CHMate+ vs Esh Selihot אש סליחות
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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Most e-readers are bloated with monthly subscription traps, intrusive ads, and clumsy formatting. CHMate brings the quiet focus and tactile elegance of a real book back to your screen. Native EPUB and CHM reader with rich typography customization, instant search, and paper themes. Trusted by readers for over a decade, now rebuilt natively for modern iOS. Pay once, own forever. Full unlimited access with no subscriptions. CHMate+ is a local EPUB and CHM reader for iPhone and iPad. Import the books and documents you already own, arrange them into a library you enjoy, and read each one in the way that suits it best. CRAFTED FOR FOCUSED READING • Paper Texture & Themes: Curated paper backgrounds, customizable fonts, line spacing, margins, and dark mode • Distraction-Free: Clean interface designed to put nothing between you and the text • Tactile Gestures: Smooth chapter transitions and fluid page-turning that respect your reading rhythm DUAL FORMAT POWER: EPUB & CHM • EPUB: Perfect for literature, novels, and reflowable publications • CHM & MHT: Read technical documentation, programming references, and compiled help manuals with structured tables of contents POWERFUL, PRIVATE UTILITIES • Instant Search: Lightning-fast full-text search across chapters • Highlights & Notes: Capture the quotes that move you and review annotations easily • iCloud Theme Sync: Seamlessly sync your typography themes across your devices via CloudKit • Local Wi-Fi Transfer: Drop books directly from your computer browser to your device over Wi-Fi without cables HONEST, ONE-TIME PURCHASE • Full access and unlimited bookshelf included from the start • No in-app purchases. No recurring subscriptions. • No ads. No tracking.
Esh Selihot אש סליחות
This app provides Selihot prayers and rituals for the Eastern Sephardic tradition, including laws for Elul, Rosh Hashanah, the Ten Days of Repentance, and Yom Kippur. It draws from the "Torat Hamoadim" by Rabbi David Yossef.
- Selihot prayers for Eastern Sephardic tradition
- Rituals for Elul and High Holidays
- Laws for Rosh Hashanah
- Laws for Ten Days of Repentance
- Laws for Yom Kippur
- Based on Torat Hamoadim
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Selihot and Hatart Kelalot of Edot Hamizrach with Halachot of Hodesh Elul and Selihot and Rosh Hashana and Aseret Yeme Teshuva and Yom Kipur, from Torat Hamoadim of Rabbi David Yossef. סליחות מנוקדות וכן התרת נדרים והתרת קללות לפי נוסח עדות המזרח עם הלכות חודש אלול והסליחות, וכן הלכות ראש השנה והלכות עשרת ימי תשובה, והלכות יום הכפורים, מתוך הספר תורת המועדים להרה"ג רבי דוד יוסף שליט"א
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Esh Selihot אש סליחות at 100% against CHMate+'s 61%. Esh Selihot אש סליחות also leads on price ($2.99 vs $9.99) and rating (4.0 vs 3.8). CHMate+'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 24 months) and chart position (#148 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 Selihot אש סליחות $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Esh Selihot אש סליחות holds the better App Store score, 4.0 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 100% of Esh Selihot אש סליחות's.
CHMate+ ships an update every 2 months, Esh Selihot אש סליחות every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CHMate+ | Esh Selihot אש סליחות |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (8 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 24 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #148 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 贤安 陈 | Elyahu Sheetrit |
Customer experience
CHMate+
Esh Selihot אש סליחות
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 Selihot אש סליחות
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CHMate+
No in-app purchases
Esh Selihot אש סליחות
No in-app purchases
Questions
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