Comparison

EPUB Reader vs Meddah

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

Head to head
About

EPUB Reader

Features
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Turn your EPUB and PDF library into a focused reading space built for comfort, attention, and a lasting reading habit. READ WITH COMFORT Import your own EPUB and PDF books and enjoy a native, responsive reading experience across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Adjust typography, spacing, margins, themes, accent colors, and OpenDyslexic support until every page feels right. Search inside books, browse the table of contents, and return exactly where you left off. KEEP YOUR IDEAS Highlight meaningful passages, add notes and bookmarks, and bring insights from your whole library together in the Knowledge Vault. Export annotations as Markdown or create an annotated copy of a PDF when you want to keep working elsewhere. CHOOSE YOUR READING RHYTHM Read page by page, use RSVP speed reading to focus on one word at a time, or listen with read-aloud controls. Move between reading modes while keeping your place. BUILD A READING HABIT Set reading goals, maintain streaks, review weekly charts and activity heatmaps, record journal entries, unlock achievements, and turn unfamiliar words into vocabulary flashcards. STAY CONNECTED ACROSS APPLE DEVICES Use iCloud to sync supported reading progress, highlights, and notes. Keep an eye on your goals and library with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, plus Apple Watch companions for quick reading statistics. OPTIONAL AI READING TOOLS Connect your own compatible AI key to summarize chapters, explain or translate selected passages, explore character relationships, and create study cards. AI tools are optional, and availability depends on your chosen provider or supported on-device features. Violire is made for readers who want their books, notes, progress, and reading rituals in one calm, elegant place. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Meddah

Features
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Meddah is an e-book reader for the books you already own — read them with your eyes, or listen to them. Add EPUB, MOBI/AZW, PDF and TXT files from the Files app; Meddah reads them aloud paragraph by paragraph, highlights the word being spoken, and picks up where you left off. READING ALOUD • Offline narration with the Apple voices on your device: male or female, adjustable speed • Optional Google Cloud Text-to-Speech with your own API key for WaveNet and Chirp voices, with a monthly character counter and limit • Lock screen and headphone controls, background playback, sleep timer, automatic pause for calls • Moves on to the next chapter by itself; tap any paragraph to start reading from there THE READING EXPERIENCE • Text with bold, italics, quotes, lists and images • Light, Sepia, Dark and Black themes; eight typefaces, size, line spacing and margins • Hierarchical contents, in-book search, chapter and progress indicators • Bookmarks, highlights in four colours, notes, and note export SCANNED PDFs • PDFs whose text layer is broken or missing are read again from the page images with on-device text recognition, so Turkish letters come out right — no internet needed ON EVERY DEVICE • Your reading position, bookmarks and notes sync across your own devices through iCloud SHARING AND BACKGROUND MUSIC • Turn a line you like into a quote card in five styles and share it • Quiet piano while you read (Satie, Debussy, Bach, Mozart; public domain) or rain, fireplace and sea sounds; you can add your own music files PRIVACY Your books stay on your device. Meddah asks for no account and collects no data. Google voices are used only if you enter your own key; in that case the text being read is sent to Google to generate the audio. Supported formats: EPUB 2/3, MOBI, PRC, AZW, AZW3 (without DRM), PDF, TXT.

Screenshots

EPUB Reader4 screens
Meddah4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Meddah at none against EPUB Reader's 2. Meddah also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). EPUB Reader's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price and ads 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. EPUB Reader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Meddah asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EPUB Reader ships an update every 5 days, Meddah every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Ā· 2 level
EPUB Reader versus Meddah: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEPUB ReaderMeddah
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB110 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMEHMET HAKAN MENEKSEMUHAMMED TURAN

In-app purchases

2 purchases

EPUB Reader

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro$19.991 Year
None

Meddah

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EPUB Reader free?
EPUB Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Meddah free?
Meddah is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EPUB Reader or Meddah have ads?
Neither EPUB Reader nor Meddah shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EPUB Reader or Meddah?
EPUB Reader ships an update every 5 days, and Meddah every 2 days. Most recently, EPUB Reader was updated on October 7, 2026 and Meddah on October 11, 2026.

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