Comparison

Calibre Sync vs Menu Box

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

Head to head
About

Calibre Sync

Access and manage your Calibre ebook libraries from various cloud services or wirelessly connect to your desktop. Browse, search, download, and organize your books on your device. Supports multiple libraries and accounts.

Highlights
  • Access Calibre libraries on cloud services
  • Wireless connection to Calibre
  • Supports multiple libraries and accounts
  • Browse, search, and download books
  • Organize books with filters and sorting
  • Send books to Kindle
Features
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Lifetime support, no extra charge, no subscription fee. Calibre Sync can: - help you access full Calibre libraries on most popular personal cloud services, including Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, Box, pCloud, MEGA, iCloud, WebDav, Nextcloud, OwnCloud, and TeraBox - simply the most supported for cloud services. - transform your device to a smart device emulator that connects to Calibre wirelessly. It even supports Calibre libraries on your external storage and from Calibre Content Server or Calibre-web with amazing performance. Move your Calibre libraries to your favourite cloud providers and access those libraries via Calibre Sync to browse, sort, search, download and read books on your device. Calibre Sync also supports multiple libraries across multiple Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, pCloud, MEGA, iCloud, WebDav, Nextcloud, OwnCloud, and TeraBox accounts simultaneously. Features: - Unlimited Calibre libraries - Wireless connect to Calibre effortlessly as Smart device - Easy switch between multiple libraries across multiple accounts - Automatic check and update libraries when launching the app - Pull, Refresh or Remove a library from Calibre Sync - Support different book list layouts: List - detailed and simple, Grid, and Carousel - View your library statistics - Send books to Kindle with ease - Search across all of your available libraries - Search books by title, authors, and even in comments and custom columns - Filter books on authors, series, tags, language, publishers, formats and in custom columns - Sort libraries by title, author, ratings, and several Date options - ascending and descending - Filter downloaded books - Configuration for each library download location - Support for custom columns in book details view - Quick access to book download and share via slideable list view - Zoom the book cover - Support "swipe from book to book" in book details view - Email or share a copy of downloaded book - Open downloaded book in your book reader application to read a book - View the file size of each book format - Show book identifiers and link to source (like ISBN, Amazon, Google Books, Goodreads, etc) - Dark/light themes - And many more features... To move your Calibre library to cloud services: 1) Open Calibre on your Laptop/PC/Desktop 2) Select "Switch/create library..." from the Calibre menu 3) Select an empty folder on your Cloud drive in "New Location" drop down 4) Select "Move current library to new location", then press OK 5) Wait for cloud sync to complete. 6) Then you are ready to use Calibre Sync. To move your Calibre library to your phone storage, just copy the library directory to your phone storage. Notes: - Calibre Sync is not a reader app. You must install and use one of the many excellent reader apps available. - Only Microsoft OneDrive for Personal accounts (shared) are supported. Please email us if you observe any inconsistencies. - Due to restriction in Box API, Calibre Sync must acquire write permission in order to download files, download is not a read action on Box. Calibre Sync guarantees that it will not perform any write actions against your data in Box cloud account. - Calibre Sync use WebDav API of Nextcloud and OwnCloud services, and it requires case sensitive file system to work properly. Therefore, you must make sure that your libraries are set up on case sensitive file system (Linux, recent MacOS, Windows NTFS with case sensitive enabled). Please leave your reviews and suggestions to help us improve the app. For more information see https://calibresync.bitbucket.io Calibre is © Kovid Goyal - calibre-ebook.com Drive is © Google LLC. Dropbox is © Dropbox inc. OneDrive is © Microsoft Box is © Box inc. pCloud is © pCloud AG Nextcloud is © Nextcloud GmbH OwnCloud is © OwnCloud MEGA is © MEGA iCloud is © Apple Inc TeraBox © Flextech Inc

About

Menu Box

Create visually appealing menus for your device's shortcuts. Customize menu items with emojis, app icons, or custom images to build personalized automations. Dynamically generate menus on the fly for advanced shortcut customization.

Highlights
  • Create beautiful menus for Shortcuts
  • Customize with emojis, SF Symbols, or custom images
  • Attach custom data to menu items
  • Fully controllable via Shortcuts
  • Dynamically create menus on the fly
  • Enhance Action Button functionality
Features
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Menu Box allows you to create beautiful menus in Shortcuts, further customising your advanced Automations. Menus can be created using emojis, SF Symbols App Icons or your own custom images to create truly individual menus with near limitless options. Custom data attached to each menu items allows you to create even more advanced Shortcuts. Menu Box is fully controllable via Shortcuts, including creating Menus dynamically on the fly. Menu Box is perfect for creating advanced Shortcuts to allow you to further customise how your menus look, and becomes especially useful when combined with the Action Button. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Calibre Sync4 screens
Menu Box4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Menu Box at Free against Calibre Sync's $4.99. Menu Box also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (86% vs 62%). Calibre Sync's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (54 vs 14). On update cadence, ads 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

Menu Box is free to download; Calibre Sync costs $4.99 up front. Menu Box sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Calibre Sync asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Menu Box holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 54 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Calibre Sync's written reviews are positive against 86% of Menu Box's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calibre Sync ships an update weekly, Menu Box fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Calibre Sync versus Menu Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalibre SyncMenu Box
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (54 ratings)4.7 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.4% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings54 — better14
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDUONG THUY PHAMSnailed It Development Ltd

Customer experience

Calibre Sync

All ratings54 ratings
Positive70.4%
Neutral9.3%
Negative20.4%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive62.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative30.6%

Menu Box

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.1%

In-app purchases

None

Calibre Sync

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Menu Box

Subscriptions1
  • Premium$4.991 Year
One-time3
  • Tip Jar - Small$0.99
  • Tip Jar - Medium$2.99
  • Tip Jar - Large$4.99

Questions

Is Calibre Sync free?
Calibre Sync costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Menu Box free?
Menu Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Calibre Sync or Menu Box?
Menu Box is rated higher. Calibre Sync averages 3.9 out of 5 from 54 ratings, while Menu Box averages 4.7 from 14 ratings.
Do Calibre Sync or Menu Box have ads?
Neither Calibre Sync nor Menu Box shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calibre Sync or Menu Box?
Calibre Sync ships an update weekly, and Menu Box fortnightly. Most recently, Calibre Sync was updated on September 24, 2026 and Menu Box on August 20, 2026.

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