Booklover vs TinyReaderHubPro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Booklover
Organize and read a vast collection of eBooks, including PDFs, manga, and scanned books. Seamlessly sync with iCloud Drive and customize your reading experience with various layout and annotation options.
- eBook management (PDF, ZIP/CBZ, RAR/CBR)
- iCloud Drive syncing
- Metadata-driven library organization
- Customizable reader settings
- Bookmarks and PDF annotations
- Search and filtering
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Booklover is a highly responsive and robust eBook reader. It excels at handling PDFs, manga, and scanned books. The metadata-driven library management system makes it easy to organize and enjoy a large collection of books in PDF, ZIP/CBZ, and RAR/CBR formats. Seamlessly integrated with iCloud Drive, books in the iCloud Drive/Booklover folder automatically appear in the app’s library and can be downloaded on demand. In the library, you can organize books by genres and arrange them using various bibliographic details such as title, author, publisher, and more. With the search field and powerful Library Navigator, you can quickly locate a book among thousands in your collection. Customize your reading experience with settings for each book, including page layout, transition axis and style, cropping, filters, progress direction, background, and more. Booklover supports bookmarks with titles and notes, as well as PDF text annotations (highlights), text search, and a table of contents. Main Features: # General • Manage and view eBooks (PDF, ZIP/CBZ, RAR/CBR) • Support for archived image files in JPG, PNG, GIF, HEIF, WEBP, AVIF, and JPEG XL formats • Automatic syncing of book files placed in iCloud Drive/Booklover. On-demand caching (download) of the remote files • Import files via iTunes (Windows), Finder (Mac), AirDrop, Drag & Drop, "Open with..." etc. • Import files via apps from various cloud storage services, such as Dropbox and OneDrive, as well as other services accessible through the iOS Files app. • Slide Over / Split View (iPad) • Hardware keyboard support (mainly in the reader) # Library • Section books by genre (ON/OFF) • The Library Navigator (ON/OFF) • Histories of added and opened books • Context Menu for individual books (long-press a book cover) • Change sort order: By Title, Author, Publisher, Filename, Added Date, etc. • Alphanumeric Index Labels (ON/OFF) • Toggle display of cover accessories • Adjust cover grid size • Responsive Shadow (shows page volume with shadow) • Filter books by Status, Genre, Tags, etc. • Search books by various bibliographic details, file name, and tags # Reader • PDF text annotations (highlights) with notes, text search, and a table of contents • Bookmarks with titles and notes • Lists of bookmarks and PDF annotations • Page transition settings: Axis (Horizontal, Vertical), Style (Scroll, Continuous Scroll, Stack, Crossfade, Zoom fade, Instant) • Progress direction setting: Left to Right, Right to Left (for vertical text, manga, Arabic, etc.) • Page layout setting: Automatic, Single-Page, Two-Pages (spread) • Separate page layout settings for view orientation (Portrait / Landscape) • Page trimming (for images only) • Page sizing: Show All, Width-Fit, Height-Fit • Page thumbnail view (overview, bookmarks) • Image correction filters • Dynamic background (When the "Background Color" option for a book is set to "Dynamic") • Adjust page spread position (Insert adjuster page at the beginning of the book body) • Text recognition within images (with compatible devices only) • Export (share) the currently displayed page # Book Management • Edit metadata: Title, Author, Genre, Publisher, Published Date, ISBN, etc. • Edit Tags (Can be used as filter criteria in the side menu) • Extract metadata (title/author) from PDFs • Extract various metadata from file names with configurable extraction rules • Automatic/Manual cropping of book covers • Batch modification of book settings and metadata • Transfer book files: "Open with...", AirDrop, Drag & Drop, etc. • Can manage the content files and data separately ("Ghost Book") ——————————————— # Acknowledgments [Books used in the screenshots] • "Give My Regards to Black Jack" by SHUHO SATO (Manga on Web: http://mangaonweb.com) • Public domain books from Feedbooks (http://www.feedbooks.com) • Public domain comics from digitalcomicmuseum.com (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com)
TinyReaderHubPro
Read comics and manga from local files or cloud storage without extraction. Offers AI upscaling and free translation features. Supports various archive formats and cloud services.
- Open ZIP, RAR, 7Z, CBZ, CBR, PDF, EPUB
- Cloud and NAS integration
- AI upscaling for pages
- Free manga translation
- Right-to-left manga support
- In-app browser with downloads
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Tiny Reader Hub is a local and cloud comic reader. Open archives without extracting first. Cloud shelves do not require a membership. This release does not show splash or in-reader ads. Membership remains for translation quota, Cloud Shelf, and multi-device sync — not as a gate for cloud shelves. Reading • Open ZIP, RAR, 7Z, CBZ, CBR, PDF, and EPUB, including encrypted archives • Right-to-left manga, vertical webtoon, dual page, and zoom • Progress is stored on device; members can continue across devices and platforms Cloud and NAS (no membership required) • Guangya Pan: authorize, browse, and read archives without extracting • Baidu Netdisk • Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive • WebDAV (including Jianguoyun-style setups) • SMB for LAN / NAS • TinyShelf Cloud Shelf (members) • iCloud and Files import AI and translation • Free manga translation • AI upscaling for clearer pages Other • In-app browser with downloads to your library • Chinese, English, and Japanese UI Tiny Reader Hub does not provide comic content — it is a reading tool only.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Booklover at 87% against TinyReaderHubPro's 33%. Booklover also leads on price ($3.99 vs $9.99). TinyReaderHubPro's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Booklover costs $3.99 and TinyReaderHubPro $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Booklover ships an update every 2 weeks, TinyReaderHubPro every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | Booklover | TinyReaderHubPro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (57 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 87.3% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Plastic Software, Inc. | 泽勇 周 |
Customer experience
Booklover
TinyReaderHubPro
In-app purchases
Booklover
No in-app purchases
TinyReaderHubPro
No in-app purchases









