ePlatform Digital Libraries vs Books Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ePlatform Digital Libraries
Access your school or public library's eBook and Audiobook collections on your smartphone or tablet. Read and listen anytime, anywhere, even offline. Your reading progress, notes, and settings sync across devices.
- Access school and public libraries
- Read and listen offline
- Automatic bookmarking
- Cross-device synchronization
- Customizable reading settings
- Dyslexia-friendly options
- Export notes and highlights
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The ePlatform app gives students and patrons access to eBook and Audiobook collections at the tap of a button. Start reading and listening anytime, anywhere. ePlatform is optimized for smartphones and tablets so you can take your library with you wherever you go. It is quick, simple and free to download. Within minutes you’ll be able to read library eBooks and listen to Audiobooks across a multiple array of devices. You can even read and listen offline. Just log in once, begin reading and then when you exit, your place is automatically bookmarked and saved so you can pick up right where you left off the next time you log in. READY TO SEE WHAT’S POSSIBLE? 1. Using the app, find your School or Public Library. 2. Login to authenticate yourself as a student of the school or library member (using your library card ID). 3. Search, browse, look inside/ sample audio, borrow and reserve. Titles return automatically after the loan period so there is no need to worry about late fees, otherwise you can choose to return them early too. The App also synchronizes reading location, highlights, notes and settings between devices. WHY YOU WILL LOVE EPLATFORM ePlatform was designed to further enhance the joy of reading. It includes a raft of helpful features that students and patrons will appreciate like: - Access to both School and Public Libraries you belong to. - Smart Settings Wizard with ability to customise - font type, font size, spacing between letters, words and lines, background colour, lock screen in portrait or landscape. enable night mode, adjust brightness. - Smart features that support visual reading challenges such as personalisation options and Dyslexia friendly settings. - Define or search words when reading. - Synchronise reading location, highlights, notes and settings between devices. - Export highlighted text and notes from borrowed books in PDF format. - Reading speed control and sleep timer are available when listening to an audiobook. - Sample any eBook or Audiobook, with no loan required.
Books Reader
This app provides a seamless e-reading experience, managing your ebook collection and offering customizable reading settings. It supports various formats and includes features like bookmarking, note-taking, and a read/unread tracker.
- Supports multiple ebook formats (epub, fb2, mobi, PDF)
- Manages and organizes ebook collections
- Customizable text size, color, theme, and brightness
- Progress tracking and bookmarking
- Note-taking and excerpt selection
- Read/unread book tracker
- Filtering and search functionality
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Books Reader - its a perfect e-reading experience. Overdrive your reading skills everyday. For everyone reader we gift free books and e-reading collections. Books Reader is a laconic pocket library and intuitive tool for a perfect reading experience. Without extra fluff or complexity, it takes care of all the basic needs: managing your ebook collections, getting the text on the screen and letting you interact with it as you go at your prime reading. For a start, the app builds a library for you by rounding up all the book files stored on the device. Books Reader works with most popular ebooks formats (epub, fb2, mobi etc.), including zip archives. If necessary, you can tweak the list manually, by adding or removing specific titles for ibooks. However big your collection gets, browsing will remain easy thanks to a provided set of filters. Besides, the system is keeping track of your history to display the books in order of relevance. Viewing the book, you can adjust the settings for the best effect: change size and color of the text, pick the right theme and brightness level, use various controls options for turning pages. The combination of a progress bar, bookmarking and a search tool help to navigate the text effortlessly. Make sure to select the excerpts that stayed with you and import them to Notes with just a couple of taps. Books Reader offers: - A variety of ebook formats (epub, fb2,PDF, mobi and others); - Auto unpacking of zip archives; - A smart manager of the books stored on your device; - Read/unread books tracker; - Filtering system (by author, by date added or read, etc.); - Adjustable page/text settings (brightness, size, color, theme and more); - Several controls methods (scrolling, tapping or using buttons); - Marking pages and taking notes. Privacy Policy: https://villow.studio/privacy Term Of Use: https://villow.studio/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Books Reader at 4.7 against ePlatform Digital Libraries's 3.7. ePlatform Digital Libraries's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Books Reader sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ePlatform Digital Libraries asks for nothing beyond the download.
Books Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 22 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of ePlatform Digital Libraries's written reviews are positive against 38% of Books Reader's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ePlatform Digital Libraries ships an update every 3 weeks, Books Reader every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ePlatform Digital Libraries | Books Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (12 ratings) | 4.7 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wheelers | Villow |
Customer experience
ePlatform Digital Libraries
Books Reader
Bugs and requests
ePlatform Digital Libraries
Reported bugs
4 issues- Books not loading properly
- Audiobooks not working
- App forgetting login credentials
- Issues with updating to new versions
Requested features
4 requests- Add vertical scrolling for ebooks
- Improve search and browsing functionality
- Implement dark mode and better visual customization
- Allow more simultaneous book loans
Books Reader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ePlatform Digital Libraries
No in-app purchases
Books Reader
- Regular donation$1.991 Month
- Regular donation$3.991 Month
- Regular donation$5.991 Month
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- Regular donation$9.991 Month
- Donation$1.99
- Donation$3.99
- Donation$5.99
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- Donation$9.99
- Custom Fonts & Themes$9.99
Questions
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