Benchmarks · September 2026 · updating
Who AI recommended for epub and rss reader apps for mobile, September 2026.
In September 2026, AI assistants recommended Moon+ Reader most often for epub and rss reader apps for mobile: it appeared in 47% of the 32 answers we measured across 2 scans, credited for “free epub reader” and “cheapest solution”.
Readwise Reader (47%), Feedly (41%), NetNewsWire (41%) followed. 9 brands were named at least once.
The sources assistants leaned on were apps.apple.com, play.google.com, readwise.io. Being present on those pages is the shortest route into these answers.
- Answers
- 32
- Scans
- 2
- Brands named
- 9
- Assistants
- ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude
Share of answers
How often each brand was recommended.
- 1Moon+ Reader“free epub reader”, “cheapest solution”47%
- 2Readwise Reader“all-in-one reading app”, “native mobile apps”47%
- 3Feedly“free rss app”, “cheapest solution”41%
- 4NetNewsWire“free”, “free rss app”41%
- 5Inoreader“free rss app”, “cheapest solution”34%
- 6Apple Books“free epub reader”, “cheapest solution”34%
- 7ReadEra“fast”, “top user ratings for stability and multi‑format support”34%
- 8KOReader“open-source”, “advanced users”28%
- 9Neubook“marketed specifically as an epub and web reader”, “supports epub files, rss/atom feeds and opds/calibre catalogs”19%
Share = answers in which the brand was recommended ÷ all answers measured for this market in the month. Deltas are against August 2026. Paid placements never affect these figures.
Sources
Where the assistants read before answering.
- apps.apple.comdirectory · 14 citations
- play.google.comdirectory · 10 citations
- readwise.ioother · 9 citations
- neubook.appown site · 8 citations
- merge-json-files.combest-of list · 4 citations
- screvi.comother · 3 citations
Method
Each scan asks ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude 12 to 20 buyer questions for this market with web search on, and records every brand recommended in each answer. Figures are aggregated across all scans of the market in the month and de-identified: no customer, question set or answer is exposed. Past months are frozen on the first of the following month. Free to cite with a link (CC BY 4.0). Live ranking on the directory page.
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