Comparison

PDF Reader Shelf vs Book Reader

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

Head to head
About

PDF Reader Shelf

Features
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PDF Book Reader is a clean and powerful reading app for organizing and reading PDF books, study notes and documents on iPhone and iPad. Import your PDFs, browse your library with automatically generated covers, and continue reading from the page you left off. Search, favorites, shelves, reading progress and sorting tools help keep every document organized. In the reader, you can switch between single page, continuous scrolling and two-page layouts, with horizontal or vertical reading options. Choose normal, sepia, gray or night mode and adjust the reading experience to your eyes. Highlight text, add notes, save bookmarks and search inside your documents. PDF Book Reader makes long PDFs easier to read, revisit and manage. Key features: Import and share PDF files Automatic cover generation Continue from your last page Shelves, favorites, filters and sorting In-document search Bookmarks Color highlights and notes Normal, sepia, gray and night themes Single page, continuous and two-page views iPhone and iPad support

About

Book Reader

Features
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Book Reader turns the PDFs and EPUBs you already have into a library you actually finish. Add a file from Files and it lands in your library โ€” long texts go to Books, short ones to Documents. The file is copied into the app, so your original stays where it is and your reading works offline. READING Four themes: Light, White, Night and Old Book. Pinch to zoom, pan with two fingers, jump to any page, and pick up where you left off. Search inside a book and tap a result to land on that page. HIGHLIGHT, NOTE, REMEMBER Press and hold a sentence and an action bar appears. Highlight it, or save it as a note with its quote attached โ€” the Notes tab groups notes by book, and tapping one takes you back to that page with the text still selected. FLASHCARDS Turn a selection into a card: the sentence becomes the front, you write the answer on the back. Cards land in Today, Pending and Learned, and you rate each one Again, Good or Easy. ALSO Bookmark any page. Search your library by title or author, inside a book, or across your notes. Keep the questions that come up while reading in one place. No account, no sign-up. Everything stays on your device.

Screenshots

PDF Reader Shelf4 screens
Book Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Book Reader at none against PDF Reader Shelf's shown. PDF Reader Shelf's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
PDF Reader Shelf versus Book Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF Reader ShelfBook Reader
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDailyโ€”
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.2
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSalih ONUSMUHAMMET BERAT ARSLAN

In-app purchases

None

PDF Reader Shelf

No in-app purchases

None

Book Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PDF Reader Shelf free?
PDF Reader Shelf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Book Reader free?
Book Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PDF Reader Shelf or Book Reader have ads?
PDF Reader Shelf shows ads; Book Reader does not.

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