Comparison

Glassboxx vs Dear Jane

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

Dear Jane

Engage with Jane Austen's world through AITA-style confessions, personality quizzes, and novel knowledge tests. Progress through Meryton society by earning Society Honours for your wit and judgment. This app is crafted for dedicated fans of Jane Austen's literature.

Highlights
  • AITA-style confessions from Austen's world
  • Personality quizzes
  • Novel knowledge tests
  • Progress tracking for scandals and quizzes
  • Society Honours system
  • Debate participation
Features
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For those who know Jane Austen by heart. Read AITA-style confessions from Austen's world, pass judgement, then name the culprit. Discover who you'd be with personality quizzes, test your knowledge of the novels, and weigh in on the debates. As you play, rise from a new arrival in Meryton to an Austen aficionado, tracking your completed scandals, finished quizzes, and Society Honours earned for your judgement, wit, and thorough reading. Made independently by a lifelong Jane Austen fan, for everyone who never quite left Meryton. The assembly awaits!

Screenshots

Glassboxx4 screens
Dear Jane4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dear Jane at 100% against Glassboxx's 28%. Dear Jane also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Glassboxx's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (74 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dear Jane holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Glassboxx has 74 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Glassboxx's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dear Jane's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Glassboxx ships an update every 6 weeks, Dear Jane every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Glassboxx versus Dear Jane: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlassboxxDear Jane
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (74 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings74 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB53 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperGlassboxx LimitedFrances Maxwell

Customer experience

Glassboxx

All ratings74 ratings
Positive51.4%
Neutral4.1%
Negative44.6%
Written reviews97 reviews
Positive27.8%
Neutral4.1%
Negative68.0%

Dear Jane

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
Show 3 more
  • More titles available
  • Ability to highlight and look up words
  • More standard format (e.g., PDF)

Dear Jane

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Glassboxx

No in-app purchases

None

Dear Jane

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Glassboxx free?
Glassboxx is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dear Jane free?
Dear Jane is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Glassboxx or Dear Jane?
Dear Jane is rated higher. Glassboxx averages 3.1 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while Dear Jane averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Glassboxx or Dear Jane have ads?
Neither Glassboxx nor Dear Jane shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Glassboxx or Dear Jane?
Glassboxx ships an update every 6 weeks, and Dear Jane every 2 weeks. Most recently, Glassboxx was updated on October 22, 2026 and Dear Jane on October 13, 2026.

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