Comparison

SideBooks vs CST Prayer Book

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

Head to head
About

SideBooks

This app offers a high-performance PDF and comic viewer with realistic paper-turning animations. It supports various viewing directions, enhanced bookshelf management, and secure password protection for your documents. Easily import files from multiple sources and enjoy a customizable reading experience.

Highlights
  • Realistic paper curl animation
  • Multiple viewing directions
  • Enhanced bookshelf management
  • Password protection
  • Dropbox and iTunes file import
  • Supports PDF, ZIP, CBZ, RAR, CBR
Features
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SideBooks is a high performance, high speed PDF viewer that allows you to enjoy reading with the feel of actual paper. =Features= Curl animation that simulates the actual turning of paper pages has been added to the standard page slide function. Supports viewing from 3 directions, documents that open left to right, right to left and vertically. It provides the optimal environment for viewing any book. All zoom rates have been optimized providing high speed, dynamic screen display. An infinite hierarchy of folders can be created, moved, deleted, renamed, etc. using the enhanced bookshelf management function. Real visual bookshelf function that corresponds to back cover style display. Files can be imported by 3 methods, Network transfer through Dropbox, USB transfer through iTunes and direct transfer from other applications. Books can be protected so others cannot view them by using the password protected locking function. This is a universal application that operates on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. =Functions= Overall: *Brightness Adjustment *Screen rotates to match the orientation of the device *Screen Rotation Lock *Password Protected Start-up Lock Viewer: *Support PDF,ZIP,CBZ,RAR and CBR format *Page Turning: Choose from slide or curl *Viewing Directions: Choose from opening left to right / right to left / vertically *Page Spacing: Choose form wide / narrow / none *Facing Pages: Choose the pair of facing pages by setting the cover to on or off *Trim function within the range of page display *Cache pre-read function for the previous and next pages *Set the display for each book and remember the page number of the last page read *Text search function (list display type) *Contents function (also supports hierarchy type) *Bookmark function (with editable memos) *Edit handwritten notes *Send to other applications (Open-In) *Send by email *Printing function (Air Print) *In-page link function *Link to outside URL function (built-in browser / Safari / Printing) *Display / Don't Display link buttons *Page turning function using tap or swipe *Expansion / Contraction function using pinch and double tap (1-1024x zoom) *Viewing of encrypted PDF files with password protection *Display / non-display of statusbar when reading Bookshelf: *Display form: Choose form list bookshelf / visual bookshelf *Function to set theme of visual bookshelf with each folder *Bookshelf thema extension pack (Add-On) *Cover editing function (corresponds to the trim) *File editing function: create, move, delete, setting for all books in folder *Bookmark list *Reading history list *Unread list *Edit of mark choose form already read / unread *Book name search function *Network transfer through Dropbox *USB transfer through iTunes *Direct transfer from other applications Special thanks to, "Give My Regards to Black Jack" SHUHO SATO Manga on Web http://mangaonweb.com

About

CST Prayer Book

Access a comprehensive collection of prayers commonly used in Bhutanese schools and colleges. This digital prayer book allows students to carry all essential prayers with them, reducing the need for physical copies. Features include English translations, audio playback, a prayer counter, and pronunciation guides.

Highlights
  • English Translations
  • Prayer Audio
  • Counter
  • Pronunciation Guide
  • Offline Access
Features
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This is a mobile app version of the prayer book of CST, Bhutan. Almost all the prayers in this app are common and used in all the schools and colleges in Bhutan. All the contents are from current prayer book of CST. This app would help students to carry prayer books always with them and it would also help college to minimize the printing of prayer books. Features available in this app are: -English Translations -Prayer Audio -Counter -Pronunciation

Screenshots

SideBooks4 screens
CST Prayer Book3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CST Prayer Book at none against SideBooks's 1. CST Prayer Book also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). SideBooks's advantage is ratings volume (97 vs 5). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SideBooks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CST Prayer Book asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CST Prayer Book holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SideBooks has 97 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of SideBooks's written reviews are positive against 100% of CST Prayer Book's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SideBooks versus CST Prayer Book: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSideBooksCST Prayer Book
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (97 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings97 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.09.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTatsumi-system Co., Ltd.Sujit Rai

Customer experience

SideBooks

All ratings97 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral2.1%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews518 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative17.2%

CST Prayer Book

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

SideBooks

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when opening certain PDF files
  • Corrupted files cause repeated crashes
  • Dropbox integration issues on some devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add support for ePub and other popular formats
  • Implement iCloud/Google Drive integration
  • Allow manual rearrangement of bookshelf
  • Add dark mode and customizable background options
  • Improve bookmark and annotation features
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  • Implement a more intuitive file management system

CST Prayer Book

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SideBooks

One-time1
  • Thema extension Add-On$0.99
None

CST Prayer Book

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SideBooks free?
SideBooks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CST Prayer Book free?
CST Prayer Book is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SideBooks or CST Prayer Book?
CST Prayer Book is rated higher. SideBooks averages 4.6 out of 5 from 97 ratings, while CST Prayer Book averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do SideBooks or CST Prayer Book have ads?
Neither SideBooks nor CST Prayer Book shows ads.

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