Comparison

Focus Reader vs Librune

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

Head to head
About

Focus Reader

Features
Read full description

Lose your place in long documents? Focus Reader reflows PDF and EPUB books to fit your screen and keeps only the part you're reading in sharp focus. Open the books you already have and adjust text size, font, line spacing, and column width to suit your eyes. No more fighting cramped PDF columns or tiny print. Features - PDF & EPUB reflow: the current page or chapter is re-typeset into one comfortable column. - Focus band: a clear reading band with the rest of the page dimmed, so your eyes stay on the line. Adjust the band's height, dim level, and position. - Typography: serif and sans-serif fonts for Latin and Korean, with size, line height, and UI scale controls. - Reading themes: paper, sepia, green, solar, night, and dim. - Dictionary lookup: long-press a word for an offline definition in the bundled English-Korean and Korean dictionaries. - Library: saved books with reading progress. - Korean and English interface. Free and Pro The core reading features and dictionary lookup are free. Focus band fine-tuning, all reading themes, and column width are unlocked with Focus Reader Pro — a one-time purchase, not a subscription. The Korean App Store price is ₩4,000; prices in other regions are set by Apple. Supported formats: PDF, EPUB

About

Librune

A private, ad-free reader for EPUB, PDF, comics, and more. Organize your digital library, customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts and themes, and take notes and highlights. Read offline without an account.

Highlights
  • Ad-free reading experience
  • Customizable fonts, themes, and brightness
  • Highlighting and note-taking
  • Organize books with categories and shelves
  • Supports EPUB, PDF, comics, and documents
  • Offline reading
  • No account required
Read full description

Librune is a private, ad-free reader for EPUB, PDF, comics, and more. Build your personal digital library and read offline—no account required. A focused EPUB & PDF reading experience Focus on your book, not the interface. Librune keeps controls out of the way while making your reading position easy to follow. Personalize EPUB books with customizable fonts, text size, themes, brightness, line spacing, margins, and page layouts. Choose the settings that make reading most comfortable for you. Customize PDF page layouts to fit the way you prefer to read. Open EPUB footnotes where they are referenced without losing your place. Download language packs to translate selected text offline while reading books in another language. Highlights, quotes, and reading notes • Highlight passages across multiple pages • Choose from multiple highlight colors • Add personal notes to your highlights • Review quotes from an individual book or your entire library • Revisit saved quotes together with the date they were captured • Export your notes and highlights for backup • Transfer your annotations to another device Your personal ebook library • Organize books using categories and custom shelves • Edit covers, genres, languages, and descriptions • Quickly find books, even in large collections • Import individual books or select only the folders you want to access • Build your library without granting access to all your files Ebooks, documents, and comics in one reader Keep EPUB and FB2 ebooks, PDF and DOCX documents, Markdown and HTML files, and comic or manga archives together in one personal library. Read your files offline and continue exactly where you left off. Librune remembers your reading position, library organization, notes, highlights, and preferences. Your notes stay yours Your library data, reading positions, notes, highlights, and preferences are stored on your device. Librune requires no account, contains no ads, and lets you back up or export your annotations when you choose. Supported formats Ebooks: EPUB, FB2, FB2.ZIP Documents: PDF, TXT, HTML, Markdown, DOCX, ODT Comics: CBZ, CBR, CB7, CBT

Screenshots

Focus Reader4 screens
Librune4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Librune at none against Focus Reader's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Focus Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Librune asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Reader ships an update every 6 days, Librune every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Focus Reader versus Librune: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus ReaderLibrune
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaejin hyunCihan ERDEN

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Focus Reader

One-time1
  • Focus Reader Pro$1.99
None

Librune

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus Reader free?
Focus Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Librune free?
Librune is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus Reader or Librune have ads?
Neither Focus Reader nor Librune shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Reader or Librune?
Focus Reader ships an update every 6 days, and Librune every 8 days. Most recently, Focus Reader was updated on October 13, 2026 and Librune on October 26, 2026.

Other comparisons