Easy Notebook vs ChessBook Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Easy Notebook
Organize your thoughts and tasks with a straightforward note-taking application. Easily manage notes by folder, customize appearance, and quickly search through your content. Share your memos with other applications and benefit from automatic saving.
- Manage notes by folder
- Share notes to other apps
- Change font size and theme color
- Full-text search for memos
- Auto save when app goes to background
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-Features of Easy Notebook- ・ Manage by folder ・ Share notes to other apps ・ Change font size ・ Change theme color ・ Memo full-text search ・ Auto save when app goes to background -Easy Notebook is useful in such cases ・ Shopping memo ・ ToDo list ・ Temporary storage for copy and paste ・ Create sentences such as reports ・ Work notes ・ School composition ・ Daily diary If you have any questions, please contact [Settings]-> [Support]
ChessBook Reader
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ChessBook Reader — your chess library, brought to life Turn any chess book into an interactive study session. ChessBook Reader opens your PDF and EPUB chess books, recognizes the diagrams and move notation on the page, and lets you replay every game and variation on a real, interactive board — right beside the text. Whether you're working through a classic opening manual, an endgame treatise, or an annotated games collection, you'll never lose your place between the printed board and the moves again. WHY CHESSBOOK READER • Read PDF and EPUB chess books in a clean, distraction-free reader • Automatically recognizes board diagrams from the page • Understands chess notation — including older English descriptive notation (P-K4, Kt-QB3, PxP, Castles) • Tap through the moves and watch them play out on an interactive board • Built-in scanning: turn a paper book into a readable, playable file • Works fully offline — your books stay on your device • Sync moves live to a Chessnut Move board, or play out any position against the built-in chess engine FOR EVERY CHESS READER From beginners following their first opening book to club players studying classic masters, ChessBook Reader bridges the gap between reading about chess and actually playing through it. Chessnut Move board sync and Play vs Computer are free to try — 5 sessions total, shared between them. After that, a one-time Pro Unlock keeps both available for good, on every device you sign in on. Download ChessBook Reader and rediscover the chess books on your shelf.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ChessBook Reader at none against Easy Notebook's 1. ChessBook Reader also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, 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. Easy Notebook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ChessBook Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
Easy Notebook ships an update every 3 months, ChessBook Reader monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Easy Notebook | ChessBook Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (135 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 135 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WEBDIA INC. | Vu-Hung Quan |
In-app purchases
Easy Notebook
- Delete Ads$2.99
ChessBook Reader
No in-app purchases
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