MapleRead CX vs E
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.]
E
Access a wide selection of e-books, audiobooks, and digital magazines through a unified platform. This service is a collaboration between public libraries and the National Library of Finland.
- E-books
- Audiobooks
- Digital journals
- Public library access
- National Library service
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E-books, audiobooks and digital journals in one app. The service is provided by the National Library of Finland in cooperation with public libraries.
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Verdict
MapleRead CX and E both sit at 3.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 62% of MapleRead CX's written reviews are positive against 0% of E's. MapleRead CX also leads on ratings volume (24 vs 6). E's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. MapleRead CX sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. E asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.4 for MapleRead CX against 3.3 for E. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of MapleRead CX's written reviews are positive against 0% of E's.
MapleRead CX ships an update every 5 weeks, E every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MapleRead CX | E |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (24 ratings) — better | 3.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Maplepop LLC | University of Helsinki |
Customer experience
MapleRead CX
E
In-app purchases
MapleRead CX
- Pro Upgrade$6.99
E
No in-app purchases
