Comparison

eLibrary Access vs Readerly

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

Head to head
About

eLibrary Access

Access a vast collection of academic eBooks from various disciplines anytime, anywhere. Enjoy high-quality content with original layout fidelity, and utilize features like search, highlighting, and note-taking.

Highlights
  • Access eBooks anytime, anywhere
  • Browse 10,000+ academic titles
  • Maintain original textbook layout
  • Easy chapter navigation
  • Search, highlight, and add notes
  • Manage account and purchase history
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eLibrary Access is a learning companion for users who want quick and easy access to the world-class collection of academic eBooks. Users can access 10,000+ national and international titles from the following disciplines: Business and Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics and Sciences. Features: -Access eBooks anytime, anywhere -Browse enriched collection of eBooks from well-known authors and publishers across the globe -Enjoy quality content with absolute fidelity to the original textbook layout -Navigate through chapters easily using the Table of Contents -Search, highlight important text, add notes and bookmarks -Access your purchase history and manage your eLibrary Access account throughout the app

About

Readerly

Track your reading habits with detailed statistics and insights. Log books, notes, and quotes, and visualize your reading life over time. Offers advanced analytics for a deeper understanding of your reading patterns.

Highlights
  • Detailed reading statistics
  • Log books, notes, and quotes
  • Visualize reading pace and trends
  • Private data storage on device
  • Barcode scanning for books
  • Import reading data from files
  • Shareable reading insights
Features
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You know roughly how much you read. Readerly tells you exactly. Readerly turns your reading history into a clear picture of your reading life: how your pace changes through the year, what you reach for, which authors you return to, when you read most, and how this year compares with every year before it. Save Private Notes & Quotes, too, so the parts of a book you want to remember stay with your reading life. No account. No sign-in. Your library stays on your iPhone. WHY THE NUMBERS HOLD UP A chart is only useful if the number under it is right. Audiobooks are counted in hours. Insight cards show the evidence behind what they say: how many sessions contributed, what window was measured, and whether there is enough data to support the result. If there is not, Readerly says so instead of inventing an average. Your reading data also outranks the catalog. If you are on page 628 of a book a database says has 623 pages, Readerly accepts 628 and offers to correct the book length. Reopen any reading session and change the date, pages or minutes. Start and finish dates are yours to set. Correcting your own reading history is never behind Readerly Pro. WITHOUT A SUBSCRIPTION • Three free Library choices: Plain, The Book Dragon and A Distant Kingdom • Unlimited books and reading sessions, stored on your device • Private Notes & Quotes • Haptic quarter-star ratings, so a book can be 4¼ instead of being forced to 4 or 4½ • Searchable genres and custom cover images • Log the page you are actually on, not pages-read arithmetic • Live reading pace and projected finish date for every active book • Barcode scanning • Bookstore Mode: continuously scan shelves and instantly see whether a book is already yours or already read • Import from CSV, TSV, XLSX or ZIP • Preview every addition, update and conflict before anything is saved • Readerly reconstructs your reading history from dates in your file, marks estimated dates, and lets you undo the entire import with one tap • Optional AI Import Assistant for messy or unfamiliar exports • Cover and description lookup for books missing metadata • Books Finished, Day Streak, Pages Read and Minutes Read • Two charts on your real numbers: Books Finished by Month and print, digital and audio mix • Explore your reading by year • Share cards as square images or silent 9:16 videos READERLY PRO Readerly Pro turns your log into a deeper view of how you actually read. It also includes thirteen additional Library wallpapers. Unlock deeper charts and insights, including reading momentum, daily rhythm, the hours and weekdays you read, genre currents, per-book reading journeys, genre mix, rating shape, author affinity, completion patterns, length versus rating, a six-axis taste profile, and a deck of the strongest insights your history can support. Choose any month and tap pages or listening bars to see the books behind your totals. Tap a rating, author or genre to see the books behind the number. Share your reading highlights. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your books, sessions, ratings, notes, quotes, dates and progress live in a private database on your iPhone. Book lookup sends only what identifies the book, such as an ISBN or title and author. No ads. No third-party analytics. No tracking. AI IS OPTIONAL Readerly includes two optional AI tools on the import screen, and neither runs unless you ask. It can send titles and authors of uncategorized books to Anthropic's Claude to suggest a genre from Readerly's fixed list, or send your file's column names and limited samples to suggest how they map. Readerly asks first and tells you what will be sent. Readerly Pro is an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription at the price shown before purchase. Cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://thereaderlyapp.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://thereaderlyapp.com/terms/

Screenshots

eLibrary Access4 screens
Readerly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: eLibrary Access at none against Readerly's 2. eLibrary Access also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). Readerly's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 12 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Readerly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. eLibrary Access asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for eLibrary Access against 5.0 for Readerly. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eLibrary Access ships an update every 12 months, Readerly weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
eLibrary Access versus Readerly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereLibrary AccessReaderly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB35 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHurix Systems Pvt. Ltd.Jovanne Villarino

Customer experience

eLibrary Access

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Readerly

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

eLibrary Access

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Readerly

Subscriptions2
  • Readerly Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Readerly Pro Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is eLibrary Access free?
eLibrary Access is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Readerly free?
Readerly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, eLibrary Access or Readerly?
eLibrary Access and Readerly are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do eLibrary Access or Readerly have ads?
Neither eLibrary Access nor Readerly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eLibrary Access or Readerly?
eLibrary Access ships an update every 12 months, and Readerly weekly. Most recently, eLibrary Access was updated on October 24, 2026 and Readerly on October 24, 2026.

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