Creative Book Builder vs Sights and Sounds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Creative Book Builder
This app empowers users to create professional ebooks from scratch or existing content. It offers a wide range of layout options, powerful widgets for interactive elements, and multiple output formats including EPUB, HTML5, and PDF. Easily import content from various sources and utilize robust editing and sharing tools.
- Multiple EPUB layout options (Classic, Fixed Layout)
- Extensive widget library (Read Aloud, Quiz, Chart, etc.)
- Export to EPUB, HTML5, PDF, Audio, Photo & Video
- Import content from Blogger, WordPress, Google Docs, and cloud storage
- Direct image editing and element manipulation
- Cloud synchronization and backup features
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Creative Book Builder is a powerful, flexible, and professional ebook generation tool. No matter you create book from scratch or existing content, no matter your content is simple or complex, CBB enables you to build your own content in an efficient way. Comprehensive EPUB Generation * Create different kinds of layout for EPUB: Classic (re-flowable), Fixed Layout (WYSIWYG), Landscape, Portrait, and Square books. * All generated books should pass EPUB validation with EpubCheck and should be read in any EPUB readers. * Edit cover image and configure book information including book title, author, publisher, etc. * Change book style including font, indentation, direction (left-to-right, right-to-left or vertical text). * Add soundtrack, your own font, and custom stylesheet to the book. * Customize page size of fixed layout books. Powerful & Flexible Widgets * Besides title, paragraph, photos, videos, audio recording, markdown, and other basic elements, CBB offers a lot of powerful widgets: Read Aloud, Quiz, Slideshow, Table, Chart, Question, Equation (LaTeX), Drawing, Shapes, Checklist, Expandable Content, Screen Recording, Panorama, 360 Degree Image, QR Code, Online Image, Online Video, YouTube Video. * Popup footnotes and glossary can be defined and linked from content. * All widgets can be customizable. Multiple Output Format * Besides EPUB, CBB offers other types of output to maximize your content usage: HTML5, PDF, Audio, Photo & Video. * HTML5 books can be read in any browser on any platform without EPUB limitation, e.g. embed html code and iframe. HTML5 books can be hosted on Google Drive and exported as zip file for offline reading. Reuse Your Existing Content * Import your great content from Blogger, WordPress or RSS/Atom feed directly. * Convert your web apps generated by TouchAppCreator into books. * Specifically, Google Documents, Slides, Sheets, and Drawings can be imported into CBB as easy as possible. * Import any files from iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive & FTP Server. * Smart Merge: define place holder and merge with different values. Editing Tools * Edit image directly (filters, add text, etc). * Cut, copy, and paste elements from page to page. * Lock element to avoid movement. * Find and replace string for elements. * Mark pages as draft version. * All paragraph, title, markdown & HTML elements are saved automatically. * Backup book to Dropbox automatically after generating book. * Synchronize books with iCloud. * Deleted books can be restored until the books are deleted permanently. * Navigate whole book while recording audio. * Edit two books at the same time by using multiple windows (iOS 13). Sharing Tools * Share page or whole book via iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, FTP Server & WebDAV Server. * Share book between devices via browser by using QR code. * Transfer book to desktop via iTunes File Sharing (USB without WiFi). * Batch upload your books to cloud services.
Sights and Sounds
This app teaches cause and effect through interactive activities using single switch control. It features engaging music, sound effects, and high-quality graphics, making it ideal for students with disabilities and switch users of all ages.
- Cause and effect learning
- Single switch control modes
- Engaging music and sound effects
- High-quality graphics
- Suitable for all ages
- Valuable for students with disabilities
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The Sights and Sounds series is a collection of apps designed to teach cause and effect using three common modes of single switch control. While these age-appropriate activities are designed to be appealing to students and switch users of all ages, they are particularly valuable for students with severe physical and developmental disabilities, beginning with a cognitive age as low as 1 year. Popcorn features engaging music and sound effects with high-quality graphics that will make you hungry! The Sights and Sounds Series features a momentary switch mode for use with a switch interface that supports repetitive key strokes. The Blue2 Bluetooth Switch is a switch interface that works great with this series.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Creative Book Builder at 3.9 against Sights and Sounds's 1.0. Creative Book Builder also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 46 months) and ratings volume (16 vs 1). Sights and Sounds's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $5.99) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Creative Book Builder costs $5.99 and Sights and Sounds $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Creative Book Builder holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Creative Book Builder has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Creative Book Builder ships an update every 3 months, Sights and Sounds every 46 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Creative Book Builder | Sights and Sounds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (16 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 46 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tiger Ng | Marblesoft |
Customer experience
Creative Book Builder
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In-app purchases
Creative Book Builder
No in-app purchases
Sights and Sounds
No in-app purchases
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