# MapleRead CX — EPUB Reader

> EPUB reader with audio-visual experience, customization, and library management. (iPhone/iPad app by Maplepop LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mapleread-cx/id1128582526 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Maplepop LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/798017700)
- Category: Books, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.40/5 from 24 App Store ratings · 39 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 26 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2016-07-08
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mapleread-cx/id1128582526/reviews.md

## What is MapleRead CX?

MapleRead is dedicated to enable unique audio-visual reading experience for everyone.

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Our MapleRead app family has 3 members, namely SE, CE and CX.
- SE is our flagship product with all features.
- CE is SE without PDF reader and built-in Library Server.
- CX is CE with some limitation. Free to try.
- No recurring subscription fees. No ads. Just buy it once. Gratuity optional.
- Moreover, SE and CE can be run side-by-side via split-view multitasking.
- Recommend SE for use on multiple devices with easy and fast book sharing via Library Server.
- Recommend the SE-CE bundle for the best value.
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MapleRead includes a superb audio-visual EPUB e-book reader.
- It lets you easily modify publisher's original book style to better suit your aesthetic taste.
- It lets you instantly generate pseudo audiobooks with a choice of narrator voices over 40 languages.
- It enables immersion reading so that you may read and listen to the same book in sync.
- Background listening works well too. Compatible with Lock Screen Music Player and CarPlay.

MapleRead UI is friendly to users of all ages.
- Books can be read in regular and large print.
- A choice of UI text sizes makes reading in non-book views much more comfortable.

MapleRead is a great learning tool.
- It lets you look up words, translate sentences, search text, highlight text and write notes.
- It helps you collect vocabulary and organize notes with various priorities.
- It provides hooks to user-defined dictionaries, translators, and other tools.
- Immersion reading improves your comprehension, especially of foreign-language books.

MapleRead is an effective and fast library management tool.
- It is designed for you, a book lover, who may own a huge and/or growing book collection.
- It lets you keep all your books in one place and well-organized automatically.
- It lets you display your books elegantly in style.
- It lets you easily repair individual book metadata.
- If supports multiple book sets and multiple tags.
- It offers multiple ways to import and export books, and works well with Calibre.

MapleRead offers unprecedented user-defined customization options.
- They include unlimited user-defined fonts, book themes, cover images and library scenes.
- Each book theme includes various types of user-defined highlight colors.

[For more technical details, screenshots, FAQ and reviews, please visit our website.]

## Key features

- Audio-visual EPUB reader
- Pseudo audiobook generation
- Immersion reading (sync audio/text)
- Customizable book styles and themes
- Word lookup and translation
- Library management and organization
- User-defined fonts and highlight colors

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro Upgrade | $6.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 39)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mapleread-cx/id1128582526/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Just use Books.

*2026-05-26*

Forces you to pay if you import more than 5 books. Just use Books unless you really need OPDS support.

**Developer response:** This is not a fair comment. For the real story, please read the in-app OPDS entry "CX is CE with some limitation".

### 2/5 — Disappointing

*2026-05-10*

poor functionality and a pain to "import" and organize your books.

**Developer response:** Can you be more specific as to what features you think are missing, and how books should be imported other than the half a dozen existing methods to do so? Thanks.

### 1/5 — Opening of a local file on ipad pro

*2025-11-01*

Please how is it possible to open a local file on my ipad pro? Also would it be possible to have the list of all the possible formats accepted? For instance, is azw3 ok? Thank you in advance.

**Developer response:** As shown on the App Store description pages, MapleRead CX and CE supports ePub, while SE supports ePub and PDF. No azw3 or any other format support is mentioned. As long as the ePub file is not DRM'ed, the app can import it.

### 2/5 — Good but…books on shelf too small on iPad mini

*2025-06-25*

I am unable to read the titles on the the iPad mini as the books are way too small and there are not alterable and magnifying each one is a pain.  If I was able to customise the books and shelf size I would buy the paid version. 

The amount of customisation when reading the books is wonderful. 

Note you are only able to read 5 books in this trial version.

### 4/5 — Demande d'option

*2025-05-13*

Bonjour superbe application ,mais si on pouvais ecrire directement sur l'epub ça serait genial🥰

### 3/5 — Workable but not entirely good

*2024-06-29*

It takes a bit to get it to just simply read a book, but on the upside it handles custom fonts, and even RIBBI, right and with ease.

Big minus is that the page layout in continuous scroll cannot be changed. On an iPhone SE, the default margin is *way* too big, making for *very* short lines.

### 5/5 — Leitor Maple

*2024-04-16*

Excelente leitor com várias funções...maravilhoso

### 4/5 — Good ePub reader .. but

*2024-01-07*

It had a problem with ePub 3 file

Also all the books from Hindawi.org have an issue in MapleRead, but work well on other ebook apps.

**Developer response:** ◾️ Jan 24, 2024: Please update to version 5.3. Those Arabic books should work well with the bug fix.

◾️ Jan 15, 2024: Thank you for providing a concrete website, Hindawi.org, with lots of such EPUB test cases. (More interactive email correspondence is still preferred.) Apparently, hindawi.org is an Arabic website, and all books there are in Arabic. Arabic is written from right-to-left (rtl) instead of left-to-right (ltr) like English. It turns out that the app is indeed not well-tested for rtl languages in all reading views. However, it still works reasonably well in Modern Scroll view. Furthermore, you may turn off all switches under "Apply Theme Colors", if you don't want to override publisher's colors.

◾️ Dec 29, 2023: EPUB 3 is a very complex standard. The app may have bugs, or the books may not be fully compliant. Please try out some bundled EPUB 3 books from Sample Books. You are welcome to send us the books in question to help resolve this issue. Thanks.

### 3/5 — Nice book reader doesn't support split view for ipad

*2024-01-01*

A really nice app for reading epub just cannot use notes side by side and have limited annotation capabilities. Just text highlight...no underline strikethrough.
Hope the developers soon update the app for ipad

**Developer response:** As stated in App Store description, CX is CE with some limitation. Split-view multitasking is one such limitation of CX, while CE and SE have no such limitation.

### 3/5 — Good ePub reader .. but

*2023-12-25*

It had a problem with ePub 3 file

**Developer response:** EPUB 3 is a very complex standard. The app may have bugs, or the books may not be fully compliant. Please try out some bundled EPUB 3 books from Sample Books. You are welcome to send us the books in question to help resolve this issue. Thanks.

## Frequently asked questions about MapleRead CX

### What is MapleRead CX?

MapleRead CX is an EPUB ebook reader designed to provide a unique audio-visual reading experience. It allows users to customize book styles, generate pseudo audiobooks with various narrator voices, and enjoy immersive reading where audio and text are synchronized. It also includes robust library management features.

### What are the key features of MapleRead CX?

Key features include a superb audio-visual EPUB reader, the ability to modify book styles, instant generation of pseudo audiobooks with over 40 language options, immersion reading, background listening, and compatibility with Lock Screen Music Player and CarPlay. It also offers extensive library management and user-defined customization options.

### How much does MapleRead CX cost?

MapleRead CX is available to try for free and has no recurring subscription fees or ads. Users can purchase it once to unlock its full functionality. Gratuity is optional.

### What devices is MapleRead CX compatible with?

While specific device compatibility isn't detailed, the app mentions compatibility with Lock Screen Music Player and CarPlay, suggesting it is designed for mobile devices. It also supports split-view multitasking, indicating compatibility with devices that support this feature.

### How can MapleRead CX be used as a learning tool?

MapleRead CX is a great learning tool as it allows users to look up words, translate sentences, search text, highlight passages, and write notes. It helps in collecting vocabulary and organizing notes, and its immersion reading feature can improve comprehension, especially for foreign-language books.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 6.5 — 2026-07-07

- Fix bugs occurred when downloading from some book websites
- Fix other bugs

### 6.4.2 — 2026-07-02

- Adjust age rating
- Fix bugs

### 6.4.1 — 2026-06-16

Fix bugs

### 6.4 — 2026-05-11

- Facilitate in-app web access to synced data after Sign In and when Diagnostics is turned on
- More compatibility with iOS 26
- Fix bugs

### 6.3 — 2026-03-27

- Support “Mark as Never Read” and its sync implication for any book, unintentionally read or not
- Reduce power consumption after TTS is paused
- More compatibility with app window resizing features of iPadOS 26
- Improve stability for iOS 26 and later
- Fixed bugs

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## More apps by Maplepop LLC

- [MapleRead SE](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mapleread-se/id860169741)
- [MapleRead CE](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mapleread-ce/id860180350)

All apps by Maplepop LLC: https://appshunter.io/developer/798017700

## Related topics

[mapleread](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/mapleread) · [mapleread cx](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/mapleread-cx) · [mapleread se](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/mapleread-se) · [mapleread ce](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/mapleread-ce)

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