ELM Space vs Elsevier eBooks+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ELM Space
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At ELM Space we believe that the learner's journey matters. Achieving competency in medical education should be personalized and catered to each learner's strengths. ELM Space is making this a reality, through the integration of AI. Partnering with key stakeholders at Canadian universities, we have developed the next-generation, AI-driven learning tools to advance competency-based education. Our vision is a world where all medical learners are well-supported and blossom into professionals integral to their diverse communities. ELM Space creates microlearning and training apps that provide medical trainees the opportunity to take ownership of their learning. ELM Space app is AI-powered. This technology helps to identify competency gaps and personalize the learning journey for medical trainees.
Elsevier eBooks+
Access your medical textbooks offline and enhance your learning with tools for note-taking, highlighting, and flashcard creation. Sync your progress and annotations across devices for a seamless study experience.
- Offline book access
- Note-taking and highlighting
- Flashcard creation
- Cross-device syncing
- In-book search
- Figure viewing and zooming
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The Elsevier eBooks+ Bookshelf companion app provides on and offline access to the books in your eBooks+ account on the Content Library page. Enhance your reading experience with tools designed to build and improve your medical knowledge; making and sharing notes, highlighting key text, and creating flashcards. Elsevier eBooks Features: • Download books to your iOS device for easy online or offline reading. • Simple, user-friendly navigation and a clean reading experience. • Search inside your current book or across your full library. • Select text to create notes or highlights from your mobile device. • Tap to open figures, view captions, and pinch to zoom. • Sync your bookmarks, last page read, and all of your notes and highlights between your iOS device and our desktop or web-based eBooks+ apps. Requirements: • Elsevier eBooks+ account • One or more books available in your eBooks+ Bookshelf account • iOS 17+
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ELM Space at fortnightly against Elsevier eBooks+'s every 2 months. ELM Space also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ELM Space ships an update fortnightly, Elsevier eBooks+ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ELM Space | Elsevier eBooks+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (1.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 183 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ELMSpace inc | Elsevier Inc. |
Bugs and requests
ELM Space
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Elsevier eBooks+
Reported bugs
5 issues- Figures placed at the end of chapters
- Search function only works for single words
- Inability to clear search history
- Freezing and crashing issues
- Incompatibility with older devices
Requested features
8 requests- More highlighting and note-taking options
- Ability to write, draw, or paste images on pages
- Separate flashcard option integration with Anki/Quizlet
- More font size options
- Streamlined text selection for voiceover
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- Page turning instead of scrolling
- Ability to write on pages
- Interactive features
In-app purchases
ELM Space
No in-app purchases
Elsevier eBooks+
No in-app purchases
Questions
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