Comparison

End Novel vs Grim Reader

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

Head to head
About

End Novel

Features
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End Novel is built for readers who like story worlds that unfold over time: fantasy kingdoms, moon estates, haunted trains, magic schools, drowned cities, clockwork cathedrals, and strange maps that lead somewhere dangerous. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Grim Reader

Organize and enrich your personal library of e-books, comics, and audiobooks. This app allows you to manage your collection locally or via your own servers, adding details like covers and author information. Enjoy a seamless reading and listening experience across all your content.

Highlights
  • Library management for e-books, comics, and audiobooks
  • Enrich library with online book and author data
  • Supports local files and personal servers (WebDAV, OPDS)
  • Cross-device reading and listening progress tracking
  • Organize by author, series, and genre
  • Mark favorites
Features
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Your books. Your library. Your way. Privacy By Design. Made in the EU. Grim Reader is a modern reader and library manager for e-books, comics and audiobooks. Keep your collection on your device, connect to your own servers, and turn even a simple collection of files into a rich, beautifully organised library. A library that feels alive Browse your collection by books, authors, series and more. See covers, reading progress and detailed information at a glance, continue where you left off, mark favourites and quickly find what you want to read next. Grim Reader is designed for both iPhone and iPad, with an interface that adapts to the device you are using. Enrich your books Missing a cover, description or other information? Grim Reader can help enrich your library using online book and author sources. Depending on the available information, Grim Reader can help you find and add details such as: • Covers and book descriptions • Authors and author information • Series information • Publisher and publication details • ISBN and other identifiers • Genres, categories and tags • Additional book metadata You remain in control and can review and edit your library information. More than e-books Grim Reader brings different types of reading together in one library: • Read e-books • Browse and read comics • Listen to audiobooks • Keep track of reading progress • Continue reading or listening across your library • Organise books by author and series • Mark books and authors as favourites Your files, your servers You don’t need to hand your library over to a commercial book platform. Grim Reader can work with books stored locally and supports personal libraries through WebDAV and OPDS, as well as the optional Grimmory server. This makes Grim Reader equally useful for a small collection on your iPhone or iPad and for a large self-hosted library. Made for readers Grim Reader focuses on your books rather than a store. There are no books to sell you and no ecosystem you need to buy into. Build the library you want, enrich it, organise it and enjoy reading it. Grim Reader — your library belongs to you.

Screenshots

End Novel4 screens
Grim Reader3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grim Reader at none against End Novel's 2. Grim Reader also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). End Novel's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and device support 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. End Novel sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Grim Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

End Novel ships an update every 3 weeks, Grim Reader weekly. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
End Novel versus Grim Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEnd NovelGrim Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB19 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFlurzimobileappMaarten de Kreij

In-app purchases

2 purchases

End Novel

Subscriptions2
  • End novel Premium$9.991 Month
  • Premium monthly+$19.991 Month
None

Grim Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is End Novel free?
End Novel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grim Reader free?
Grim Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do End Novel or Grim Reader have ads?
End Novel shows ads; Grim Reader does not.
Which is updated more often, End Novel or Grim Reader?
End Novel ships an update every 3 weeks, and Grim Reader weekly. Most recently, End Novel was updated on November 10, 2026 and Grim Reader on November 10, 2026.

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