e vs Living Manuscripts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
e
Explore over 1,000 digitized medieval manuscripts with high-resolution images. Bookmark, download, and view historical documents offline, complete with scholarly descriptions.
- Browse over 1,000 digitized manuscripts
- View over 450,000 high-resolution pages
- Bookmark favorite manuscripts
- Download manuscripts for offline viewing
- Access scholarly manuscript descriptions
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The Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland. Browse through over 3'000 fully digitized manuscripts on your iPhone and iPad. Over 1'000'000 pages in high resolution. Bookmark, download and view manuscripts offline. Includes scholarly manuscript descriptions from official catalogs. Explore medieval and early modern manuscripts from Swiss collections on iPhone and iPad. Browse illuminated codices, papyri, fragments, liturgical books, literary works, scientific texts, and even modern autographs such as Albert Einstein’s. The collection spans many centuries and languages, from Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Sanskrit, and Persian to French, English, Old High German and even Nahuatl.
Living Manuscripts
Explore illuminated manuscripts brought to life with augmented reality. Discover fascinating facts and enjoy an interactive experience with animated historical content.
- Augmented Reality experience
- Animated historical content
- Interactive learning
- Fascinating facts
- Illuminated scripts
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Tradition and innovation at the service of art. Immerse yourself in a world characterised by the radiant splendour of gold and silver, the expressive imagery and vivid colours that only miniatures of great manuscripts can convey. It is time to bring history alive thanks to Augmented Reality. Discover a unique selection of illuminated scripts and enjoy an interactive experience due to animated content full of fascinating facts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: e at 89% against Living Manuscripts's 0%. Living Manuscripts's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 70 months) and device support. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
e ships an update every 70 months, Living Manuscripts every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | e | Living Manuscripts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 70 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | text & bytes LLC | Charlotte Kramer (DE) |
Customer experience
e
Living Manuscripts
In-app purchases
e
No in-app purchases
Living Manuscripts
No in-app purchases
Questions
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