Comparison

KyBook 2 Ebook Reader vs MapleRead CX

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

Head to head
About

KyBook 2 Ebook Reader

This app is a versatile e-book reader that supports a wide range of formats including EPUB, MOBI, and PDF. It offers extensive customization for reading modes, cloud storage integration, and text-to-speech capabilities for audiobooks.

Highlights
  • Supports EPUB, MOBI, PDF, DJVU, and more
  • OPDS catalog and cloud storage integration
  • Customizable reading modes (font, theme, size)
  • Text-to-speech for e-books and audiobooks
  • Book cataloging and organization
  • Speed reading and text summarization
Features
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Attention, since October 1, 2019, the third edition of the application is available on the App Store - KyBook 3 Reader. The best way to read your books ever! KyBook supports all the major e-book formats, OPDS catalogs and Cloud Storage. Continuously developing and improving in close contact with thousands of KyBook users. Key features:

 - EPUB, FB2, RTF, PDF, DJVU, MOBI, AZW3, CBR, CBZ, CBT, MP3, M4A, M4B formats - OPDS catalogs
 - Cloud Storage - Flexible reading mode settings - Handy cataloguer - Text-to-speech technology More: - Supports e-books in EPUB (DRM-free), FictionBook (fb2, fbz, fb2.zip), TXT, RTF, PDF, DJVU, Comic Book (cbr, cbz, cbt), MobiPocket (mobi), Kindle (azw3), and Audio Book (mp3, m4a, m4b) formats. - Provides access to enormous collection of free electronic books through OPDS-catalogs support. - Finds books in your Cloud Storage or anywhere in Internet. - Saves your books into iCloud, Dropbox, Yandex Disk, Google Drive, OneDrive, Cloud Mail.ru, ownCloud (WebDAV) and Shared folders (SMB/CIFS). - Allows customize: font, colour theme, text size, text alignment mode, margins, paragraph indention, hyphenations and more. - Provides easy navigation inside the book using table of content, bookmarks or notes. - Helps organizing your books, cataloging them, grouping and sorting in different modes. - Provides detailed information about each of your book. - Allows choosing book covers from different sources, changing titles and subjects and even more. - Uses text-to-speech technology to voice any e-book. - Supports translation of text and the vocabularies in StarDict and Lingvo DSL format. - Integrates with social networking services. - Supports of archives in ZIP, RAR and TAR format. - Provides Speed Reading. - Allows to stream audio for audio books in Cloud Storage. - Supports fuzzy search and search using regular expressions in a text book. - Supports automatic text summarization and precis-writing. - Supports preview of iWork, Microsoft Office, CSV, HTML files.

About

MapleRead CX

This app offers a unique audio-visual reading experience for EPUB ebooks. Customize book styles, generate pseudo audiobooks with various voices, and enjoy immersive reading with synchronized audio and text. It also functions as a powerful library management tool with extensive customization options.

Highlights
  • 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
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MapleRead is dedicated to enable unique audio-visual reading experience for everyone. ------------ 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. ------------ 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. - Each book can have its own theme, and each EPUB book can have its own style. [For more technical details, screenshots, FAQ and reviews, please visit our website.]

Screenshots

KyBook 2 Ebook Reader4 screens
MapleRead CX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: KyBook 2 Ebook Reader at 4.7 against MapleRead CX's 3.4. KyBook 2 Ebook Reader also leads on ratings volume (2.3K vs 24) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. KyBook 2 Ebook Reader sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and MapleRead CX sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KyBook 2 Ebook Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KyBook 2 Ebook Reader has 2.3K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of KyBook 2 Ebook Reader's written reviews are positive against 62% of MapleRead CX's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KyBook 2 Ebook Reader ships an update fortnightly, MapleRead CX every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
KyBook 2 Ebook Reader versus MapleRead CX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKyBook 2 Ebook ReaderMapleRead CX
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.3K ratings) — better3.4 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews67.7% of reviews — better61.5% of reviews
Number of ratings2.3K — better24
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB26 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKonstantin BukreevMaplepop LLC

Customer experience

KyBook 2 Ebook Reader

All ratings2,337 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral2.5%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews251 reviews
Positive67.7%
Neutral6.0%
Negative26.3%

MapleRead CX

All ratings24 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral10.3%
Negative28.2%

Bugs and requests

KyBook 2 Ebook Reader

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Books not loading properly
  • Restore purchases not working
  • Sync issues with cloud services
  • Unexpected behavior after updates

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to edit color themes
  • Organize books into folders
  • Annotation and note-taking features
  • Resume reading from last page
  • Goodreads integration
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  • Adjustable font size and brightness

MapleRead CX

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

KyBook 2 Ebook Reader

One-time2
  • Upgrade to Pro Version$1.99
  • Upgrade to Pro Version$2.99
1 purchases

MapleRead CX

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$6.99

Questions

Is KyBook 2 Ebook Reader free?
KyBook 2 Ebook Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MapleRead CX free?
MapleRead CX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, KyBook 2 Ebook Reader or MapleRead CX?
KyBook 2 Ebook Reader is rated higher. KyBook 2 Ebook Reader averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.3K ratings, while MapleRead CX averages 3.4 from 24 ratings.
Do KyBook 2 Ebook Reader or MapleRead CX have ads?
Neither KyBook 2 Ebook Reader nor MapleRead CX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KyBook 2 Ebook Reader or MapleRead CX?
KyBook 2 Ebook Reader ships an update fortnightly, and MapleRead CX every 5 weeks. Most recently, KyBook 2 Ebook Reader was updated on October 17, 2026 and MapleRead CX on October 13, 2026.

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