Readmon vs Plain Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Readmon
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Readmon reads the books you already own, out loud, in a voice that sounds like a person. On a night when your eyes are tired, or with your hands in the sink, the story keeps going. ā Ten AI voices that sound like people Not a robot. Choose from five female and five male voices. Add a reading style that fits the text ā novel, news ā and Readmon remembers which voice you used for each book. The AI voices support 31 languages: English, Korean, Japanese, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese. Languages not on this list cannot be read by the AI voices. Chinese is not on the list. If the language you read is not on the list, please do not buy the AI voices. You can listen in that language with the system voices built into iOS, and everything else in the app is free. Dialogue is read in a different voice from the narration. When lines run back and forth, two voices take turns, so it sounds like a conversation. ā On your iPhone, with no internet The narration is generated entirely on your iPhone. It keeps working when the connection drops, and on a plane. You download a voice once. After that, no internet is needed. ā The files you already have TXT, EPUB and PDF, and comics too. 7z, CBZ, CBR, ZIP and RAR all open. Bring books in from Calibre-Web, OPDS, WebDAV, Dropbox or OneDrive. PDFs and scanned books are recognized on the device and read aloud as well. ā Comfortable while you read Sleep timer ā it stops on its own if you fall asleep Lock screen controls ā turn pages and pause without taking it out of your pocket Repeat a passage ā go back over the part you missed Pronunciation dictionary ā make names and unusual words sound the way you want Page-turn animation ā pages that turn like paper ā Not a subscription Buy the AI voices once and they stay yours. Nothing to cancel, nothing to pay again next month. Listen free for 30 minutes before you buy. Everything else works without buying anything.
Plain Reader
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Plain Reader opens your books, PDFs, comics and image folders right where they are ā in Files, iCloud Drive, or on a USB drive or external SSD. No account, no import, no copies. READ, NOTHING ELSE ⢠Menus stay hidden while you read. Tap the center to bring them back. ⢠Pages fill the screen. Swipe, tap the sides, or drag the slider to jump anywhere. ⢠Turn your iPhone or iPad sideways for two-page spreads, with the cover on its own. TXT AND EPUB ⢠Choose the font, size, line spacing, margins and theme ā pages reflow to fit. ⢠Listen: books in 31 languages are read aloud by natural voices made on your device. ⢠Table of contents, search and bookmarks. TXT text encoding is detected automatically. COMICS AND MANGA ⢠Opens ZIP and CBZ archives without unpacking them ā even ones with thousands of pages. ⢠Right-to-left reading for manga. ⢠A folder of images opens as one book. PDF ⢠Sharp pages, search, table of contents, thumbnails and text selection. ⢠Two-page spreads on wide screens. YOUR FILES STAY YOURS ⢠Files are read in place and never uploaded anywhere. ⢠Bookmarks and your reading position are kept for every book. ⢠Works with iCloud Drive and external storage through the Files app. PLAIN READER PRO Plain Reader is free with a small banner ad. Watch one short video ad to read without banner ads for 2 hours, or to use Listen for 1 hour. Plain Reader Pro removes all ads and unlocks unlimited Listen. Choose a Monthly or Yearly subscription ā Yearly starts with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers ā or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Restore it on your iPhone and iPad with the same Apple Account. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://ourbeom.com/plainreader/terms Privacy Policy: https://ourbeom.com/plainreader/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Plain Reader at every 2 days against Readmon's fortnightly. Plain Reader also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Readmon sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Plain Reader sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Readmon ships an update fortnightly, Plain Reader every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Readmon | Plain Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days ā better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Minhaeng Lee | OurBeom |
In-app purchases
Readmon
- Remove Ads$0.99
- AI Voice Lifetime$5.99
Plain Reader
- Plain Reader Pro (Monthly)$0.991 Month
- Plain Reader Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$6.991 Year
- Plain Reader Pro$2.99
- Plain Reader Pro (Lifetime)$12.99









