Comparison

PocketBook Reader vs Jetliner Cabins

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Supports 26 book and audio formats
  • PDF Reflow function
  • Text-to-speech engine
  • Cloud synchronization service
  • Customizable interface and reading settings
  • Adobe DRM support
Features
Currently charting
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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.

About

Jetliner Cabins

Explore the evolution and innovation of aircraft cabin design from the 1970s to the present. Discover the challenges and solutions behind creating comfortable, safe, and sustainable passenger experiences, featuring extensive historical photos and expert insights.

Highlights
  • History of cabin design (1970s-present)
  • Passenger health and safety considerations
  • Challenges in tight space layout
  • First and only comprehensive account
  • Black and white and color photographs
  • Expert insights and case studies
  • Links to over 400 organizations
Features
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Prepare for take off with JETLINER CABINS: Evolution & Innovation, the ONLY app to bring together everything you ever wanted to know about what goes into creating your aircraft cabin experience when you fly.  How do they decide the shape and style of the seat, legroom, cushioning, drop-down tables, and the look and feel of the whole interior while keeping in mind passenger health and safety and the demands of the flying environment? There are many challenges faced in the layout of such a tight space, and the solutions and design ideas will surprise you at every turn.  JETLINER CABINS: Evolution & Innovation is a visually stunning treat that offers a complete history of recent cabin design going back to the 1970's. It is the first and only comprehensive account of the aircraft cabin environment. The book contains black and white and color photographs of airline interiors from around the world, covering everything from first-class luxury and business class comfort to economy class passenger experience.  Jennifer Coutts Clay explains all the challenges faced and met by brilliant interior jetliner cabin designers from dining, cleaning, durability, sustainability, accessibility, air quality, inflight entertainment, safety, branding, and many others.   Additionally, the app is regularly updated to reflect industry innovations. If you want to know what the airline industry is doing to respond to the current public health concerns, for example, the answers are here.  JETLINER CABINS: Evolution & Innovation has become the go-to reference for aviation professionals and airline enthusiasts. Using click points and the search facility throughout, readers can navigate the content according to interest. Over four-hundred organizations are referenced in the text with links to their websites and six thousand plus pictures, many of them vintage.  This app includes bonus material such as case studies, guest essays, and comments from over fifty international specialists. If you're a passenger, an interior designer, architect, aviation specialist, or airline enthusiast, JETLINER CABINS: Evolution & Innovation promises and delivers a memorable and eclectic journey. For more, go to www.jetlinercabins.com

Screenshots

PocketBook Reader4 screens
Jetliner Cabins4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PocketBook Reader at Free against Jetliner Cabins's $16.99. PocketBook Reader also leads on ratings volume (10K vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months). Jetliner Cabins's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 58). On review sentiment, ads, 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

PocketBook Reader is free to download; Jetliner Cabins costs $16.99 up front. PocketBook Reader sells 42 one-off in-app purchases. Jetliner Cabins asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Jetliner Cabins holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PocketBook Reader has 10K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of PocketBook Reader's written reviews are positive against 60% of Jetliner Cabins's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PocketBook Reader ships an update every 2 months, Jetliner Cabins every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
PocketBook Reader versus Jetliner Cabins: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocketBook ReaderJetliner Cabins
PriceFree — better$16.99
Rating4.5 (10K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#179 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB127 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPocketbook International SAJennifer M Clay

Customer experience

PocketBook Reader

All ratings9,831 ratings
Positive87.4%
Neutral3.9%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews1,350 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral11.6%
Negative33.9%

Jetliner Cabins

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

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

Jetliner Cabins

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

42 purchases

PocketBook Reader

One-time42
  • 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
None

Jetliner Cabins

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PocketBook Reader free?
PocketBook Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jetliner Cabins free?
Jetliner Cabins costs $16.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PocketBook Reader or Jetliner Cabins?
Jetliner Cabins is rated higher. PocketBook Reader averages 4.5 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while Jetliner Cabins averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do PocketBook Reader or Jetliner Cabins have ads?
Neither PocketBook Reader nor Jetliner Cabins shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PocketBook Reader or Jetliner Cabins?
PocketBook Reader ships an update every 2 months, and Jetliner Cabins every 12 months. Most recently, PocketBook Reader was updated on October 27, 2026 and Jetliner Cabins on October 16, 2026.

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