Comparison

Linea Reader vs Brevier

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

Head to head
About

Linea Reader

Features
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Linea is a calm reading workspace for difficult material. Import PDFs, EPUBs, MOBI files, DOCX documents, Markdown, images, scans, and web pages. Read with thoughtful typography, highlight and annotate passages, listen from your current position, and ask questions without losing your place. Your library stays organized around the work in front of you. Resume where you stopped, move between chapters, and keep your reading progress together. Features: • Import documents and URLs • Read PDFs, ebooks, Markdown, and more • Highlight passages and add notes • Listen from your current reading position • Ask document-aware questions while reading or listening • Keep reading progress and annotations together • Choose from four reading palettes AI and your data: Linea uses AI only when you ask it to. It does not run your documents through AI in the background. Eligible signed-in Linea accounts can use Linea's rate-limited managed Ask without a personal API key: the question and relevant document context are processed by Linea, which may call an upstream model. For a user-owned cloud provider, Linea sends your question and relevant document context directly from your device to that provider using the API key you supplied; Linea's developer does not receive those direct-to-provider requests. When available and selected, on-device Apple Intelligence requests stay on your device. Linea is built for sustained attention: fewer distractions, better context, and a clear path back to the thread.

About

Brevier

Features
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Brevier is a reader for the DRM-free EPUB, PDF, and plain-text books you already have. Highlight, take notes, and with Brevier Premium, ask about any passage and get answers that cite your book. Reading • Pages or continuous scrolling, with page curl on iPhone and iPad • Fonts, text size, spacing, margins, justified text, and themes, including dark • Search inside a book, follow its contents and links, and read footnotes without leaving the page • Bookmark a page and return to it • PDFs keep their own pages, with highlights, notes, search, and Explain • Opens where you left off on each of your devices, and Handoff continues the book you're reading Highlights and Notes • Highlight in five colors or underline, and attach a note • See every highlight and note in one searchable list • Export a book's notes as Markdown, or share a quote as an image Explain (Brevier Premium) • Select a passage and choose Explain for its meaning, context, and background • Explain a page, a chapter, or the whole book, and ask follow-up questions • Answers cite passages from your book, so you can check them • Avoid Spoilers leaves out later chapters until you choose otherwise • Catch Up recaps the story so far Explain asks before it sends anything and uses a third-party AI service in the cloud. Explanations may contain mistakes. Reading Goals • A daily goal, a streak, and the books you finish this year • An optional evening reminder on days you haven't met your goal Your books, notes, and reading positions stay on your device and sync through your own iCloud account. No account, no ads, no tracking. Brevier opens DRM-free EPUB, PDF, and plain-text files. Books protected by DRM, such as most ebook store purchases, and PDFs locked with a password can't be opened. Brevier Premium is an auto-renewable subscription, billed monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account, and the subscription renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hksw.io/privacy/#brevier

Screenshots

Linea Reader3 screens
Brevier4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Linea Reader at none against Brevier's 2. Brevier's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, ads, 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. Brevier sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Linea Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Linea Reader ships an update every 4 weeks, Brevier every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Linea Reader versus Brevier: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinea ReaderBrevier
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB8 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperArach TchoupaniHK Softworks AB

In-app purchases

None

Linea Reader

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Brevier

Subscriptions2
  • Brevier Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Brevier Premium Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Linea Reader free?
Linea Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brevier free?
Brevier is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Linea Reader or Brevier have ads?
Neither Linea Reader nor Brevier shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Linea Reader or Brevier?
Linea Reader ships an update every 4 weeks, and Brevier every 3 days. Most recently, Linea Reader was updated on October 31, 2026 and Brevier on October 29, 2026.

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