Comparison

Booklover vs BookPDF

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

Head to head
About

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 advanced reader settings and library management tools.

Highlights
  • Manage and view eBooks (PDF, ZIP/CBZ, RAR/CBR)
  • iCloud Drive syncing
  • Organize books by genre and bibliographic details
  • Powerful search and Library Navigator
  • Customizable reader settings
  • Bookmarks and PDF annotations
  • Support for archived image files
Features
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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)

About

BookPDF

Features
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このアプリは、PDFを“本のように”快適に読むためのシンプルなリーダーです。 右から左へのページめくり表示に対応し、読書の流れを邪魔しない設計にしてあります。 主な機能 ・右から左へ進むページめくり(読書向け表示) ・しおり(現在ページをワンタップで登録/解除) ・しおり一覧からページへジャンプ ・続きから再開(前回の読書位置を保存) ・PDFの取り込みとライブラリ管理(名前変更・削除) こんな人におすすめ ・PDF小説や資料を“読むために”使いたい ・余計な機能より、見やすさと操作の迷いの少なさを重視したい ※本アプリは、ユーザーが用意したPDFファイルを端末内で閲覧するためのアプリです。

Screenshots

Booklover4 screens
BookPDF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BookPDF at Free against Booklover's $3.99. BookPDF also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). 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

BookPDF is free to download; Booklover costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Booklover ships an update every 2 weeks, BookPDF every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Booklover versus BookPDF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookloverBookPDF
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (57 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings57 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.618 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPlastic Software, Inc.Yuta Sugawara

In-app purchases

None

Booklover

No in-app purchases

None

BookPDF

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Booklover free?
Booklover costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BookPDF free?
BookPDF is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Booklover or BookPDF have ads?
Neither Booklover nor BookPDF shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Booklover or BookPDF?
Booklover ships an update every 2 weeks, and BookPDF every 2 days. Most recently, Booklover was updated on October 18, 2026 and BookPDF on October 11, 2026.

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