PubReader vs Metapen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PubReader
This app allows you to live preview interactive publications created with its companion desktop software. You can also distribute your XPUB publications for free to friends, customers, or colleagues without needing app store accounts.
- Live preview of publications
- Distribute XPUB content for free
- Supports EPUB and native app formats
- No developer/app store accounts needed
- Share via email or file sharing services
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PubReader is PubCoder’s free companion mobile app: use PubCoder on your computer to create stunning interactive publications and export them in a variety of standard formats, including EPUB and native app, or in PubCoder's open XPUB format. You can use PubReader to: - Live Preview PubCoder projects: send your work to any smartphone or tablet using PubReader on the same Wi-Fi network with a click - Distribute your contents for free: export your XPUB publication from PubCoder and share it with your friends, customers or collegues via e-mail or using your favorite online file sharing service. No developer, app store or book store accounts, no submissions, no hassle. For more informations, visit pubcoder.com
Metapen
This app enhances the functionality of a stylus, offering tools to customize shortcuts for various note-taking and drawing software. It also allows for signal adjustment to adapt to different stylus tips, improving productivity and user experience.
- Customize shortcuts for note-taking and drawing software
- Adapt stylus to different tips via signal adjustment
- Bluetooth connectivity for stylus management
- Last used location tracking for stylus
- Productivity enhancement tools
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Metapen is an app for managing the Pencil. It provides users with superior productivity tools; the Pencil can adapt to various notetaking and drawing software by customizing shortcuts and adapt to different tips through signal adjustment. Permission Description: 1. Bluetooth Permission: Metapen needs to connect to the Pencil via Bluetooth. 2. Positioning Permission: Metapen needs to record the position where the Pencil is used for the last time through positioning, in order to find the Pencil.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PubReader at 67% against Metapen's 7%. PubReader also leads on rating (2.8 vs 1.8) and device support. Metapen's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PubReader holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of PubReader's written reviews are positive against 7% of Metapen's.
| Parameter | PubReader | Metapen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (4 ratings) — better | 1.8 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 6.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PubCoder | Metapen Limited |
Customer experience
PubReader
Metapen
In-app purchases
PubReader
No in-app purchases
Metapen
No in-app purchases
