Comparison

i2Reader Cloud vs SamlibReader

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

Head to head
About

i2Reader Cloud

This app offers a comfortable reading experience with cloud synchronization across devices. Enjoy customizable layouts, interactive features like footnotes and dictionaries, and the ability to download books from various cloud services. It supports multiple formats and allows family sharing of libraries.

Highlights
  • iCloud synchronization for library and reading progress
  • Customizable book layout (fonts, colors, spacing)
  • Download books from Dropbox, Google Drive, Yandex Disk
  • Interactive footnotes and dictionary support
  • Family sharing and user reading statistics
  • Supports FB2, EPUB, MOBI, DOC, PDF formats
  • Auto-scrolling and auto-page turning
Features
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Reading with comfort is a dream of any book lover! It’s more than 10 years already that my i2Reader has been making this dream come true. With each version of the app I add a bunch of new options and always try to keep the pleasure of reading a top priority. When putting books on digital shelves or turning over their 3D pages on any device (Mac, iPhone or iPad), you will always feel “I too Reader”* * - this is not a mistake :) Main features: • iCloud support: your library is synchronized in all your devices. You can start reading a book on iPhone and continue doing it on iPad or Mac! Everything from last the opened page, bookmarksо, highlighters to book metadata, including user's choice of a book cover, titles, genres, keywords, series etc. - is synchronized in each book; • Footnotes are displayed on the bottom of the page – like in real paper books! • Full support of 3D Touch: - in a library: to peek at a book info, press slightly on it; swipe up to bring up a context menu for this book; - when reading, you can assign 3D Touch to one of these options: Wikipedia or dictionaries. Press on a word and the assigned option will run right away, bypassing context menu. • Interactive guide to introduce features of the app; • Support of multitasking Side Over and Split View for iPad Pro, iPad Air or iPad mini; • Support Drag and Drop for iPad under iOS 11; • AutoScrolling – vertical text scrolling with adjustable by horizontal swipe speed; • Auto Turning – automatic page turning according to timer; • download books from Dropbox, Google Drive and Yandex disk as well. Google Drive now supports download of GDOC (Google Docs) files; • User's access: now all members of your family can read the same books not interfering with each other. Besides, the new feature enables you to highlight text fragments and comment on it, thus making up mini-chats in your own mini social/family networks :) • Review of reading statistics for both particular books and individual library users; • adjust brightness of the screen with a two-fingers vertical swipe; • finest configuration of a book layout for the most comfortable reading: everything like fonts, font size, colors, background is adjustable, including paragraph and line spacing; • i2Reader works with FB2 (also fb2.zip or fbz), EPUB (no DRM protection), MOBI, RTF, MS Word DOC/DOCX and PDF book formats; • different ways of page turning (including 3d page turning and vertical scroll); • voice/audio reading with the use of voice synthesizer; • easy selection and sorting of books based on various criteria - you won't get lost in your library and find your book in no time; • you can also create digital shelves which are also synchronized via iCloud; • support of starDict and XDXF dictionaries when reading; • Support of in-built iOS dictionaries; • support of Lingvo dictionaries when reading (if you have installed Lingvo app); • widget for notification center; • you can now share quotes to Facebook, twitter, Evernote or send then via email; • you can also download books from public OPDS libraries. All features in one simple and handy interface - now everything is at your fingertips! You are always welcome to share your opinion and suggestions to support@i2reader.net

About

SamlibReader

This app provides a convenient way to read books from the "Magazine Samizdat" website. It addresses issues with incorrect HTML markup, allowing users to customize font size and encoding for a better reading experience. It also keeps track of your reading progress and book list.

Highlights
  • Read "Magazine Samizdat" content
  • Customizable font size
  • Selectable text encoding
  • Stores reading progress
  • Maintains book list
Features
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The application is made to read the materials of the site "Magazine Samizdat" samlib.ru On the website there are many new interesting books but, unfortunately, there is an incorrect HTML markup code. It is very inconvenient to read texts in many browsers (it is impossible to increase the text size), and downloaded files in most applications reader html files are opened with the wrong encoding. The app allows you to choose the encoding and font size, and stores a list of books and a reading position.

Screenshots

i2Reader Cloud4 screens
SamlibReader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: i2Reader Cloud at 4.1 against SamlibReader's 3.3. i2Reader Cloud also leads on ratings volume (74 vs 3). SamlibReader's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. i2Reader Cloud sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. SamlibReader asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

i2Reader Cloud holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: i2Reader Cloud has 74 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

i2Reader Cloud ships an update every 3 months, SamlibReader every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
i2Reader Cloud versus SamlibReader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameteri2Reader CloudSamlibReader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (74 ratings) — better3.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews48.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings74 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB32 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperYuriy MelyushinIvan Kramarchuk

Customer experience

i2Reader Cloud

All ratings74 ratings
Positive78.4%
Neutral4.1%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive48.4%
Neutral7.8%
Negative43.8%

SamlibReader

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

i2Reader Cloud

Reported bugs

32 issues
  • App freezes during initialization
  • Continuously tries to download from iCloud
  • Crashes after updating to iOS 26
  • App freezes during caching process
  • Crashes and/or hangs on importing themes
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  • Crashes randomly on iOS 17.0.3
  • Page limit makes features worthless
  • App crashes frequently on new iPad M1 chip
  • Bugs and glitches, development seems abandoned
  • App force closes constantly
  • Translator service not working
  • Cannot choose files from local device
  • 3D page turning is broken (page goes off-screen)
  • App freezes and crashes after minimizing
  • Paid version data disappears (books, bookmarks, themes)
  • Settings for reading themes crash the app
  • Progress and some books lost
  • First few pages of EPUBs mangled together
  • App freezes after 2-3 page turns, requires full device reboot
  • Copying text to Notes is slow and causes app to hang/restart
  • App freezes when trying to upload books
  • PDF pages turn back to page 1
  • App doesn't stay on the last page read
  • Syncing with iCloud shows 'book not processed yet'
  • App goes back to the beginning of the book
  • Hyperlinks aren't tapable
  • In-document images not displayed
  • Speech stops reading and requires app restart
  • Loading dictionaries crashes the app
  • Deleted dictionaries reappear after restart
  • Tapping to turn page lags on iPhone 6S
  • Screen dims and becomes unresponsive after a few minutes of reading/translation

Requested features

18 requests
  • Add new chapter functionality
  • Option to move audio reading bar
  • Higher quality text-to-speech with better pronunciation and softer voice
  • Add support for djvu format
  • Improve text-to-speech quality and add more voice engines
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  • Ability to edit annotation of books
  • Combine books of the same author in book list
  • Add OneDrive support
  • Improve PDF handling and page turning
  • Add a manual and links for online dictionaries
  • Improve ePub 3 support
  • Allow font changes
  • Fix issue with PDF progress bar when 'show as is' is off
  • Make hyperlinks tapable
  • Display in-document images
  • Allow deletion of problematic dictionaries
  • Transfer all themes from previous version
  • Adjustable pauses between paragraphs for text-to-speech

SamlibReader

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

i2Reader Cloud

One-time5
  • Auto-scroll$0.99
  • Seamless textures$0.99
  • Auto turning$0.99
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  • Online translator$1.99
  • Removal of limitations$3.99
None

SamlibReader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is i2Reader Cloud free?
i2Reader Cloud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SamlibReader free?
SamlibReader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, i2Reader Cloud or SamlibReader?
i2Reader Cloud is rated higher. i2Reader Cloud averages 4.1 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while SamlibReader averages 3.3 from 3 ratings.
Do i2Reader Cloud or SamlibReader have ads?
Neither i2Reader Cloud nor SamlibReader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, i2Reader Cloud or SamlibReader?
i2Reader Cloud ships an update every 3 months, and SamlibReader every 6 weeks. Most recently, i2Reader Cloud was updated on October 12, 2026 and SamlibReader on October 4, 2026.

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