Novel Lite e vs True Epub
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Novel Lite e
This app provides a simple and efficient way to read ePub books on your iPhone and iPad. Customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts, layouts, and text alignment. It also offers features like search, bookmarks, and night reading for enhanced convenience.
- ePub format support
- Customizable fonts and layout
- Search within book content
- Bookmarks with context
- Night reading mode
- Page and chapter numbering
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Novel Lite is easy way to read books for iPhone and iPad. Novel Lite opens content published in the ePub format. You can add ePub documents from Mail or Safary browser. For easy reading choose Font Fixed layout (portrait or landscape) Text alignment Also Novel Lite supports Search in content of book Bookmarks Comments forward / back navigation night reading numbering by all pages or chapters Main advantages: 1. Excellent quality turning pages. 2. View comments without navigation into book. 3. Bookmarks with context. 4. Absence of dependence on any websites.
True Epub
This app allows you to easily open and read EPUB documents. Customize your reading experience by adjusting font size, adding highlights, and taking notes. Import files directly from your device or through the share menu.
- Open EPUB documents
- Adjustable font size
- Create highlights
- Add notes
- Import via Files app
- Import via Share menu
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True Epub is an EPUB reader built to help you open and read EPUB documents faster and more comfortably. Import EPUBs directly from the Files app using the in-app Open button, or add them via the Share menu. Adjust the font size for supplementary/reference content, create highlights and notes to capture what matters, and quickly revisit key parts later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: True Epub at 5.0 against Novel Lite e's 1.0. True Epub also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Novel Lite e's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
True Epub holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Novel Lite e ships an update every 3 months, True Epub fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Novel Lite e | True Epub |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eugene Smirnov | Byung-woo Hwang |
Customer experience
Novel Lite e
True Epub
In-app purchases
Novel Lite e
No in-app purchases
True Epub
No in-app purchases
