Comparison

1dollarscan Reader for iPad vs MapleRead CX

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

Head to head
About

1dollarscan Reader for iPad

Transform scanned physical books into optimized eBooks for your iPhone and iPad. Enjoy reading with features like memos, bookmarks, and brightness adjustment. Access your library anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Optimize scanned books for iPhone/iPad
  • Record feedback and memos
  • Bookmark pages for easy return
  • Thumbnail view for navigation
  • Adjust brightness
  • Customizable page-turning animation
  • Pinch to zoom
Features
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[Detail] Your book becomes an eBook for iPhone and iPad !!! 1dollarscan application developed by zLibro Inc. is a special tool for users to download PDF files scanned from actual books and enjoy reading eBook on iPhone and iPad. The PDF files craeted with 1dollarscan Fine Tune technology, are optimized and tuned for your device(iPhone, iPad). You can enjoy reading the PDF files without any stress, like as reading actual books. 1dollarscan application has many features,  - Record your feedback for each file  - Taking a memo for each file  - Bookmark on the page, which is good to get back later and so on. You can enjoy reading optimized scanned eBooks by 1dollarscan application anytime, anywhere you want. [How to get] 1. Download 1dollarscan application from App Store. 2. Accesss to 1dollarscan and create your account.     [Note] : Please make your actual book scanned by 1dollarscan service and tuned by 1dollarscan Fine Tune.              Without tuning the file, 1dollarscan application does not work. 3. After creating your account, launch 1dollarscan application and login by email address and password. 4. Access the page of 1dollarscan file lists and download files. 5. Once download is completed, you can enjoy reading any eBook from My Library. [Features] - 1dollarscan Fine Tune : optimize and tune for each device(iPhone, iPad) - Memo : Record your feedback and memo for each file - Bookmark : Bookmark on page and easy to get back the page - Thumbnail : Display thumbnails on the bottom and direct access to the page - Bright adjustment - Switch animation of page-turning - Pinch in, Pinch out

About

MapleRead CX

This app offers a unique audio-visual reading experience for EPUB ebooks. Customize book styles, generate pseudo audiobooks with various voices, and enjoy immersive reading with synchronized audio and text. It also functions as a powerful library management tool with extensive customization options.

Highlights
  • Audio-visual EPUB reader
  • Pseudo audiobook generation
  • Immersion reading (sync audio/text)
  • Customizable book styles and themes
  • Word lookup and translation
  • Library management and organization
  • User-defined fonts and highlight colors
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MapleRead is dedicated to enable unique audio-visual reading experience for everyone. ------------ Our MapleRead app family has 3 members, namely SE, CE and CX. - SE is our flagship product with all features. - CE is SE without PDF reader and built-in Library Server. - CX is CE with some limitation. Free to try. - No recurring subscription fees. No ads. Just buy it once. Gratuity optional. - Moreover, SE and CE can be run side-by-side via split-view multitasking. - Recommend SE for use on multiple devices with easy and fast book sharing via Library Server. - Recommend the SE-CE bundle for the best value. ------------ MapleRead includes a superb audio-visual EPUB e-book reader. - It lets you easily modify publisher's original book style to better suit your aesthetic taste. - It lets you instantly generate pseudo audiobooks with a choice of narrator voices over 40 languages. - It enables immersion reading so that you may read and listen to the same book in sync. - Background listening works well too. Compatible with Lock Screen Music Player and CarPlay. MapleRead UI is friendly to users of all ages. - Books can be read in regular and large print. - A choice of UI text sizes makes reading in non-book views much more comfortable. MapleRead is a great learning tool. - It lets you look up words, translate sentences, search text, highlight text and write notes. - It helps you collect vocabulary and organize notes with various priorities. - It provides hooks to user-defined dictionaries, translators, and other tools. - Immersion reading improves your comprehension, especially of foreign-language books. MapleRead is an effective and fast library management tool. - It is designed for you, a book lover, who may own a huge and/or growing book collection. - It lets you keep all your books in one place and well-organized automatically. - It lets you display your books elegantly in style. - It lets you easily repair individual book metadata. - If supports multiple book sets and multiple tags. - It offers multiple ways to import and export books, and works well with Calibre. MapleRead offers unprecedented user-defined customization options. - They include unlimited user-defined fonts, book themes, cover images and library scenes. - Each book theme includes various types of user-defined highlight colors. - Each book can have its own theme, and each EPUB book can have its own style. [For more technical details, screenshots, FAQ and reviews, please visit our website.]

Screenshots

MapleRead CX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MapleRead CX at 62% against 1dollarscan Reader for iPad's 0%. MapleRead CX also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 61 months) and ratings volume (24 vs 3). 1dollarscan Reader for iPad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (3.7 vs 3.4). On price and ads 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. MapleRead CX sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 1dollarscan Reader for iPad asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

1dollarscan Reader for iPad holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MapleRead CX has 24 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of 1dollarscan Reader for iPad's written reviews are positive against 62% of MapleRead CX's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

1dollarscan Reader for iPad ships an update every 61 months, MapleRead CX every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
1dollarscan Reader for iPad versus MapleRead CX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter1dollarscan Reader for iPadMapleRead CX
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better3.4 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews61.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings324 — better
Update frequencyEvery 61 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer1dollarscanMaplepop LLC

Customer experience

1dollarscan Reader for iPad

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

MapleRead CX

All ratings24 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral10.3%
Negative28.2%

In-app purchases

None

1dollarscan Reader for iPad

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

MapleRead CX

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$6.99

Questions

Is 1dollarscan Reader for iPad free?
1dollarscan Reader for iPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MapleRead CX free?
MapleRead CX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 1dollarscan Reader for iPad or MapleRead CX?
1dollarscan Reader for iPad is rated higher. 1dollarscan Reader for iPad averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while MapleRead CX averages 3.4 from 24 ratings.
Do 1dollarscan Reader for iPad or MapleRead CX have ads?
Neither 1dollarscan Reader for iPad nor MapleRead CX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 1dollarscan Reader for iPad or MapleRead CX?
1dollarscan Reader for iPad ships an update every 61 months, and MapleRead CX every 5 weeks. Most recently, 1dollarscan Reader for iPad was updated on October 13, 2026 and MapleRead CX on October 13, 2026.

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