Comparison

MapleRead CX vs Perpustam Elib

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

Head to head
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.]

About

Perpustam Elib

Features
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A reading application for reading EPUB and PDF files made available by Libraries using PERPUSTAM ELIB system (Perpustakaan Awam Melaka). PERPUSTAM ELIB (Perpustakaan Awam Melaka) eReader is a generic application that is used to read eBooks which are borrowed by PERPUSTAM ELIB (Perpustakaan Awam Melaka) websites of the lending libraries. PERPUSTAM ELIB (Perpustakaan Awam Melaka) eReader supports libraries in many categories right from school, to municipal, and country library.

Screenshots

MapleRead CX4 screens
Perpustam Elib4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Perpustam Elib at none against MapleRead CX's 1. Perpustam Elib also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. MapleRead CX sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Perpustam Elib asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MapleRead CX ships an update every 5 weeks, Perpustam Elib fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MapleRead CX versus Perpustam Elib: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapleRead CXPerpustam Elib
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (24 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaplepop LLCXentral Methods

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MapleRead CX

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$6.99
None

Perpustam Elib

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MapleRead CX free?
MapleRead CX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Perpustam Elib free?
Perpustam Elib is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MapleRead CX or Perpustam Elib have ads?
Neither MapleRead CX nor Perpustam Elib shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MapleRead CX or Perpustam Elib?
MapleRead CX ships an update every 5 weeks, and Perpustam Elib fortnightly. Most recently, MapleRead CX was updated on October 13, 2026 and Perpustam Elib on October 15, 2026.

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