Comparison

CoverPage Viewer vs PUB Reader

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

Head to head
About

CoverPage Viewer

Create and preview your book, magazine, or portfolio projects with this publishing tool. It offers a free preview experience for your creative work on iPad. Requires a CoverPage Publishing account to use.

Highlights
  • Book publishing preview
  • Magazine publishing preview
  • Creative portfolio preview
  • Free preview tool
  • iPad compatible
Features
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Do you dream about publishing your own book, magazine or even your creative portfolio? Enjoy it with CoverPage Publishing tool! CoverPage Viewer is your FREE preview tool. Enjoy your projects on iPad with CoverPage Viewer. It's easy and simple. In order to use this application, you need a CoverPage Publishing account. Happy publishing! your CoverPage Team © 2017 CoverPage

About

PUB Reader

Open, read, and convert Microsoft Publisher documents on your iOS device. Easily view document outlines, page thumbnails, and search text. Export files to Word or PDF formats for further editing.

Highlights
  • Open and read PUB files
  • Export to Word (.docx, .doc)
  • Export to RTF
  • Export to PDF
  • Document outlines and page thumbnails
  • Text search and copy
  • Document management and organization
Features
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“PUB Reader” allows you to open and read Microsoft Publisher documents (PUB file) on iOS device. It offers you fantastic reading experience using document outlines, page thumbnails and text search features. In addition, “PUB Reader” allows you to export PUB file into Microsoft Word(.docx, .doc) and RTF to make it available for editing in other Word processing software. Do you receive Microsoft Publisher documents (.pub) as email attachments on you iPhone and iPad? Are you having plenty of Microsoft Publisher files that no decent viewer available to open on your iPhone and iPad? The easiest way to circumvent these problems is PUB Reader. - It converts the text, text characteristics, paragraphs, text frames linking, text frame columns, tables, graphics and other Publisher objects and properties to the matching Microsoft Word format objects and properties by preserving layout. - It also allows to convert PUB file into PDF. - Standard document interaction interface to share, send and save exported documents. READING FEATURES: - Fully selectable and searchable text contents. Select and copy text to clipboard for further use. - Pinch out and Pinch in to ZoomIn and ZoomOut view. - Navigate through topics by document outlines, if exist. - Search text feature to find a character, word or sentence any where in a document. - Scroll through your document by Page Thumbnails or Go to page feature. DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT - The inbuilt document browse view automatically gives you the option to share documents using the Share button or a drag-and-drop action. It also provides a standard interface for browsing and managing documents. - Automatically handles access to iCloud for you within the app. It also provides access to documents managed by third-party storage service extensions installed on your device. - Browse, find and sort documents to help you locate the document you want. Tap the PUB file that you want to open. - You can move, delete, duplicate and rename a document with document manager in browser view. - In the document manager, you can group related documents into folders so they’re easy to find. Note: “PUB Reader” is standalone application running natively to open and convert Microsoft Publisher documents (.pub) securely right on your iOS device. You can refer User Manual for any assistance Or Contact Support.

Screenshots

CoverPage Viewer3 screens
PUB Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CoverPage Viewer at Free against PUB Reader's $14.99. CoverPage Viewer also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 11.0). PUB Reader's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (48 vs 1). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

CoverPage Viewer is free to download; PUB Reader costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PUB Reader holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PUB Reader has 48 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of CoverPage Viewer's written reviews are positive against 7% of PUB Reader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CoverPage Viewer ships an update every 4 months, PUB Reader every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CoverPage Viewer versus PUB Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoverPage ViewerPUB Reader
PriceFree — better$14.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)3.9 (48 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews7.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings148 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB163 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCoverPage s.r.o.RootRise Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Customer experience

CoverPage Viewer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral66.7%
Negative33.3%

PUB Reader

All ratings48 ratings
Positive72.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.1%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive7.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative92.9%

In-app purchases

None

CoverPage Viewer

No in-app purchases

None

PUB Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CoverPage Viewer free?
CoverPage Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PUB Reader free?
PUB Reader costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CoverPage Viewer or PUB Reader?
PUB Reader is rated higher. CoverPage Viewer averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while PUB Reader averages 3.9 from 48 ratings.
Do CoverPage Viewer or PUB Reader have ads?
Neither CoverPage Viewer nor PUB Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CoverPage Viewer or PUB Reader?
CoverPage Viewer ships an update every 4 months, and PUB Reader every 7 months. Most recently, CoverPage Viewer was updated on November 1, 2026 and PUB Reader on November 3, 2026.

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