CHMate vs Reader+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CHMate
This app offers a robust reading experience for EPUB and CHM eBooks. Organize your library, add bookmarks and notes, and customize your reading environment. Share passages and easily search within your books.
- Organize eBooks into collections
- Add bookmarks and notes
- Customizable fonts and line height
- Fast scrolling and pagination
- Highlight favorite passages
- Built-in search functionality
- Share quotes with friends
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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. Download free. Unlock multiple books with a single one-time purchase. 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. HONEST PRICING • Free download with complete reading features for your current book. • Unlock multiple books with a single one-time in-app purchase. • No subscriptions and no ads.
Reader+
Instantly digitize your physical books using your device's camera. This app supports various file formats and cloud storage, offering features like TTS, customizable reading settings, and social sharing.
- Scan physical books with rear camera
- Supports PDF, EPUB, TXT, CBZ, CBR formats
- Cloud storage integration (Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud)
- Text-to-Speech (TTS) functionality
- Customizable reading settings (font, margins, background)
- Page curl and slide animations
- Social media sharing
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● Reader+ can scan books with rear camera of your device instantly, so you can enjoy your own paper books in iPad or iPhone. ● and support the following file formats. - pdf, epub, txt - zip, rar, cbz, cbr ● You can add following items - Book (for scan) - Shelf (folder) - FTP Server - GoogleDrive, Dropbox - iCloud ● Support bookmark and word search feature. ● You can edit ( modify, delete, move, copy, paste ) items at anytime. ● Support TTS (Text To Speech) feature with simple gesture. ● Support page curl animation and slide animation. ● Including night mode, support various background images. ● For epub and txt file, support various font family and you can change margin, line height, font size. ● Reader+ can post page to Twitter/Facebook/SMS. ● Reader+ can export book to other apps or devices. ● You can perform following operations for scanned results instantly. - Change margin/move/rotate/scale - Skew correction - Color correction - Save or Remove pages
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CHMate at 3.9 against Reader+'s 2.6. CHMate also leads on review sentiment (55% vs 18%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Reader+'s advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. CHMate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Reader+ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CHMate holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of CHMate's written reviews are positive against 18% of Reader+'s.
CHMate ships an update every 2 weeks, Reader+ every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CHMate | Reader+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (20 ratings) — better | 2.6 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.3% of reviews — better | 17.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 贤安 陈 | LEE DONG WON |
Customer experience
CHMate
Reader+
Bugs and requests
CHMate
Reported bugs
13 issues- App crashes when searching CHM files
- Crashes when using tap-hold for bookmarking
- Highlighting functionality broken after iOS updates
- Notes and bookmarks not saving properly
- Highlights disappear or move between chapters
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- App crashes on startup or when opening files
- Table of contents index expansion broken
- Custom fonts blocked after iOS 14.5 update
- Files not accessible via iCloud or Dropbox
- Missing icons after updates
- Images display as half-dark or missing
- Text formatting changes not visible without page reload
- First line spacing issues
Requested features
12 requests- Dark mode and additional color themes (Sepia)
- Book cover display instead of text-only library view
- PDF support
- Text-to-speech functionality
- Better pagination options
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- iPad Pro resolution support
- iOS multi-window support
- Better bookmark functionality
- Separate highlighting and annotation tools
- Support for Cyrillic and Arabic text encoding
- Collection/folder organization for multiple files
- Zip file support for documentation sets
Reader+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CHMate
- CHMate+$9.99
Reader+
- Reader+ Pro$1.99









