CHMate+ vs Esh Mishna אש משנה
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CHMate+
This app provides a robust reading experience for EPUB and CHM eBooks. Organize your library, add bookmarks and notes, and easily search for text. Customize your reading with adjustable fonts and brightness, and share passages with friends.
- Organize files into personal collections
- Add bookmarks and notes
- Customizable fonts and line height
- Built-in search feature
- Share quotes with friends
- Adjustable screen brightness
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Default ebook formatting does not always suit the way you read. CHMate+ turns your personal files into a calm, comfortable reading corner. A customizable wooden bookshelf with an ambient lamp and personal decor. Pay once up front. Read without subscriptions or in-app purchases. A BOOKSHELF OF YOUR OWN • Wooden shelves and ambient lamp: Display your personal collection with warm bookshelf lighting. • Shelf decor: Arrange animated ornaments, plants, paintings, and shelf-edge figures. • Personal memories: Decorate with photos, Live Photos, or silent looping videos (MP4/MOV). • Custom layout: Freely move, resize, and favorite your decor items. TAILORED TYPOGRAPHY • Page colors: Choose from six page colors independently of your typography theme, with light, dark, or automatic appearance. • Precise reading controls: Adjust font size, line height, page margins, and fonts for body, headings, and code. • Custom font import: Read with built-in fonts or import your own font files. • Horizontal and vertical reading: Switch text orientation where supported for Chinese and Japanese text. • iCloud theme sync: Save your custom typography themes and sync them across your devices. TOOLS & LOCAL IMPORT • Supported formats: Read your own EPUB and CHM files with structured table of contents navigation. • Local Wi-Fi transfer: Send files directly from your computer browser over your local network. • Reading tools: Search full text across chapters, add highlights, and review notes in one place. UPFRONT PURCHASE • Full access with multiple books included from day one. • Single upfront purchase with no in-app purchases. • No subscriptions and no ads.
Esh Mishna אש משנה
This app provides a comprehensive learning experience for the six orders of Mishna, featuring commentaries like Bartanura and Ikar Tosfot Yom Tov. Users can view the Mishna and its explanations side-by-side, search within texts, and create personalized learning programs.
- View Mishna with commentaries
- Side-by-side text display
- Searchable text content
- Create learning programs
- Vowelized Mishna text
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Learn all Shisha Sidre Mishna with Bartanura and Ikar Tosfot Yom Tov on your iPhone. You can see the Mishna and the Bartanura and Ikar Tosfot Yom Tov and Perush Harambam on one screen. Search in the Mishna text or Bartanura text or Ikar Tosfot Yom Tov text. You can make Learning program. למד כל ששה סדרי משנה מנוקדים עם פירוש רבינו עובדיה מברטנורא ועיקר תוספות יום טוב ופירוש הרמב"ם בצורה יפה וברורה. התצוגה היא של המשנה עם הפירושים במסך אחד עם אפשרות גלילה של טקסט המשנה וכן טקסט הפירושים ניתן לבצע חיפוש מהיר הן בטקסט המשנה והן בטקסט פירוש הברטנורא וכן בפירוש עיקר תוספות יום טוב. אפשרות לבנות תכנית לימוד
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Esh Mishna אש משנה at 5.0 against CHMate+'s 3.8. Esh Mishna אש משנה also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 61%) and price ($6.99 vs $9.99). CHMate+'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 8 months) and chart position (#154 vs unranked). On 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
CHMate+ costs $9.99 and Esh Mishna אש משנה $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Esh Mishna אש משנה holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CHMate+ has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of CHMate+'s written reviews are positive against 92% of Esh Mishna אש משנה's.
CHMate+ ships an update every 2 weeks, Esh Mishna אש משנה every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CHMate+ | Esh Mishna אש משנה |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $6.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.9% of reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #154 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 贤安 陈 | Elyahu Sheetrit |
Customer experience
CHMate+
Esh Mishna אש משנה
Bugs and requests
CHMate+
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when searching within documents
- Table of contents not syncing with current position
- Highlighting and annotations not working reliably
- Issues with opening and loading certain CHM files
Requested features
5 requests- Full-text search across documents
- Folder organization for files
- Improved image handling and zooming
- Sync with cloud storage services
- Ability to rename files
Esh Mishna אש משנה
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CHMate+
No in-app purchases
Esh Mishna אש משנה
No in-app purchases
Questions
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