Paper Quest vs Librune

Paper Quest is a private, local-first reader for DRM-free EPUB books, unlocked PDFs, and CBZ and CBR comics. READ YOUR WAY • Import EPUB, PDF, CBZ, and CBR files directly from Files • Enjoy distraction-free reading with themes, type controls, margins, and scrolling or paginated layouts • Turn pages with smooth animated transitions and return to your saved position • Browse chapters and search inside EPUB books • Read comfortably with adaptive layouts, including iPhone Duo COMICS THAT LOOK RIGHT TO YOU • Keep the original artwork or choose Auto Enhance, Brighter, or Crisp Black & White • Adjust comic brightness and contrast and choose a white or black page surround • Save display preferences per comic without altering the original file BUILD A SHELF THAT FITS • Create series for books and comic volumes • Use the first volume’s cover or choose a custom series image • Browse your shelf and series in list view or 2-, 3-, and 4-column grids • Sort by title, author, progress, recently added, or metadata release date • Drag series volumes into your preferred order and save • Edit local metadata, replace covers, rate books, and mark favorites MAKE PROGRESS FEEL GOOD • Set a daily reading goal, build streaks, and earn achievements • Track active reading time • Unlock weekly, monthly, yearly, and all-time statistics with one lifetime purchase • See your reading rhythm, favorite genres, most-read books, and Top Books KEEP THE DETAILS THAT MATTER • Add bookmarks, highlights, and notes • Track reading status and resume from your saved position • Keep today’s goal, streak, and current book visible with Home Screen widgets OPTIONAL ICLOUD SYNC Enable sync in Settings to keep your books, comics, covers, series, progress, notes, reading history, statistics, goals, and preferences up to date across devices using the same Apple Account. Sync uses your private iCloud storage. You can also keep reading entirely locally without enabling sync. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your library and reading data stay on your device by default. Paper Quest has no separate account, advertising SDK, or analytics tracker. If you enable iCloud sync, Apple’s iCloud service stores your synced data in your private account. BACKUP WHEN YOU CHOOSE Export a complete backup containing your publication files and reading data, then restore it with duplicate-safe merging. Paper Quest supports DRM-free EPUB, unlocked PDF, and unprotected CBZ/CBR files. It does not include a bookstore or downloadable catalog. Lifetime Stats is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Optional tips are separate and unlock no features.

Librune is a private, ad-free reader for EPUB, PDF, comics, and more. Build your personal digital library and read offline—no account required. A focused EPUB & PDF reading experience Focus on your book, not the interface. Librune keeps controls out of the way while making your reading position easy to follow. Personalize EPUB books with customizable fonts, text size, themes, brightness, line spacing, margins, and page layouts. Choose the settings that make reading most comfortable for you. Customize PDF page layouts to fit the way you prefer to read. Open EPUB footnotes where they are referenced without losing your place. Download language packs to translate selected text offline while reading books in another language. Highlights, quotes, and reading notes • Highlight passages across multiple pages • Choose from multiple highlight colors • Add personal notes to your highlights • Review quotes from an individual book or your entire library • Revisit saved quotes together with the date they were captured • Export your notes and highlights for backup • Transfer your annotations to another device Your personal ebook library • Organize books using categories and custom shelves • Edit covers, genres, languages, and descriptions • Quickly find books, even in large collections • Import individual books or select only the folders you want to access • Build your library without granting access to all your files Ebooks, documents, and comics in one reader Keep EPUB and FB2 ebooks, PDF and DOCX documents, Markdown and HTML files, and comic or manga archives together in one personal library. Read your files offline and continue exactly where you left off. Librune remembers your reading position, library organization, notes, highlights, and preferences. Your notes stay yours Your library data, reading positions, notes, highlights, and preferences are stored on your device. Librune requires no account, contains no ads, and lets you back up or export your annotations when you choose. Supported formats Ebooks: EPUB, FB2, FB2.ZIP Documents: PDF, TXT, HTML, Markdown, DOCX, ODT Comics: CBZ, CBR, CB7, CBT