Comparison

i2Reader Cloud vs Underscored

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

Underscored

Features
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Underscored gives every book its own musical score, timed to the way you read. As you move through the story, the music shifts with it - building through tense scenes, pulling back during quiet moments, crossfading seamlessly as you turn each page. The tempo follows your pace, so no two reading sessions sound the same. WHAT'S INCLUDED - Frankenstein, Mary Shelley's classic tale of creation and consequence, complete, unabridged, and with a dynamic score. - Free Book of the Month, fully scored - Preview any score before you buy - Full paginated reader with light, dark, and sepia themes - Paper book mode for reading physical copies - Offline support - download scores and read anywhere HOW IT WORKS Each book is analyzed for narrative structure, emotional arc, and pacing. A unique score is composed chapter by chapter, with musical segments mapped to exact word positions in the text. Every score includes a musical brief - a composer's note on the sonic identity of that book. The instruments, the motifs, the emotional arc of the music from first page to last. SCORED CLASSICS - $0.99 EACH - Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - Dracula - Bram Stoker - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland -Lewis Carroll - Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad - The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald New books are added regularly.

Screenshots

i2Reader Cloud4 screens
Underscored4 screens

Verdict

The call

i2Reader Cloud and Underscored are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 Underscored sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
i2Reader Cloud versus Underscored: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameteri2Reader CloudUnderscored
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (75 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings75 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB38 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperYuriy MelyushinGordon Taylor

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

Underscored

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
10 purchases

Underscored

One-time10
  • The Odyssey - Musical Score$0.99
  • Alice in Wonderland — Musical Score$0.99
  • Dracula - Musical Score$0.99
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  • Heart of Darkness - Musical Score$0.99
  • The Great Gatsby - Musical Score$0.99
  • Wuthering Heights - Musical Score$0.99
  • The Happy Prince — Musical Score$0.99
  • Metamorphosis — Musical Score$0.99
  • Score for Huckleberry Finn$0.99
  • Count of Monte Cristo Score$0.99

Questions

Is i2Reader Cloud free?
i2Reader Cloud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Underscored free?
Underscored is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do i2Reader Cloud or Underscored have ads?
Neither i2Reader Cloud nor Underscored shows ads.

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