Comparison

Gajimaru vs Blubb Reader

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

Head to head
About

Gajimaru

Features
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Gajimaru keeps you company through the classics. Set your chapter to see the people, connections and context you have reached, without looking ahead. WHO’S WHO, WITHOUT WHAT’S NEXT Return to a novel after a few days away. Remember how its characters are connected. Find context for the chapter in front of you. Your bookmark controls what the companion reveals, so the discoveries ahead remain yours. This release includes 15 reading companions, from War and Peace, Middlemarch and Jane Eyre to Frankenstein, The Odyssey and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Companion material is checked against the source editions listed in the app; chapter numbering may differ in your edition. FIND YOUR NEXT CLASSIC Explore a catalogue of 143 books, with illustrated covers, shelves for your reading plans and a fresh editorial pick each week. Companion availability is clearly marked: the wider catalogue helps you choose and keep track of books, while available companions accompany your reading. TAKE A PATH THROUGH THE GROVE Meet Japanese yokai, Norse gods, Celtic figures, Slavic spirits and beings from Greek myth. Start with a daily discovery, return to earlier discoveries, or wander through the realms and their tales. FOLLOW WHAT YOU COLLECT Open packs of book, author and folklore cards. Follow a card to its book or Grove story, then return to the same card. Look more closely at the artwork, with full images, credits and source links. MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME Keep reading shelves and favourite books. Return to your chapter in an appearance that follows the day, or choose a light or dark setting. The companion, library, Grove and cards work without an account. Optional sign-in syncs your shelves, reading positions and saved lines. Bring your own book. Gajimaru is a companion, not a full-text reading app; β€œWhere to read it” points you to external reading, listening, buying and borrowing options. Free, with no ads or in-app purchases.

About

Blubb Reader

Features
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Blubb is a free reader for books and research papers. Import EPUB, PDF, text, and scans, then read and listen offline. For research papers with an available arXiv HTML edition, Blubb offers a formatted view that preserves equations, figures, tables, citations, and working links. Keep the original PDF at hand and change the reader's font, size, theme, and page or scrolling layout. On-device voices read aloud from your last position. Notes and highlights stay with each book. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is included to get you started. No account, subscription, ads, or tracking. Your imported books and notes stay on your device. iCloud sync is under development and unavailable in this release.

Screenshots

Gajimaru4 screens
Blubb Reader2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Gajimaru at 15.1 against Blubb Reader's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Gajimaru versus Blubb Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGajimaruBlubb Reader
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size133 MB215 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVenkata Vamsi Bharadwaj YallapragadaChuanjie Duanmu

In-app purchases

None

Gajimaru

No in-app purchases

None

Blubb Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gajimaru free?
Gajimaru is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blubb Reader free?
Blubb Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gajimaru or Blubb Reader have ads?
Neither Gajimaru nor Blubb Reader shows ads.

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