Comparison

Readro vs Endleaf

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

Head to head
About

Readro

Features
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Readro is a calm, beautiful home for your reading life. Build your library, read right inside the app, and turn reading into a daily habit — without the noise of a social network. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY • Add books in seconds: scan the barcode on the back cover, search by title or author, or add them manually — cover photo included • Organize with three shelves: Reading, Want to Read, and Finished • Rate the books you finish and keep private notes on every one READ INSIDE READRO • Import your own EPUB or PDF files and read them as real pages, with your choice of paper colour and text size — or have them read aloud • Download thousands of public-domain classics in fourteen languages from Standard Ebooks, Project Gutenberg and Wikisource, free and legal • The timer runs by itself while you read, so every session is recorded MAKE READING A HABIT • Start a session with one tap, or "just 5 minutes" from the Today screen • Keep your daily streak — one missed day a week is forgiven automatically • Three weekly quests with targets that follow how much you read, and badges for streaks, books, pages, time and quests • A reminder at the time you choose, and an evening nudge when your streak is at risk • See where you stand: "at this pace you'll finish in about 9 days" POCKET PAGES — READ WITHOUT THE BOOK Leaving the house without your book? Photograph the pages you're on (up to 30 at once, straight from camera or gallery). Readro converts them to clean, readable text you can enjoy anywhere — or have them read aloud to you while you commute. KEEP THE LINES YOU LOVE Tap sentences in the reader to save them as quotes, or type them in by hand. Share any quote as a card, and meet one of them again on your Today screen. KNOW YOUR READING SELF • A weekly chart of minutes or pages, a reading calendar, and your totals • A per-book report card: how long each book took and your pages-per-hour • A home screen widget with your streak, today's minutes and current book PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No tracking. Your library lives on your device. Readro speaks 11 languages — English, Turkish, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Japanese and Chinese — and works with books in any language.

About

Endleaf

Track your reading habits privately on your device. Log books, rate them with detailed sub-ratings, time your reading sessions, and analyze your reading year. Import data from other services and export your library anytime.

Highlights
  • Private reading tracker
  • Log and rate books
  • Reading session timer
  • Import from Goodreads/StoryGraph
  • Export to JSON/CSV
  • Barcode scanning for books
  • Quote saving
Features
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Endleaf is a reading tracker that keeps everything on your phone. Log what you read, rate in half and quarter stars, time your sessions, and find out where your reading year actually went. There is no account to make and no feed to scroll. PRIVACY Your library lives on your device and syncs only through your own iCloud. We never see it. No ads, no trackers, no analytics, nothing to sell. FREE, WITH NO CAPS - Unlimited books and unlimited reading sessions. - Half and quarter stars, plus optional sub-ratings for enjoyment, quality, characters, and plot. - Six statuses: Want to Read, Reading, Read, Did Not Finish, Paused, and Re-reading. - Approximate dates, for the book you finished "sometime in 2019". - A timer that counts pages or minutes, with a Live Activity on the Lock Screen. - Import from Goodreads and StoryGraph, covers included, and export to JSON or CSV whenever you want. - Core stats, a share card, Dark Mode, and everything works offline. - Add a book by scanning its barcode, searching for it, or typing it in. - Save quotes by typing them or by scanning the passage with the camera. - Rain, a fireplace, or plain noise under the timer, made on your phone. - Mark books as owned, borrowed, from the library, or wanted, and browse every series on your shelf in one place. - After an import, fill in missing page counts from the catalog in one tap. PREMIUM ADDS - A finish date for the book in hand, from your own pace: how long is left, and the day you'll close it if you keep reading like you have been. - A reading calendar: every day you read, with the cover of the book that took it. - Rewind: your year as a short story, made into a video for Stories. - Your Kindle and Apple Books highlights, imported into your quotes library. The file never leaves your phone. - Advanced stats: reading speed, genre and format breakdowns, and how your ratings shift over time. - Your Year in Review, built to share. - Extra share card themes. - Unlimited shelves and tags. - Your full quotes library. - The cover edition picker and the whole widget set, streak and Lock Screen included. Also in the app: yearly goals, reading streaks with a weekly grace bookmark, reminders that respect quiet hours, monthly wrap-ups, session logging on Apple Watch, and Siri ("log 30 minutes of reading"). Endleaf Premium is $3.99 per month or $24.99 per year with a 7-day free trial, or $69.99 once for lifetime access. The App Store shows the price in your local currency before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getendleaf.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Readro4 screens
Endleaf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Readro at none against Endleaf's 3. Readro also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Endleaf's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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. Endleaf sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Readro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Readro ships an update every 3 weeks, Endleaf every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Readro versus Endleaf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReadroEndleaf
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFaize Nur OZGONHandler Labs LLC

In-app purchases

None

Readro

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Endleaf

Subscriptions2
  • Premium: Reading Stats Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium: Year in Review Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Endleaf Premium Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Readro free?
Readro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Endleaf free?
Endleaf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Readro or Endleaf have ads?
Neither Readro nor Endleaf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Readro or Endleaf?
Readro ships an update every 3 weeks, and Endleaf every 2 days. Most recently, Readro was updated on October 3, 2026 and Endleaf on October 6, 2026.

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