Comparison

Novel e vs thatsbooks

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

Head to head
About

Novel e

Discover, download, and read ePub and FB2 books on your iPhone and iPad. Customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts, layouts, and text alignment. Features include in-content search, bookmarks, and comments.

Highlights
  • Search and download books from OPDS servers
  • Supports ePub and FB2 formats
  • Customizable font, layout, and text alignment
  • In-content search
  • Bookmarks and comments
  • Night reading mode
Features
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Novel is easy way to search, download and read books for iPhone and iPad. Novel opens content published in the ePub and FB2 formats. It supports Search and Download books from OPDS servers. Also you can add ePub and FB2 documents from Mail or Safary browser. For easy reading choose Font Fixed layout (portrait or landscape) Text alignment Also Novel 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.

About

thatsbooks

Features
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that's Books is an e-commerce platform specializing in sales of published books , with three languages available: English, Spanish and Arabic. At present, there are over one thousand kinds of printed books and e-books in English, Spanish, Arabic, French, German, Russian, Italian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean and other languages, and it keeps rising. that's Books belongs to China Intercontinental Press, a Chinese publisher specializing in publishing of multi-language books and journals about China. The Press mainly publishes books on Chinese topics such as history, culture, literature, economy, society, politics, religion, travel, etc.

Screenshots

Novel e4 screens
thatsbooks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: thatsbooks at Free against Novel e's $0.99. thatsbooks also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). Novel e's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On update cadence, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

thatsbooks is free to download; Novel e costs $0.99 up front. thatsbooks sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Novel e asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Novel e versus thatsbooks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNovel ethatsbooks
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB70 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperEugene SmirnovChina Intercontinental Press

In-app purchases

None

Novel e

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

thatsbooks

One-time6
  • PrepaidCard0.99$0.99
  • PrepaidCard5.99$5.99
  • PrepaidCard11.99$11.99
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  • PrepaidCard17.99$17.99
  • PrepaidCard29.99$29.99
  • PrepaidCard49.99$49.99

Questions

Is Novel e free?
Novel e costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is thatsbooks free?
thatsbooks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Novel e or thatsbooks have ads?
Neither Novel e nor thatsbooks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Novel e or thatsbooks?
Novel e ships an update every 3 months, and thatsbooks every 3 months. Most recently, Novel e was updated on October 6, 2026 and thatsbooks on October 6, 2026.

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