Comparison

eBiblio vs MargiNotes

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

Head to head
About

eBiblio

Access a vast collection of e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and newspapers from your public library. Enjoy reading and listening anytime, anywhere, with offline access and customizable reading options. Continue your reading seamlessly across multiple devices.

Highlights
  • Borrow e-books and audiobooks
  • Access magazines and newspapers
  • Read and listen offline
  • Customize reading format
  • Sync reading progress across devices
  • Make notes and highlights
Features
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Gracias a esta aplicación podrás tener en préstamo libros electrónicos, audiolibros, revistas, periódicos, etc, disponibles en la plataforma de préstamo digital eBiblio, accediendo desde cualquier lugar las 24 horas del día, siete días a la semana. Para utilizar esta aplicación deberás disponer de un carné de usuario de biblioteca pública. Si tiene algún problema con su autenticación póngase en contacto con la biblioteca pública de la que es usuario. Desde la app podrás navegar por el catálogo, realizar préstamos y reservas, leer online y descargar libros para leer sin conexión a internet. Podrás cambiar a tu gusto el formato de lectura, el tipo y tamaño de la fuente, además de ajustar el brillo, el interlineado, subrayar el texto y realizar notas. Puedes enlazar hasta un máximo de 6 dispositivos diferentes, iniciando la lectura en cualquiera de ellos y continuando en otro diferente retomándola en el punto exacto en que la habías dejado.

About

MargiNotes

Features
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MargiNotes is a calm reader and note-taking app for PDF, EPUB, and paper books. Its difference is simple: a note can keep a path back to the book it came from. Import a highlight from Kindle or Apple Books, or capture a quote from a printed page. If the matching PDF or EPUB is in your library, MargiNotes can search that book on your device and relink the note to its real place. No guessed links. If MargiNotes cannot find a reliable match, it says so clearly. READ AND CAPTURE • Read PDF and EPUB books with adjustable themes, typography, layout, and reading settings. • Highlight while you read and keep each note with its book. • Capture quotes from printed books with on-device OCR. • Scan a barcode to fill in a paper book's title, author, and cover. • Add comments, tags, and voice notes alongside what you read. FIND YOUR WAY BACK Search inside a book and your own notes appear first, next to the book's own sentences. Search quotes, comments, tags, and transcripts across your whole library, or find a note straight from iPhone search. Ask your notes a question and the answer is built only from them — and always shown with the notes it came from. Writing the answer needs Apple Intelligence; without it, MargiNotes still finds the notes closest to your question. YOUR NOTES, PORTABLE Create shareable quote cards, follow your reading with simple statistics and widgets, and export to Markdown, PDF, or an Obsidian vault where every note keeps its links. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account • No ads • No analytics • No cloud AI — text recognition, transcription, and answers run on your device • Sync only through your own iCloud The app never goes online by itself. The one exception is the barcode lookup you start yourself, which sends only the ISBN — and you can switch it off. Your books stay yours. MargiNotes is built to help you remember not only what you saved, but where it came from.

Screenshots

eBiblio4 screens
MargiNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MargiNotes at every 2 weeks against eBiblio's every 5 weeks. eBiblio's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eBiblio ships an update every 5 weeks, MargiNotes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
eBiblio versus MargiNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereBiblioMargiNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB14 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDe MarqueEmirhan Ayaz

In-app purchases

None

eBiblio

No in-app purchases

None

MargiNotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is eBiblio free?
eBiblio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MargiNotes free?
MargiNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do eBiblio or MargiNotes have ads?
Neither eBiblio nor MargiNotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eBiblio or MargiNotes?
eBiblio ships an update every 5 weeks, and MargiNotes every 2 weeks. Most recently, eBiblio was updated on November 3, 2026 and MargiNotes on October 31, 2026.

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