in-app purchases
VibeRead
No in-app purchases









