e vs Book Companion
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 Bookmark, download, and view historical documents offline, complete with scholarly descriptions.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.
Book Companion
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Book Companion helps you get the most from the books you're reading. Perfect for: * Remember meaningful quotes * Extract knowledge from non-fiction books * Collect places and information from guidebooks What you can do: * Capture pages instantly - Take a photo of any book page and get searchable text * Highlight what matters - Mark the passages that resonate with you * Build your collection - Add notes and tags to find any quote instantly * Share your discoveries - Export highlights as text or images * Add books easily - Quick ISBN recognition saves you time Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: e at none against Book Companion's 3. e also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Book Companion's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 70 months). On price 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. Book Companion sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. e asks for nothing beyond the download.
e ships an update every 70 months, Book Companion every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | e | Book Companion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 70 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | — | iPhone — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | text & bytes LLC | Robert Palmer |
In-app purchases
e
No in-app purchases
Book Companion
- One Month$3.991 Month
- One Year7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Lifetime Pro$79.99
