Comparison

Novel e vs Paperback

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

Paperback

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Paperback reimagines the discovery experience for readers by presenting books in a one-at-a-time swipeable format. To explore books in your feed just swipe to the left! The books you're shown are curated using an AI powered recommendation engine that works to learn your reading habits. We drop you right into the book so you don't have to waste time looking through long list of front covers. We give you the option to like, add to bookshelf, comment, or just swipe to the next one. You even have a profile to personalize and display the books you've read and saved!

Screenshots

Novel e4 screens
Paperback3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Paperback at Free against Novel e's $0.99. Paperback also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Paperback is free to download; Novel e costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Novel e ships an update every 3 months, Paperback every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Novel e versus Paperback: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNovel ePaperback
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.4
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB21 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEugene SmirnovTeejeigh LLC

In-app purchases

None

Novel e

No in-app purchases

None

Paperback

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Novel e free?
Novel e costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paperback free?
Paperback is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Novel e or Paperback have ads?
Neither Novel e nor Paperback shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Novel e or Paperback?
Novel e ships an update every 3 months, and Paperback every 5 weeks. Most recently, Novel e was updated on September 18, 2026 and Paperback on September 14, 2026.

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