ReadIt vs Mong Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
ReadIt
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Turn the books you already own into audiobooks. Import any EPUB and ReadIt reads it aloud using the voices already on your iPhone. No streaming, no catalog, no account. Your library stays on your device. WHAT YOU CAN DO ⢠Import any EPUB you own ā books you bought, downloaded, or wrote yourself ⢠Listen with your phone's built-in voices, offline, with no network needed ⢠Follow along as each line is highlighted while it's spoken ⢠Pick up exactly where you left off, in every book ⢠Adjust speed, voice, type size, margins, and page colour ⢠Read in Paper, Sepia, or Night, whichever suits the room BUILT FOR LONG READING SESSIONS Playback continues with the screen off, and works from the Lock Screen and Control Center. A daily reading goal and a streak calendar keep the habit visible without nagging. STARTS WITH BOOKS INSIDE A handful of public-domain classics come bundled, so there's something to listen to the moment you open the app. YOUR LIBRARY STAYS YOURS Books, progress, and settings live in the app's own storage on your device. There is no account, and no copy of your library on our servers. Deleting the app deletes all of it. READIT PRO Free includes 2 hours of listening a day, up to 40 hours a month. ReadIt Pro removes both limits: ⢠Unlimited listening, with no daily cap ⢠No monthly hour limit ⢠Every book in your library, start to finish Monthly or yearly. Cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://readit.garcade.in/terms Privacy Policy: https://readit.garcade.in/privacy
Mong Reader
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Mong Reader is an offline reader for TXT novels and documents. ⢠No ads, no account, no internet ā files stay on your device and are never sent anywhere ⢠Paper-style page turns, slide, or scroll; two-page spread on iPad ⢠Automatic table of contents, bookmarks, in-text search, auto-saved position ⢠Read aloud (TTS) with speed and voice choice and automatic page turning ⢠Auto page-turn timer ⢠Fonts, size, line spacing, margins; light, sepia, dark and black themes ⢠Auto-detects UTF-8, EUC-KR, Shift-JIS and UTF-16 ⢠Import TXT files inside ZIPs, automatic series grouping, favorites and sorting ⢠Korean, Japanese, English and Chinese interface Read quietly in your own little library.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mong Reader at none against ReadIt's 2. Mong Reader also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 10 days) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. ReadIt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Mong Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
ReadIt ships an update every 10 days, Mong Reader daily. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | ReadIt | Mong Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Daily ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 14.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 153 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Om Sharma | Minjung Yoo |
In-app purchases
ReadIt
- ReadIt Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- ReadIt Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
Mong Reader
No in-app purchases





