Comparison

udn 讀書館 vs ShuBook X 書僕

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

Head to head
About

udn 讀書館

Access e-books, magazines, and newspapers from multiple libraries in one app. Enjoy a seamless reading experience with offline capabilities and customizable settings. Borrow and reserve digital content for free.

Highlights
  • Integrates multiple library lending services
  • Free mobile borrowing of e-books, magazines, newspapers
  • Offline reading of downloaded content
  • Supports PDF and EPUB formats
  • Customizable reading settings (brightness, text size, night mode)
  • Borrow and reserve books with automatic returns
Features
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The exclusive service and new experience. The udn library app integrates the major libraries’ lending services, providing readers free mobile borrowing services of electronic books, magazines, and newspaper. Download the udn library app on your mobile devices, you can enjoy reading anywhere. Plus, you can read the latest, most popular, and most abundant contents the way you like. # All Libraries in one app The udn library app provides readers with e-books borrowing services from all the cooperated libraries. Log in with your library accounts or mobile library accounts, and access to all digital reading contents from the libraries for free. # The innovative user interface In our app, you can borrow all the library e-books with a single bookshelf, and borrow e-books via QR Codes. Enjoy the simple and fluently app experience. # The complete digital library experience You can borrow or reserve the e-books you like in digital libraries, and the e-books you borrowed will be returned automatically when they are dated. Your personal reading progress and history will also be recorded. Moreover, you can highlight the lines you like and take notes in the e-books. # Offline reading The electronic books, magazines, and newspaper can be downloaded to your devices, and be read without internet services. # PDF and EPUB Formats are supported You can switch between the tablet-friendly PDF format and the phone-friendly EPUB format freely. # User-friendly reading settings -Electronic books, magazines, and newspapers of the PDF format- ‧ The screen brightness is adjustable in time ‧ Switch your reading direction freely ‧ Your zoom-in setting will be applied to all pages automatically - E-books of the EPUB format- ‧ The screen brightness is adjustable in time ‧ Adjust text size and page width ‧ Switch between "daytime" and "Night" reading mode freely ‧ Select your page changing mode between "turning" and "scrolling." # Abundant and amazing digital contents Cooperating with hundreds of publishers, providing tens of thousands of e-books, latest e-magazines, and daily e-newspapers of the UDN group, you can definitely find the digital contents you like.

About

ShuBook X 書僕

This app offers comprehensive tools for reading, creating, and managing digital books, with advanced Chinese text processing, text-to-speech, and customizable formatting. It supports various file formats and allows for easy book creation and sharing.

Highlights
  • Advanced Chinese text processing (simplified/traditional, horizontal/vertical)
  • Text-to-speech with Mandarin and Cantonese options
  • Create EPUB books from SOF format
  • Rich Chinese book sources and web page reading
  • Customizable book formatting and themes
  • Library management with sorting and batch operations
  • Cloud and local file integration for book import
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最新一代 ShuBook 書僕系列產品,無論功能與用戶體驗,均全面超越上一代產品! 設計簡約實用,基本功能齊備,特色考慮細緻,承諾與時更新 漢字處理出色,簡體繁體互轉,橫排直排互換,文字轉為語音 中文書源豐富,離線看書聽書,下載藏書方便,導入導出自由 小說報章雜誌,網頁版本無限,瀏覽正文章節,隨時當書來讀 業餘編輯福音,製書小僕在手,一鍵製書容易,標準格式分享 【漢字處理】 簡體對繁體:雙向轉換算法必須考慮到「一簡對多繁」的問題 橫排對直排:雙向轉換算法必須考慮到「標點符號」排版方向與位置的問題,簡繁各異 文字對語音:單向轉換算法必須考慮到「一字對多音」的問題,普通話、廣東話各異 數據庫更新:簡繁漢字轉換及聽書語音補丁之數據庫,無需應用更新也可獨立在線更新 【書僕原創】 TXT格式:支援「智能斷章」技術,盡量彌補業界缺乏標準的斷章規範 SOF格式:支援公開免費的「書僕開放格式」(SOF),TXT格式就能規範斷章、標出引文、目錄和其他元數據 【製書小僕】 從語法簡單而容易編輯的單一SOF文檔,一鍵生成結構複雜而內含多個壓縮文檔的標準EPUB書(兼容Apple Books) 輸入SOF格式:從SOF生成(橫排、直排)EPUB書、UPDB書 輸出SOF格式:從TXT、UPDB生成SOF書 輸入輸出格式不變:由簡體書生成繁體書,由繁體書生成簡體書,適用於EPUB、TXT、SOF 【聽書設計】 語音選項:普通話、廣東話,男女聲至少共五種 語速微調:邊聽邊調,輕鬆方便。須知最佳語速,因個人狀態而異,因書本內容而異 節流省電:支援離線聽書、後台聽書、斷網聽書、關屏聽書 藍牙遙控:支援與 Apple 標準兼容的藍牙耳機、手提音箱、汽車音箱等等 睡前聽書:支援倒計時、手動跳章,到時到點停播 【書本排版】 可重排版格式:EPUB、TXT、SOF、UPDB,可調整多個排版參數和顏色主題,也可全文搜索 可調排版參數:字體名稱、字體大小、文本對齊、頁邊距、段首縮進、段距、行距、字距 可選閱讀模式:橫排左右翻頁、手動上下滾動、自動上下滾動 中文排版參數:顯示字形(原文字/簡化字/傳統字)、書寫方向(橫排/直排)、排版風格(無線框/有線框) 支持用戶字體:多種字體文檔格式(TTF/TTC/OTF),可自定義字體名稱 支持格式轉換:以TXT/SOF格式複製UDPB格式的書,以便導出或編輯 【通用外觀】 外觀明暗:可以跟隨系統,也可獨立設定亮色與暗色 (iOS 13 Light & Dark) 動態字級:可以跟隨系統,也可獨立設定用戶界面字體大小 (Dynamic Type) 直向橫向:直向與橫向模式皆宜 (Portrait & Landscape) 【書源多樣】 預設書源:預設多個書源網站,方便隨時下載經典名著、連載小說,以及其他各類讀物 連載更新:連載小說第一次下載後,一步便可每日更新(見「書本信息」頁面) 網頁書源:多數書源網站均屬此類,可以提供下載電子書的鏈接 目錄書源:少數書源網站符合OPDS國際標準,下載電子書更加方便 雲端書源:兼容 Apple、Baidu百度、Dropbox、Google、Microsoft 等各家的雲盤 本地書源:通過「檔案」app,把用戶存儲在雲盤上的文檔,批量拷貝到本app的「檔案共享區」 批量導入:一次過從「檔案共享區」導入多個文件夾裡的文檔,並且可選自動分組 自設書源:方便保存自選的網址,包括用户自建的網站,也可視作瀏覽器的書簽 當書來讀:把網頁版小說、報章、雜誌等的正文在線或離線「當書來讀」,包括閱讀(當書來看)、朗讀(當書來聽)和儲存(當書來存) 讀剪貼板:從其他app拷貝到剪貼板的文字,也可「當書來讀」 【書庫管理】 多種排序:按書名、作者、標簽、群組分別排序 最近排序:按最近閱讀、最近下載的時間排序 按標簽排:分層顯示,每個標簽可選「封面代表」 按群組排:混層顯示,每個群組及其內的書都可以任意排序 批量操作:在每種排序下,都可以同一批選擇多本書,方便多種操作 檢索搜索:以索引條檢索,以作者或書名所含的字符搜索 信息編輯:更改書名、作者、標簽、封面圖像,可打字輸入,或從既有的作者或標簽列表中選取 封面圖像:更改書皮,圖像可選自相册、百度圖片、Google Images 中文字形:書名、作者、標簽、群組,均可按原文字形、傳統字形、簡化字形顯示 【書僕數據】 導出書本:導出書庫所有書本 應用數據:備份、還原、遷移 同步數據:所有書本的閱讀進度通過 iCloud 同步 -------- 使用條款 (Terms of Use) 請見 https://www.ambibma.com/shubookx/termsofuse 隱私政策 (Privacy Policy) 請見 https://www.ambibma.com/shubookx/privacy

Screenshots

udn 讀書館4 screens
ShuBook X 書僕4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ShuBook X 書僕 at 3.3 against udn 讀書館's 2.5. ShuBook X 書僕 also leads on ads (none vs shown). udn 讀書館's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. ShuBook X 書僕 sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.49 per 6 months. udn 讀書館 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ShuBook X 書僕 holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of udn 讀書館's written reviews are positive against 57% of ShuBook X 書僕's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
udn 讀書館 versus ShuBook X 書僕: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterudn 讀書館ShuBook X 書僕
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (8 ratings)3.3 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews57.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings812 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB172 MB
Age rating17+17+
Developerudn.comAmbibma Ltd.

Customer experience

udn 讀書館

All ratings8 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.5%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

ShuBook X 書僕

All ratings12 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive57.4%
Neutral13.0%
Negative29.6%

In-app purchases

None

udn 讀書館

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ShuBook X 書僕

Subscriptions1
  • 半年訂閱7 Days trial$1.496 Months

Questions

Is udn 讀書館 free?
udn 讀書館 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShuBook X 書僕 free?
ShuBook X 書僕 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, udn 讀書館 or ShuBook X 書僕?
ShuBook X 書僕 is rated higher. udn 讀書館 averages 2.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while ShuBook X 書僕 averages 3.3 from 12 ratings.
Do udn 讀書館 or ShuBook X 書僕 have ads?
udn 讀書館 shows ads; ShuBook X 書僕 does not.
Which is updated more often, udn 讀書館 or ShuBook X 書僕?
udn 讀書館 ships an update every 6 weeks, and ShuBook X 書僕 every 6 weeks. Most recently, udn 讀書館 was updated on November 2, 2026 and ShuBook X 書僕 on November 3, 2026.

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