PubReader vs Flash Studio
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
Flash Studio
Manage your 3D printers remotely from your smartphone. Monitor print status, view live video feeds of your printer's operations, and control multiple printers simultaneously.
- Remote printer monitoring
- Real-time video feed
- Manage grouped printers
- On-the-go management
- Smartphone integration
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Flash Studio is an integrated mobile app developed by FLASHFORGE for on-the-go management of 3D printers. Users can monitor print status via smartphones, view real-time video of printer operations remotely, and efficiently manage grouped 3D printers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flash Studio at 4.8 against PubReader's 2.8. Flash Studio also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (4.2K vs 4). PubReader's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flash Studio holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flash Studio has 4.2K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of PubReader's written reviews are positive against 55% of Flash Studio's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PubReader ships an update every 2 months, Flash Studio weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PubReader | Flash Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (4.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 55.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PubCoder | 浙江闪铸三维科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
PubReader
Flash Studio
In-app purchases
PubReader
No in-app purchases
Flash Studio
No in-app purchases
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