PocketBook Reader vs Litra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PocketBook Reader
This app is a versatile reader supporting 26 book and audio formats, including EPUB, PDF, and audiobooks. It offers features like PDF reflow, text-to-speech, cloud synchronization, and extensive customization options for a comfortable reading experience.
- Supports 26 book and audio formats
- PDF Reflow function
- Text-to-speech engine
- Cloud synchronization service
- Customizable interface and reading settings
- Adobe DRM support
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PocketBook Reader is a free app for reading all formats (books, magazines, textbooks, comic books, etc.) and listening to audiobooks! The application supports 26 book and audio formats, including mobi, epub, fb2, cbz, cbr. Read without ads and with total comfort! Choose any content - any format! • Support of 19 book formats, including the most popular - EPUB, FB2, MOBI, PDF, DJVU, DOCX, RTF, TXT, HTML; • Comic book formats CBR and CBZ; • Open books protected with Adobe DRM (PDF, EPUB); • PDF Reflow function (reflow text in PDF files). Listen to audiobooks! • You can listen to audiobooks and other audio files in MP3, M4B, and take notes in them; • Built-in TTS (Text-to-speech) engine for the voicing of the text files. Download and sync content easily! • Free PocketBook Cloud service for synchronizing all your books, including audiobooks, as well as reading positions, notes and bookmarks on all your devices; • Your files from Dropbox or Google Books services are easily connected to the app to create one consolidated library. You can even connect multiple accounts at the same time; • Support for OPDS catalogs - get access to network libraries; • ISBN scanner, for quick search of electronic versions of books by barcode; • Opportunity to borrow books and periodicals; • If you have a E Ink e-reader PocketBook, you can easily synchronize all your books and accounts just by scanning a QR code. Ready to switch from another app? No problem! Getting started with PocketBook Reader is easy! With an intuitive interface, the application provides you with unprecedented freedom – lots of options for settings and no restrictions. Choose, change, customize, and personalize! • Intuitive interface, easy navigation, and minimalistic design; • Opportunity to choose one of the seven interface color themes, reassign the buttons and display areas; • Two night-reading modes - for better reading comfort anytime; • Adjust the font style, font size, line spacing, and margin size; • Animation of turning pages; • Opportunity to crop margins – make the page look exactly the way you want. Get fast file access and easy search! • All files are quickly found and instantly opened, even with built-in audio and video fragments; • Your books will never be lost in the device’s memory - thanks to the smart search, scanning files on your tablet or smartphone is a matter of seconds. Any file or document can be found in a few clicks! • The app allows you to sort books, create collections, filter and mark files as you like. Your library - your rules; • Convenient managing of audio files - it is easy to sort and play your audiobooks. Make bookmarks, take notes, add comments! • You can quickly find all your notes and share them with friends via email or messengers; • Collect all your notes, bookmarks, and comments into separate files for even greater convenience. PocketBook Reader was created by avid readers for avid readers, and that’s why it’s probably the best e-book reader app.
Litra
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Open your own EPUB, PDF, FB2 or text file — then ask about the page you are on and get an answer quoted from the book itself. Litra is a reader for the books and documents you already have, with Orb: an in-book companion that searches the real text before it answers. Ask "who is this character again?", "what did I miss last chapter?" or "explain this paragraph" — by typing, or by holding the orb and saying it out loud. WHY IT IS DIFFERENT Orb does not answer from a vague memory of the title. It searches and reads actual passages of the file on your device, then shows you where the answer came from. And in a novel, if the answer lies past where you have read, it asks permission first instead of spoiling it. ASK ANY PAGE • Type it, or hold the orb and speak — hands free while you read • Answers grounded in the book's own text, with the passage shown • Spoiler-free by default in stories: Orb asks before it looks ahead • Interactive recaps that walk you scene by scene and highlight each one • A separate chat per book, anchored to the passage you asked about • Orb can highlight, take a note or jump you to the right page READ ALOUD, OFFLINE • Ten voices ship inside the app — listening works on a plane, in a tunnel, with the screen locked • 0.5x to 3x speed, with the sentence lit on the page as it is spoken • Nothing to download, no internet needed to listen READ FASTER, ON PURPOSE • A guided pacer walks the words in place at the words-per-minute you set • The page turns itself as the pacer crosses it; tap to pause YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR FILES • EPUB, PDF, FB2 and .fb2.zip, TXT and Markdown — straight from Files or iCloud Drive • Scan a printed page with the camera and read it like any other book • Highlights in five colours, notes on any passage, bookmarks • Your books, highlights, notes and chats sync between your iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud BUILT FOR THE PAGES THAT WILL NOT STICK • A page turn that behaves like paper • Light, dark and system themes, paper grain, type you control • Wider letter spacing for dyslexic readers, applied for you when you ask for it • A daily reading goal and a streak that counts honest minutes, not time with the app open ON IPAD • Turn it sideways and the book opens as a two-page spread, turned two at a time • With an Apple Pencil, underline a line, circle a passage or run down the margin to select it, then ask Orb SUBSCRIPTION Litra Unlimited is a yearly subscription that starts with a 7-day free trial; the price in your currency is shown in the app before you subscribe. It includes unlimited offline listening, speed reading, questions by voice, and a monthly allowance of Orb credits for asking questions; extra credit packs are available if you want more. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at the end of the free trial. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for the renewal within the 24 hours before that period ends. Any unused part of the free trial is forfeited if you buy the subscription before the trial is over. Manage or cancel it any time in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://trylitra.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://trylitra.app/privacy ABOUT YOUR DATA Your library lives on your device and in your own iCloud; we never receive your files. When you ask Orb a question, that question and the passages Orb needs to answer it are sent to our server and on to our model providers to produce the answer. We do not train models on your books. Read-aloud runs entirely on your device and sends nothing anywhere. The Privacy Policy above says exactly what goes where. Litra runs on iPhone and iPad. Questions, bugs, requests: hello@trylitra.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Litra at every 3 weeks against PocketBook Reader's every 2 months. PocketBook Reader's advantage is chart position (#98 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. PocketBook Reader sells 42 one-off in-app purchases and Litra sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PocketBook Reader ships an update every 2 months, Litra every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | PocketBook Reader | Litra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #98 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 211 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Pocketbook International SA | Sergei Artiukhin |
Bugs and requests
PocketBook Reader
Reported bugs
4 issues- Books disappearing from library after login issues
- Inability to open DRM-protected PDFs
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between portrait and landscape modes
- Text-to-speech voice quality issues
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to organize books into custom folders
- Option to disable quick action zones
- Improved text-to-speech controls (seek, pause, etc.)
- Support for handwritten annotations with Apple Pencil
- Faster page turning and scrolling
Litra
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PocketBook Reader
- eBook3 variants$0.99
- eBook (class A)$0.99
- eBook2 variants$1.99
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- eBook (class B)$1.99
- eBook$2.95
- eBook2 variants$2.99
- eBook (class C)$2.99
- eBook3 variants$3.99
- eBook: type 4.79$3.99
- eBook: type 4.19$3.99
- eBook (class D)$3.99
- eBook (class Alt5)$4.99
- eBook: type 5.39$4.99
- eBook (class F)$4.99
- eBook: type 5.89$4.99
- eBook$4.99
- eBook: type 5.09$4.99
- eBook (class G)$5.99
- eBook2 variants$5.99
- eBook: type 7.09$5.99
- eBook: type 7.19$5.99
- eBook: type 8.29$6.99
- eBook: type 7.59$6.99
- eBook3 variants$7.99
- eBook: type 8.89$7.99
- eBook (class J)$8.99
- eBook$8.99
- eBook: type 10.9$9.90
- eBook$9.90
- eBook3 variants$9.99
- eBook (class L)$10.99
- eBook: type 13.9$11.90
- eBook$11.99
- eBook: type 12.99$11.99
- eBook$12.99
- eBook (class N)$12.99
- eBook (class O)$13.99
- eBook: type 17.9$14.90
- eBook$14.99
- eBook (class R)$16.99
- eBook (class T)$18.99
- eBook (class W)$21.99
Litra
- Litra Unlimited7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Small Orb credit pack$2.99
- Medium Orb credit pack$6.99
- Large Orb credit pack$17.99









