AceReader vs BookFusion
AceReader
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BookFusion
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| Figure | AceReader | BookFusion |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $3.25/mo | $2.99/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 8 |
| Spec score · Reading Apps | 8.7 (#7) | 9.4 (#1) |
| Support | AceReader offers support by email and toll-free phone, and Education Edition customers can request free phone and web-conference training for administrators and teachers. | The reader plans list email support, with priority email support on Advanced and Power; the pricing page gives [email protected] for critical bugs. |
Plans
AceReader
- Personal Edition$39 a year
- Family Edition — 2 Users$59 a year
- AceReader Elite (Classic Desktop)$69.95, paid once
- Family Edition — 4 Users$79 a year
- Family Edition — 8 Users$99 a year
- Education EditionPriced on request
BookFusion
- FreeFree
- Casual$2.99 a month
- Advanced$7.99 a month
- Power$14.99 a month
- Starter$199 a month
- Premium$399 a month
- Plus$599 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
AceReader
AceReader is designed to assess and improve reading speed, comprehension, and fluency for readers from 3rd grade through adulthood. Its tools include comprehension tests, eye pacing drills, and eye exercise games. Read Mode accepts users’ own documents, eBooks, web page text, and emails for reading or training. Text is available at 13 levels of complexity, and courses can adjust automatically. The Education Edition tracks students’ reading speed and comprehension scores, and includes school, class, and student account management, teacher dashboards, and progress reports. It runs in a web browser without an app or software installation and can integrate with existing reading classes or serve as a supplement. Other offerings include Personal, Family, and Classic Desktop editions. The listed starting price is $39 a year for one user; AceReader Elite Classic Desktop is 69.95 USD once for PC/Windows. A free trial is offered on the Classic Desktop page, and purchases have a 30-day money-back guarantee. AceReader was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Grand Junction, Colorado, USA.
BookFusion
BookFusion is a digital library and reading service for organizing, reading, sharing and syncing eBooks across web, iOS and Android. Its reader supports PDF, MOBI and EPUB, and carries bookmarks, comments, highlights and reading progress between devices. Downloaded books are available offline. Readers can arrange titles by author, genre and custom tags, with rule-based Smart Shelves and Smart Queries also described. An official Calibre plugin syncs books and metadata using an API key and requires Calibre 5.0 or later; a KOReader plugin supports browsing the library, downloading books and syncing position and highlights. The store offers over 70,000 free eBooks as well as titles for purchase. Personal uploads must be DRM-free, and storage and maximum file size depend on plan. The Free plan allows 10 books and files up to 15 MB. Paid individual plans start at $1.99 per month billed yearly. Social reading is beta; discovery is coming soon, while lending and borrowing are upcoming.