Comparison

i2Reader Cloud vs Hedgehog reader

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

Hedgehog reader

This app allows you to read a wide variety of e-book and audiobook formats, organize your personal library, and even translate text offline. It offers features like full-text search, typo correction, and text-to-speech functionality.

Highlights
  • Supports multiple e-book and audiobook formats
  • Organize library with shelves, search, and filtering
  • Offline text translation
  • Full-text search and notes
  • Typo correction
  • Text-to-speech with adjustable speed
  • Import from local devices and cloud storage
Features
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An app for reading books and organizing a personal library. The supported formats are FB2, MOBI, EPUB, DOCX, CBZ, CHM, RTF, HTML, MHTML, WebArchive, PDF, MD, TXT, and MP3, M4A, M4B for audiobooks. Import from local devices, iCloud, and Dropbox, as a single book and as a batch. An ability to create an internal shelves structure with search and filtering by genre, keywords, languages, series, and ratings. An ability to translate (even when there is no Internet connection) selected words and phrases to the chosen language, by presetting the list of languages to translate from. An ability to perform a full-text search throughout the entire library and the notes added to books. An ability to quickly correct typos in a book. Reading the text aloud (even when there is no Internet connection) with different variants of speed and operating from the music control. Bookmarks and notes with the ability to upload the latter as a file. An ability to directly download books from servers that support OPDS.

Screenshots

i2Reader Cloud4 screens
Hedgehog reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hedgehog reader at 4.9 against i2Reader Cloud's 4.1. Hedgehog reader also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (67% vs 48%). i2Reader Cloud's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (74 vs 16). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and Hedgehog reader sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hedgehog reader holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 74 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of i2Reader Cloud's written reviews are positive against 67% of Hedgehog reader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

i2Reader Cloud ships an update every 3 months, Hedgehog reader fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
i2Reader Cloud versus Hedgehog reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameteri2Reader CloudHedgehog reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (74 ratings)4.9 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.4% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings74 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.7
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB61 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperYuriy MelyushinAnna Diubina

Customer experience

i2Reader Cloud

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

Hedgehog reader

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

i2Reader Cloud

One-time5
  • Auto-scroll$0.99
  • Seamless textures$0.99
  • Auto turning$0.99
Show 2 more
  • Online translator$1.99
  • Removal of limitations$3.99
2 purchases

Hedgehog reader

One-time2
  • Advertisement free mode$5.99
  • Book export$14.99

Questions

Is i2Reader Cloud free?
i2Reader Cloud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hedgehog reader free?
Hedgehog reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, i2Reader Cloud or Hedgehog reader?
Hedgehog reader is rated higher. i2Reader Cloud averages 4.1 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while Hedgehog reader averages 4.9 from 16 ratings.
Do i2Reader Cloud or Hedgehog reader have ads?
Hedgehog reader shows ads; i2Reader Cloud does not.
Which is updated more often, i2Reader Cloud or Hedgehog reader?
i2Reader Cloud ships an update every 3 months, and Hedgehog reader fortnightly. Most recently, i2Reader Cloud was updated on September 29, 2026 and Hedgehog reader on September 22, 2026.

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