Comparison

HUB Young vs myLIM

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

Head to head
About

HUB Young

This reading app provides digital versions of textbooks for secondary school students and teachers. It allows offline access, text customization, and integration of multimedia content like audio, video, and interactive exercises directly within the pages.

Highlights
  • Offline book access
  • Text customization
  • Multimedia content integration
  • Interactive exercises
  • Text-to-Speech functionality
  • Liquid text for readability
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HUB Young è l’app di lettura di Mondadori Education, Rizzoli Education e Deascuola per docenti e studenti della scuola secondaria. Scarica e inizia a sfogliare la versione digitale dei tuoi libri attivati su HUB Scuola. Con HUB Young puoi consultare il tuo libro anche offline, personalizzare le tue pagine e arricchire lo studio con audio, video, documenti fruibili direttamente in pagina. Funzionalità - Strumenti di personalizzazione del testo - Contenuti multimediali (audio, video, documenti, esercizi) - Aggiungere note e testo - Text to Speech - Esercizi in pagina interattivi e autocorrettivi - HUB Test - Integrazione del Dizionario - Sezione Testo liquido (font alta leggibilità) Hai un dubbio? Visita il sito assistenza.hubscuola.it e scrivici, saremo felici di aiutarti!

About

myLIM

This app is an interactive e-book reader for digital school texts. It allows students and teachers to access and customize their e-books with notes, links, and multimedia resources. Users can log in with their existing online platform account to download purchased or activated books.

Highlights
  • Interactive digital school texts
  • Add graphics, notes, and web links
  • Access audio and video files
  • Organized interactive resources
  • New intuitive interface layout
  • Easy text browsing
Features
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MyLIM - "My interactive e-book" is the new e-book reader by Loescher editore that allows students and teachers to enjoy digital school texts and the interactive resources linked to them. Users can login the reader with the same account registered on the on-line platform Imparosulweb, and download the books they have purchased on-line or activated by using the proper code printed on the book. Thanks to a simple and intuitive interface, myLIM provides many features in order to easily surf within the text pages and to add a variety of customizations such as graphics, notes, and links to web pages. The digital book is also enriched by interactive resources, audio, video files and other extra materials complementary to school texts. Main features compared to the previous version of the reader (miaLIM): • New interface layout to ensure immediate access to all functionalities  • Easy and fast text browsing • Additional customization tools • Interactive resources and media files at hand, organized in separated tabs • Full integration with the extra contents of Imparosulweb

Screenshots

myLIM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: HUB Young at 3.8 against myLIM's 3.0. HUB Young also leads on review sentiment (19% vs 8%). myLIM's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HUB Young holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of HUB Young's written reviews are positive against 8% of myLIM's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HUB Young ships an update every 3 months, myLIM fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
HUB Young versus myLIM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHUB YoungmyLIM
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (4 ratings) — better3.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews19.0% of reviews — better7.9% of reviews
Number of ratings44
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.013 — better
Further details — not scored
Size268 MB83 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMondadori EducationLOESCHER EDITORE

Customer experience

HUB Young

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive19.0%
Neutral23.8%
Negative57.1%

myLIM

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive7.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative88.9%

In-app purchases

None

HUB Young

No in-app purchases

None

myLIM

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HUB Young free?
HUB Young is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is myLIM free?
myLIM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HUB Young or myLIM?
HUB Young is rated higher. HUB Young averages 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while myLIM averages 3.0 from 4 ratings.
Do HUB Young or myLIM have ads?
Neither HUB Young nor myLIM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HUB Young or myLIM?
HUB Young ships an update every 3 months, and myLIM fortnightly. Most recently, HUB Young was updated on November 2, 2026 and myLIM on November 2, 2026.

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