Comparison

CHMate+ vs TotalReader Pro

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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.

About

TotalReader Pro

This app is a comprehensive reader for a vast array of document and book formats, including ePub, PDF, MOBI, and comic books. It offers extensive customization options for reading, cloud integration, and file management features.

Highlights
  • Supports over 30 file formats
  • Cloud and network service integration
  • Customizable reading experience
  • Built-in file manager
  • Speech synthesizer
  • Multiple page turning animations
Features
Currently charting
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The BEST application for reading books: *.fb2, *.epub, *.mobi, *.azw, *.prc, *.chm, *.fbz, *.rtf, *.txt (all encodings), documents: *.djvu, *.pdf, *.xps, office documents: *.doc, *.docx, *.xls, *.xlsx, *.ppt, *.pptx, *.pages, *.numbers, *.key, comic books: *.cbr, *.cbz, *.cb7, *.cbt and sources: *.h, *.c, *.cpp, *.m, *.java, *.cs ... All formats are thoroughly elaborated and are 100% supported by the application, including the styles, chapters, tables, links, footnotes etc. The visualization system takes into account the specific character of the formats functioning on mobile devices (memory capacity, the number of general processor units etc.), Providing a maximum productivity and comfort when working with large documents. Elegant design, extended functionality, high speed and stability of work will make reading of your favorite literature a pleasurable experience. You can contact technical support and leave a comment without quitting the application. TotalReader’s special features: ■ Wide range of supported formats (fb2, epub, mobi, azw, prc, chm, fbz, rtf, txt(all encodings), djvu, pdf, xps, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, pages, numbers, key, cbr, cbz, cb7, cbt) ■ Compatible with all popular archive formats (rar, zip, 7z, gz, tar ...) ■ Speech synthesizer ■ Large set of page turning animations for books(Slide, Fade, Curl, Flip, Cube, Ripple, Rotate) ■ Night mode ■ Integration with popular cloud services(Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, Yandex.Disk) ■ Integration with popular network services(SMB, FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, DLNA) ■ Open books directly from cloud services and network services ■ Hight application stability ■ Automatic recovery bad and non standard files ■ Search and highlight text options ■ Table of contents ■ Highlight and copy text options for books ■ Font, Font color, Background, font size, margins, line spacing, hyphenation, hyphenation language, skip author style options ■ User friendly navigation ■ Page layout option in documents(single page, double pages, double pages with cover) ■ Effects for documents(sepia, monochrome, color controls) ■ Brightness control ■ Rotation lock ■ Bookmarks ■ Quick document preview ■ Page scaling for documents ■ Auto scaling for adjacent pages ■ Double page view ■ Opening documents from external applications ■ Last open document list ■ Online book catalogs(OPDS) ■ Web Browser and download manager ■ Wi-Fi transfer ■ FTP transfer File Manager Features: ■ Intuitive interface ■ iTunes integration ■ File sorting(by name, by extension, by size, by date) ■ Searching files in subfolders ■ Create, move, copy, rename, pack/unpack, delete file/folder options ■ File/folder search ■ Preview book cover Wi-Fi Transfer Features: ■ Intuitive interface ■ Create, move, rename, delete file/folder options ■ Downloading/uploading few media files with one click ■ Display upload progress Online catalog(OPDS) Features: ■ Maximal support OPDS standards ■ User friendly navigation ■ Global searching ■ Full book information preview ■ Adding and editing catalog options ■ Completely popular catalog list Feel free to ask questions, report bugs or request new features: support@develsoftware.com

Screenshots

CHMate+4 screens
TotalReader Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TotalReader Pro at 4.3 against CHMate+'s 3.8. TotalReader Pro also leads on ratings volume (220 vs 8) and price ($6.99 vs $9.99). CHMate+'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On update cadence, ads, chart position 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

CHMate+ costs $9.99 and TotalReader Pro $6.99 up front. TotalReader Pro sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. CHMate+ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TotalReader Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TotalReader Pro has 220 ratings behind it against 8, 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 70% of TotalReader Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CHMate+ ships an update fortnightly, TotalReader Pro every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
CHMate+ versus TotalReader Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCHMate+TotalReader Pro
Price$9.99$6.99 — better
Rating3.8 (8 ratings)4.3 (220 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.9% of reviews69.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8220 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#132 — better#149
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB125 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer贤安 陈LTD DevelSoftware

Customer experience

CHMate+

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews230 reviews
Positive60.9%
Neutral13.0%
Negative26.1%

TotalReader Pro

All ratings220 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral3.6%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews447 reviews
Positive69.8%
Neutral8.7%
Negative21.5%

User reviews

CHMate+

From 8 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great CHM reader
  • 👍 Smooth navigation
  • 👍 Customizable text formatting
  • 👍 Useful annotation features
  • 👍 Reliable and stable

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes after updates
  • 🐛 Compatibility issues with some CHM files
  • 🔍 Limited search functionality
  • 📂 Lack of file management options
  • 💰 Expensive for a CHM reader

TotalReader Pro

From 220 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Handles all file formats
  • 👍 Versatile and customizable
  • 🚀 Fast and efficient
  • 👍 Great reading experience
  • 🚀 Excellent cloud integration

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • 🐛 Cloud integration not working as expected
  • 🐛 Slow performance with large files
  • 🐛 Lack of highlighting and note-taking features

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

TotalReader Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on launch with certain iOS versions
  • Cloud storage integration not functioning properly
  • Slow page loading and navigation issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add highlighting and note-taking capabilities
  • Improve cloud integration and sync across devices
  • Optimize performance for large files
  • Provide more text-to-speech voice options

In-app purchases

None

CHMate+

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

TotalReader Pro

One-time2
  • Thank the Developer$0.99
  • Appearance Customization$1.99

Questions

Is CHMate+ free?
CHMate+ costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TotalReader Pro free?
TotalReader Pro costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CHMate+ or TotalReader Pro?
TotalReader Pro is rated higher. CHMate+ averages 3.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while TotalReader Pro averages 4.3 from 220 ratings.
Do CHMate+ or TotalReader Pro have ads?
Neither CHMate+ nor TotalReader Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CHMate+ or TotalReader Pro?
CHMate+ ships an update fortnightly, and TotalReader Pro every 4 weeks. Most recently, CHMate+ was updated on October 15, 2026 and TotalReader Pro on October 15, 2026.
Which is more popular, CHMate+ or TotalReader Pro?
CHMate+ currently peaks at #132 in the App Store charts, and TotalReader Pro at #149. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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