Comparison

Elsevier eBooks+ vs PUJ Cali Lecturio

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Offline book access
  • Note-taking and highlighting
  • Flashcard creation
  • Cross-device syncing
  • In-book search
  • Figure viewing and zooming
Features
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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+

About

PUJ Cali Lecturio

Features
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Welcome to PUJ Cali Lecturio, your online academy. Features: - Video lectures: Learn & review all relevant concepts faster, easier - Learning Material: Download a PDF of any lecture’s slides for later reference - Qbank Tests: Apply your knowledge and solve clinical case questions - Spaced Repetition Quiz: reinforce knowledge, driven by a smart learning algorithm - Bookmatcher: Find the right videos for your text book - Bookmarks: Organize lectures in your own lists - Study planner: Plan your learning goals - Text Book Articles: Deepen and reinforce your knowledge - Learning progress control: Check your progress for each course - Synchronization between all devices: Simply continue learning seamlessly on another device - Offline availability: Learn on the go - Notes: Create notes about your lectures - Playback speed: Adjust the speed of the videos to your learning speed

Screenshots

Elsevier eBooks+4 screens
PUJ Cali Lecturio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Elsevier eBooks+ at every 2 months against PUJ Cali Lecturio's every 15 months. PUJ Cali Lecturio's advantage is 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

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

Elsevier eBooks+ ships an update every 2 months, PUJ Cali Lecturio every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Elsevier eBooks+ versus PUJ Cali Lecturio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElsevier eBooks+PUJ Cali Lecturio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.9K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 15 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size183 MB117 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperElsevier Inc.Lecturio GmbH

Bugs and 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
Show 3 more
  • Page turning instead of scrolling
  • Ability to write on pages
  • Interactive features

PUJ Cali Lecturio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Elsevier eBooks+

No in-app purchases

None

PUJ Cali Lecturio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Elsevier eBooks+ free?
Elsevier eBooks+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PUJ Cali Lecturio free?
PUJ Cali Lecturio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Elsevier eBooks+ or PUJ Cali Lecturio have ads?
Neither Elsevier eBooks+ nor PUJ Cali Lecturio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Elsevier eBooks+ or PUJ Cali Lecturio?
Elsevier eBooks+ ships an update every 2 months, and PUJ Cali Lecturio every 15 months. Most recently, Elsevier eBooks+ was updated on November 9, 2026 and PUJ Cali Lecturio on November 4, 2026.

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