Comparison

Pocket Library Reader vs Reflowly

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Library Reader

Features
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Pocket Library Reader is a calm, focused reading app for EPUB, PDF, and Markdown books. Read comfortably • Adjust typography, text size, spacing, and reading themes. • Choose comfortable backgrounds, including an e-ink-inspired theme. • Use distraction-free reading controls on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. • Turn pages with taps, swipes, or vertical gestures. Learn vocabulary in context • Select words while reading to look up definitions. • Save useful words to your personal vocabulary list. • Review vocabulary with flashcards and multiple definition choices. • Capture the surrounding passage so each word keeps its context. • Disable online dictionary lookups and use cached or local definitions only. Keep your reading organized • Import EPUB, PDF, and Markdown files. • Organize books into collections. • Add highlights and notes while reading. • Continue from your latest reading position. • Track reading sessions and daily reading progress. Read across your devices • Sync books, reading progress, notes, highlights, vocabulary, and reading statistics with iCloud. • Choose which books and data categories should sync. • Keep local book files while preserving important reading metadata in iCloud. Pocket Library Reader is designed for readers who want a simple library, a comfortable reading space, and a practical way to learn from the books they read.

About

Reflowly

Features
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Read it on paper, or read it on your e-reader. Reflowly converts both ways, entirely on your iPhone or iPad: nothing is uploaded. EPUB → PDF Turn a DRM-free ePub into a paginated, printable PDF. Each chapter starts on a new page, the cover comes first, and the book's table of contents becomes PDF bookmarks. The book's own fonts, styles and pictures are kept, and no line of text is ever cut in half at the bottom of a page. • Paper: A4 or US Letter (set for your country automatically) • Margins: narrow, normal or wide • Text size: small, medium or large PDF → EPUB Turn a text PDF into a reflowable ePub that fits any e-reader screen. Reflowly rebuilds the book: running headers, footers and page numbers are removed, words split by a line-end hyphen are joined again, paragraphs that run across pages become whole, larger type becomes headings, and two-column pages are read column by column. New chapters start at each heading, or every 10 pages. SEE IT FIRST Converting and previewing are free: scroll through every PDF page, or read every reflowed chapter, before you decide. Saving and sharing the converted file is a one-time purchase — no subscription, no account, no ads. GOOD TO KNOW • DRM-free ePubs only. Books bought in e-book stores are usually copy-protected and can't be converted. Public-domain books and files an author or publisher gives you work great. • PDF → ePub needs a PDF with selectable text. Scans and photos of pages have no text to reflow. • Complex layouts (magazines, forms, heavy tables) may reflow imperfectly. Pictures on text pages are not carried over; pages that are only a picture are kept as pictures. • Opens files from Files, or from another app with "Open in Reflowly". Questions: overlapmarr@gmail.com

Screenshots

Pocket Library Reader4 screens
Reflowly3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pocket Library Reader at none against Reflowly's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Reflowly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pocket Library Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Pocket Library Reader versus Reflowly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket Library ReaderReflowly
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNok Hin ToJhomar Maravillas

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Library Reader

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Reflowly

One-time1
  • Unlock Export$4.99

Questions

Is Pocket Library Reader free?
Pocket Library Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Reflowly free?
Reflowly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pocket Library Reader or Reflowly have ads?
Neither Pocket Library Reader nor Reflowly shows ads.

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