Comparison

Cubox vs MWeb

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

Head to head
About

Cubox

This app helps you save and organize articles, newsletters, and web content for later. It uses AI to summarize, connect topics, and answer questions about your saved materials, transforming them into a personal knowledge base. Access your content across devices and export it in various formats.

Highlights
  • Seamless content collection
  • AI text-to-speech
  • Ad-free reading view
  • Auto-summarization
  • AI topic linking
  • Custom AI Library Insight
  • Cross-device syncing
Features
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Cubox is your AI read-it-later app. Save once, know forever. Cubox helps you recall and make sense of what matters. Every day, we save articles and materials we want to read later — but often never get back to them. Over time, they pile up unread, unorganized, and eventually forgotten. Cubox has been dedicated to building a reading tool designed to stand the test of time: seamless collecting, immersive reading, and AI-powered understanding that continuously transforms your saved content into growing knowledge assets. What can Cubox do for you? Save and Read - Collect content from newsletters, websites, apps, and more — all in one place - One-tap AI text-to-speech with multiple natural voices and reading styles - Clean reading view with ad-free parsing and permanent snapshots - Immersive reading with customizable themes and fonts - Highlight important excerpts and record your thoughts - Review highlights anytime with widgets and reminders AI-Powered Reading - Auto-summarize key points to quickly clear unread items and prioritize important content - Build topic connections across articles with AI-powered linking - Generate personalized knowledge reports and recommendations through Custom AI Library Insight - Ask questions with voice or natural language, and get instant AI-powered answers from your entire library Sharing and Privacy - No social recommendations or algorithmic feeds — your data remains private by default - Share your saved content, highlights, and insights with friends in one click Your Knowledge Asset - Organize your content with nested folders and tags - Access your entire collection seamlessly across devices - Export content in Markdown, HTML, or PDF formats anytime - Sync automatically to Obsidian, Notion, Readwise, and more for multi-platform backups - Import your existing collections from browser bookmarks, Pocket, Instapaper, and continue your reading journey with Cubox Cubox offers both free usage and Pro subscriptions, unlocking expanded storage and full AI capabilities. Subscriptions are available on a monthly or yearly basis. Payments are charged to your Apple ID account and auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the billing period. You can manage your subscription anytime in your account settings. Privacy Policy: https://help.cubox.cc/legal/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA) : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

MWeb

A powerful writing and note-taking application focused on Markdown. It offers a robust editor, document management, and publishing capabilities for efficient text creation and organization.

Highlights
  • Markdown editor with CommonMark and GFM support
  • Document management via Folders mode
  • Note-taking with Library mode and tagging
  • Publishing and sharing functions
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Image and math formula preview
Features
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MWeb was born in 2015. It is a writing, note-taking and publishing app focusing on Markdown. If you like Markdown or text writing, We highly recommend you try MWeb. MWeb is composed of a complete and stable editor, a Folders mode for managing documents, a Library mode specifically for notes, and a document publishing and sharing function set, with a total of four modules. The feature of MWeb's software is that it chooses platform-native technology for each platform. It is built using AppKit on macOS and UIKit on iOS/iPadOS. The following is a brief introduction to these four modules. If you are interested, you can continue reading. ## Editor features Here are some of the key features of an editor: * Base on CommonMark syntax and GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) extended syntax, supporting TOC, tables, code blocks, math formulas, task lists, footnotes, etc. * Display the text of the Markdown document completely without any deletion. * Images can be displayed directly in the Editor, supporting jpg, png, gif, webP, HEIC and etc. * Math formulas, mermaid and Echarts drawings can be previewed in the editor. * You can set your favorite font or multiple fonts for writing. * You can choose from 11 light themes and 21 dark themes, and also support custom themes. * There is a menu to facilitate the input of Markdown syntax, and a special Markdown syntax keyboard is also provided in iOS. * Convenient tools for generating and formatting Markdown table syntax. * You can view the outline and word count of Markdown documents. * Markdown documents can be previewed and support Editor & Preview mode. ## Folders mode The first requirement of Markdown is to create and edit Markdown documents, and MWeb's Folders mode does this. It supports the following features: * Create Markdown, Textbundle documents, or simply open them for editing. * Introduce a folder with Markdown documents into the Folders mode of MWeb. MWeb will provide practical functions such as management of Markdown documents, full-text search, copy and paste to insert images, and unified storage of referenced images. * iPadOS/iOS version supports Dropbox folders. ## Library mode Markdown is so easy to use, so taking notes is also in great demand. Of course, you can use Folders mode and introduce a folder to take notes, which is also very nice and easy to share. So why do we still create a separate Library mode? Mainly, the Library mode has the following features: * There is no need to consider the file name, title and storage location, Just create note and writing. * Use category trees and tags to manage notes. A single note can be classified into multiple categories, making it easier to set categories for notes. * Organizing notes is more convenient. When moving categories and notes, renaming categories will not affect each other. You don't need to worry about incorrect associations between notes, incorrect reference location of images and attachments in notes, etc. * Complete cross-device synchronization using iCloud CloudKit technology. * The Library follows the "local first" principle and is stored in a folder, very easy for backup. Even if you use iCloud sync, your Library can be completely backed up locally. * Export the entire category of notes to PDF or Epub e-book. * The macOS version of MWeb Pro also supports generating static blogs from categories. The generated blog fully supports math formulas, mermaid, echarts etc. Allows you to create your own blog in a very simple way. ## More features... * Publish documents or notes to Wordpress, Metaweblog API, Evernote, Blogger, Tumblr, Yuque, sspai Matrix, Ghost and Medium. * Upload images in documents or notes to imgur, Qiniu, SM.MS, Tencent COS, Youpai, Alibaba OSS, custom API, etc. * Export documents or notes to PDF (with Table of Contents in macOS version). * Export documents or notes to Epub or image. Privacy Policy: https://www.mweb.im/policy.html Terms of Use: https://www.mweb.im/terms.html Hope you enjoy MWeb!

Screenshots

Cubox4 screens
MWeb4 screens

Verdict

The call

Cubox and MWeb both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 67% of MWeb's written reviews are positive against 55% of Cubox's. MWeb also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Cubox's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Cubox sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and MWeb sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Cubox against 4.5 for MWeb. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 237 and 153 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of Cubox's written reviews are positive against 67% of MWeb's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cubox ships an update every 11 days, MWeb every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cubox versus MWeb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCuboxMWeb
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (237 ratings)4.5 (153 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.9% of reviews66.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings237 — better153
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOdd Lab禄海 区

Customer experience

Cubox

All ratings237 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral2.5%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews133 reviews
Positive54.9%
Neutral12.8%
Negative32.3%

MWeb

All ratings153 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral4.6%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews133 reviews
Positive66.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative18.8%

Bugs and requests

Cubox

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Inability to import or view PDF files
  • Inconsistent behavior across platforms
  • Login and account issues for some users
  • Sync and data loss problems
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline note editing capabilities
  • Support for more file types (e.g., PDFs, EPUBs)
  • Customizable themes and UI options
  • Improved search and filtering functionalities
  • Family/team sharing and collaboration features

MWeb

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Cubox

Subscriptions8
  • Cubox Pro - Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Cubox Pro+AI Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Cubox Pro - Monthly$3.991 Month
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  • Cubox Pro+AI Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Cubox Pro - Annual$14.991 Year
  • Cubox Pro - Annual$29.991 Year
  • Cubox Pro+AI Annual14 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Cubox Pro+AI Annual14 Days trial$49.991 Year
3 purchases

MWeb

Subscriptions1
  • MWeb Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • MWeb for iPhone/iPad$14.99
  • MWeb for Mac$24.99

Questions

Is Cubox free?
Cubox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MWeb free?
MWeb is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cubox or MWeb?
MWeb is rated higher. Cubox averages 4.4 out of 5 from 237 ratings, while MWeb averages 4.5 from 153 ratings.
Do Cubox or MWeb have ads?
Neither Cubox nor MWeb shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cubox or MWeb?
Cubox ships an update every 11 days, and MWeb every 3 weeks. Most recently, Cubox was updated on October 21, 2026 and MWeb on October 24, 2026.

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