Comparison

Glassboxx vs IAAP eReader

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

Head to head
About

Glassboxx

Access your purchased eBooks and audiobooks from affiliated stores in one secure app. No passwords needed, just your email and a verification code. Enjoy offline reading and listening with advanced playback and reading features.

Highlights
  • Unified eBook and audiobook library
  • No password login
  • Offline reading and listening
  • Auto-save reading/listening position
  • Customizable reader (font, background)
  • Audio playback controls (sleep timer, skip)
  • Full text search
Features
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Welcome to Glassboxx: hassle-free eBook and audiobook access, all in one place. Glassboxx cuts through all digital content ‘authentication’ issues, consolidating your eBook AND audiobook purchases made through affiliated stores, within an eminently user-friendly, secure environment. No password required – simply log in with the email address used to buy the book and enter the verification code sent to your email – and your content awaits in the ‘My Books’ area of the app, with formats clearly labelled. With the content in the cloud, downloading requires an initial internet connection, but once downloaded, your books can be enjoyed to your heart’s content in the remotest, furthest-flung corners of the earth, where internet penetration is a mere pipe-dream… THE AUDIO-PLAYER WILL: • Auto-save your current position in the book – so that you can pick up right where you left off, even if listening on different devices • Allow for skip forward/backward to recap where relevant • Offer sleep timer option • Play on lock-screen, enabling easy access to playback controls • Play in background whilst browsing other apps • Play immediately, and download in the background (provided internet access is available) THE EREADER ALLOWS FOR: • Page book-marking, opening the title at the right place when you pick up, even across multiple devices • Font-size and font face changes, as well as dyslexic-friendly font • Background colour changes • Full text search Welcome to the Glassboxx community!

About

IAAP eReader

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The CAP Study Guide eReader takes the CAP Study Guide 4th edition to a new level of exam preparation by allowing you to read anytime, anywhere, on any device! You can access your CAP Study Guide eReader anytime, anywhere on your desktop and mobile devices. This study tool allows you to take notes, highlight text, add personalized annotations which auto-sync across devices.

Screenshots

Glassboxx4 screens
IAAP eReader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Glassboxx at 2 against IAAP eReader's —. IAAP eReader's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Glassboxx versus IAAP eReader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlassboxxIAAP eReader
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (76 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews27.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings76 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — better—
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB109 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGlassboxx LimitedInternational Association of Administrative Professionals

Bugs and requests

Glassboxx

Reported bugs

36 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • App crashes when loading downloaded book
  • App crashes between chapters
  • App freezes
  • App won't open
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  • App shows blank pages
  • App does not rotate
  • App shuts itself off
  • App is slow
  • App has huge margins
  • App has no landscape mode
  • App has no annotation
  • App has no dictionary
  • App has unresponsive buttons
  • App freezes regularly
  • App cannot flick through chapters
  • App touch response is slow
  • App target areas are small
  • App opens to empty screen
  • App settings cannot be closed
  • App has only one font
  • App text is too faint
  • App has visibility/alignment/color jankiness
  • Playback speed resets to 1x when app is minimized
  • Verification codes not sent or expired
  • Books not downloading
  • Purchased books not displaying
  • Login issues
  • Table of contents unresponsive
  • Cannot zoom
  • Cannot navigate easily
  • Screen color resets
  • App not working on iPad
  • Download issues
  • App is unusable
  • Progress bar cannot disappear

Requested features

8 requests
  • Bookmark feature
  • See time remaining in entire audiobook
  • Pagination via cursor keys on iPad Magic Keyboard
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
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  • More titles available
  • Ability to highlight and look up words
  • More standard format (e.g., PDF)

IAAP eReader

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Glassboxx

No in-app purchases

None

IAAP eReader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Glassboxx free?
Glassboxx is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IAAP eReader free?
IAAP eReader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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