Comparison

Coral Reader vs Reed

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

Head to head
About

Coral Reader

Features
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Your books. Your documents. One beautiful reader. Coral Reader transforms EPUB, PDF, Markdown, TXT, HTML, FB2, DOCX, and ODT files into a calm reading experience on iPhone and iPad. READ YOUR WAY Build your library, search inside books, explore chapters, and save bookmarks, highlights, and notes. Adjust fonts, spacing, margins, alignment, brightness, rotation, and Light, Dark, Paper, or Auto themes. LISTEN, TRANSLATE, AND LEARN Listen with Read Aloud, translate passages on-device, and turn unfamiliar words into lasting vocabulary. Practice with adaptive quizzes, typed recall, contextual exercises, definitions, streaks, insights, and reminders. BUILD A READING HABIT Track reading time, daily activity, completed books, and reading streaks. Your books, notes, progress, and vocabulary stay on your device. CORAL PRO Unlock unlimited reading, bookmarks, highlights, notes, and the complete premium experience with monthly or yearly plans. Coral Reader is an independent reader for files you own and does not include a bookstore. Terms: https://amih90.github.io/coral-reader/legal/terms-of-use.html Privacy: https://amih90.github.io/coral-reader/legal/privacy-policy.html

About

Reed

Features
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Reed is a calm, focused reader for the books and documents you already own. Open plain text, Markdown, and EPUB files and read them beautifully. • Open your own .txt, Markdown (.md), and EPUB files • Clean, typographic reading with light, sepia, and night themes • Adjustable font, size, margins, and page-turn style • Reading progress, bookmarks, and in-book search • Read aloud with text-to-speech • Reading stats and streaks • iCloud sync keeps your library and progress across all your devices • Smart text-encoding detection for older files No account required. Your library stays on your device and in your personal iCloud. Reed is free with ads — remove them anytime with a one-time purchase.

Screenshots

Coral Reader4 screens
Reed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Coral Reader at none against Reed's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Coral Reader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Reed sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Coral Reader versus Reed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoral ReaderReed
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size137 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYanai HollanderOh Hyeon Kwon

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Coral Reader

Subscriptions2
  • Coral Reader7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Coral Reader7 Days trial$17.991 Year
1 purchases

Reed

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Coral Reader free?
Coral Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Reed free?
Reed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Coral Reader or Reed have ads?
Reed shows ads; Coral Reader does not.

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