Comparison

Lu Reader vs Bro Reader

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

Head to head
About

Lu Reader

This application offers a streamlined reading experience for various document and e-book formats, including EPUB and PDF. It features customizable reading settings, text-to-speech functionality, and smart library management. Users can back up their data to Google Drive.

Highlights
  • Supports EPUB, PDF, TXT, DOC, FB2, HWP, ZIP, CBZ
  • 11 customizable color themes
  • Adjustable font size, line spacing, and margins
  • In-app brightness control
  • Text-to-speech with adjustable speed
  • Automatic table of contents generation
  • Smart library with sorting and search
Features
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Lu Reader is a fast, clean, all-in-one reader for your documents and e-books - with no clutter and no sign-up required. SUPPORTED FORMATS - Text and e-books: TXT, EPUB, PDF, FB2, DOC, DOCX, HWP, HWPX - Archives containing text files: ZIP, CBZ COMFORTABLE READING - 11 color themes (cream, sepia, mint, black, navy and more) - Fine-tune font size, line spacing and margins - In-app brightness control for reading in the dark - Keep-screen-on, screen rotation and immersive full-screen mode VOICE READING (TTS) - Listen to any text with the current sentence highlighted - Adjustable speed from 0.6x to 2.0x - Choose from voices installed on your device - Sleep timer to stop automatically AUTOMATIC TABLE OF CONTENTS - Builds a chapter list even for plain TXT files - Detects multilingual chapter patterns - Jumps to and highlights the current chapter SMART LIBRARY - Add files from the Files app or the in-app file browser - Reading progress percentage and progress bar - Sort by name, date or progress, and search by filename - Bookmark your position; select a word for dictionary and translation - Auto-scroll and in-text search BACKUP & RESTORE - Safely back up your books, reading positions, bookmarks and settings to your own Google Drive - Restore everything on a new device Lu Reader keeps the focus on reading. Download it and enjoy your library, your way.

About

Bro Reader

Features
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Bro Reader is a cosy reader for your own books and audiobooks that helps you read every day. โ€ข FB2, EPUB and TXT โ€” plus ZIP, RAR and 7z archives: every book inside is added. โ€ข Audiobooks from your MP3, M4A, M4B and OGG files: chapters, 0.8โ€“2ร— speed, sleep timer, bookmarks. โ€ข Listen: your device's voice reads any book aloud, offline. โ€ข Turn pages with the volume buttons or a light flick of the wrist โ€” easy one-handed reading. โ€ข Font, size, spacing, margins and background โ€” tuned to your eyes. โ€ข Search inside books, bookmarks, quotes and notes in one tap. โ€ข Daily goal, reading streak and stats by week, month and year. โ€ข One Bro account for all your devices: progress, quotes and stats stay in sync. An account is optional. โ€ข Your books stay on your device. No ads. Bro Reader doesn't sell or distribute books โ€” it's a reader for your own files and public-domain works.

Screenshots

Lu Reader4 screens
Bro Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Bro Reader at none against Lu Reader's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
Lu Reader versus Bro Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLu ReaderBro Reader
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyWeeklyโ€”
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size95 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersanghun jeongStanislav Biriukov

In-app purchases

None

Lu Reader

No in-app purchases

None

Bro Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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