Reader Audiobooks vs Moonread

Reader brings your personal audiobooks and podcasts into one player. Create separate audiobook libraries for each source and manage only the folders you choose—Reader does not scan an entire device or cloud drive. Key features: - Enjoy adaptive iPhone and iPad layouts, including split views and a spacious wide-screen player on iPad - Build libraries from local folders, Google Drive, or iCloud Drive - Scan only a selected folder and its subfolders - Recognize M4B, M4A, and MP3 files and group multi-track audiobooks - Display book covers with less repeated loading and network use - Play local files directly and stream supported remote sources - Remember listening position and sync progress when supported by a connected network media library - Continue playback in the background and use lock-screen or headset controls - Rescan, update, or remove each library independently - Discover recommended podcasts without a Reader account, search Apple Podcasts by keyword, or paste a public RSS/Atom address - Preview and play a podcast before following it; remember listening progress on this device - Return to recently played podcast episodes from Listening History - Listen within a show from oldest to newest or newest to oldest, with continuous playback and progress restored after reopening the app - Permanently unlock unlimited audiobook libraries and books, plus compatible network media libraries and read-only WebDAV connections Google Drive access is read-only. Remove a connected library from Reader without deleting the original audio files. Podcast discovery, search, following, and listening are free and separate from audiobook library limits. Podcast feeds, artwork, and audio come from their publishers and delivery services; Reader does not host or sell those programmes and does not provide podcast downloads. Apple search filters out shows marked explicit by default. You can change this setting, and Reader remembers your choice. This filter applies only to Apple search results; it does not restrict recommendations, direct RSS or followed shows, verify age, or guarantee content is suitable for younger listeners. For audiobooks, the free version supports local folders, Google Drive, and iCloud Drive, with one library containing up to 10 books in total. A one-time Permanent Unlock removes those library and book limits and enables compatible network media libraries and WebDAV. It is not a subscription and does not purchase podcast content. Purchases and purchase restoration are handled through the Apple App Store.

Moonread is a TXT reader built for comfortable, uninterrupted reading. Add your own text files, adjust font size, line spacing, colors and paper texture, and read with page turns or continuous scrolling. • Large files open while they load, and you return to where you left off • Common encodings are detected automatically; if text looks wrong, change the encoding in Reading Settings and it follows you to your other devices • Your shelves are real folders on this device or in iCloud; Moonread never rewrites your books • Contents, full-text search, bookmarks, highlights and notes • Light and dark color themes, plus Rice Paper, Kraft Paper, Fine Linen and Grain textures • Reading adapts to one or two pages on iPad and foldables; contents, search and settings open in system sheets without reflowing the text • Pick up on another device: progress, bookmarks and notes sync through iCloud, and you're told when another device has read further • Continue Reading widget, Control Center, Shortcuts and Siri take you straight back to your book; find books on your shelf from system Search • Reading statistics: how long and what you read each day • Data Management: back up and restore reading records and palettes when you switch devices AI is optional and can be turned off in Settings with one switch; reading works fine without it. To discuss a passage, connect an AI service you choose. Moonread asks before anything is first shared, then sends your question and related content to that service; its access, pricing and privacy terms are set by the provider. No ads, no account, and no servers of our own: your books and reading records are stored on your devices and in your iCloud. Content is sent to an AI service only when you choose to use AI, as described above. Moonread has no bookstore. Reading is free; Settings include completely optional tips that unlock nothing. Payments are handled by Apple.