Libra reader vs Quire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Libra reader
This app is a versatile ebook reader and library manager for iPhone and iPad. It supports a wide range of formats and allows reading from various sources, with features like customizable reading settings, note-taking, and cross-device synchronization.
- Supports all major ebook formats
- Read from device, cloud, and OPDS catalogs
- Customizable reading experience
- Highlights, notes, and bookmarks
- On-device translation
- Cross-device sync (Pro feature)
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Libra is a modern ebook reader and library manager for iPhone and iPad. Discover 70,000+ free books, or read the books you already own — from your device, your cloud storage, or any OPDS catalog — and keep your reading progress, highlights and notes in sync across all your devices. Key features • 70,000+ free books to browse, search and download • All major ebook formats • Read from device, cloud storage and OPDS catalogs • Comfortable, fully customizable reading • Highlights, notes and bookmarks • On-device translation • Reading sync across your devices Ebook formats • EPUB • PDF • FictionBook (fb2, fb2.zip) • MobiPocket and Kindle (mobi, azw3) • Comic Book (cbz) • Word (docx) • Markdown, HTML and plain text (md, html, txt) Your books, your storage • Locally on the device • In cloud storage: iCloud Drive, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Yandex Disk • From OPDS catalogs and online libraries you choose • Add your own catalog, for example a Calibre content server over OPDS Comfortable reading • Light, Sepia and Dark themes • Paginated (swipe) or continuous scroll • Serif, sans-serif and monospace fonts • Adjustable font size, line height, paragraph spacing, margins, letter spacing and text alignment • Device-independent reading position that transfers correctly across screens and devices • Table of contents navigation Highlights, notes and bookmarks • Highlight passages in four colors • Attach notes to your highlights • Bookmark any page • Share and export your notes and highlights as text Library management • Organize books into custom collections • Browse by folders across all your sources • Search your library • Automatic cover and metadata extraction • Track reading status and progress, and mark books finished • Rate and review your books • Back up and restore your library Translation • Translate selected text right in the reader • Translation runs on your device — nothing leaves it Sync across your devices (Pro) • Sync your library, reading position, progress, highlights, notes, bookmarks, reviews and collections • Syncs privately through your own iCloud account — we run no server and never hold your data ——— Support: support@libra-reader.com Privacy Policy: https://libra-reader.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://libra-reader.com/terms
Quire
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Your ebooks, with the feel of a real book. Read EPUBs, listen aloud and keep your notes in one calm space on iPhone and iPad. Quire brings your own books together with pages you can personalize, a library you can organize and tools that help you return to reading every day. • HYPHENATION Splits long words at suitable line endings to reduce wide spaces between words. • BRING YOUR OWN BOOKS Open DRM-free EPUB, MOBI, CBZ, TXT and FB2 files from Files, including iCloud Drive. Keep your files downloaded on your device for offline reading. Enjoy novels, comics and personal documents in one library. • MAKE EVERY PAGE YOURS Choose a clean reading view or the feel of an open book. Explore aged paper and textured edges, adjust fonts, text size, spacing and margins, and switch between light, sepia and dark themes. Turn pages or scroll at your own pace. On iPad, use facing pages when the layout allows. • LISTEN AND FOLLOW ALONG Read aloud uses the voices available on your device to speak text-based books. Choose a voice, adjust the speed and follow the spoken text as you listen. • KEEP THE WORDS THAT MATTER Highlight passages, write notes and save bookmarks. Search within a book or browse its table of contents to return to the ideas you want to remember. • GIVE YOUR LIBRARY A HOME Browse your books by cover, organize them into collections and keep favorites close. Return to your current read from your library or a Home Screen widget. • BUILD A DAILY READING HABIT Track the time you spend reading in Quire. Set a daily goal, see your reading streak and explore your activity calendar. Reading widgets keep your progress within reach. • GO FURTHER WITH QUIRE PRO Basic reading, unlimited book imports, bookmarks, widgets and existing reading activity reports are free. Quire Pro unlocks rich paper styles and custom fonts, in-app read aloud, creating and editing highlights and notes, custom collections, and detailed 30- and 90-day reading reports with period comparisons and weekday patterns. Quire Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription. Prices and billing periods are shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in Apple Account settings. No account is required. Add a book, make yourself comfortable and start reading. Supported formats: DRM-free EPUB, MOBI, CBZ, TXT and FB2. Reading options vary by format; read aloud requires text content and an available device voice. Privacy Policy: https://60studio.net/apps/quire/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Quire at every 2 days against Libra reader's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Libra reader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Quire sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Libra reader ships an update fortnightly, Quire every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Libra reader | Quire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sergei Mikhailov | ILKER YILDIRIM |
In-app purchases
Libra reader
- Libra Pro – Monthly$1.991 Month
- Libra Pro – Yearly$19.991 Year
Quire
- Quire Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Quire Pro Yearly$29.991 Year









