Comparison

e vs CodexTutor

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

Head to head
About

e

Explore over 1,000 digitized medieval manuscripts with high-resolution images. Bookmark, download, and view historical documents offline, complete with scholarly descriptions.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

CodexTutor

Learn Arabic, Spanish, Greek, and French through classic literature. This app uses spaced repetition flashcards and interactive reading modes to help you build vocabulary. Access a growing library of texts and practice words you encounter.

Highlights
  • Learn Arabic, Spanish, Greek, French
  • Read classic literary texts
  • Spaced-repetition flashcards
  • Tap words for instant meanings
  • Two study modes: Reading & Flashcard
  • Progressive vocabulary building
Features
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Build your vocabulary in historical languages by reading iconic texts in Latin, Greek, French, Arabic, and German. Instead of practicing language with boring stock sentences, read the real texts that shaped civilization. For centuries, scholars learned languages by studying significant texts, not canned exercises. In CodexTutor, we are inspired by that approach. HOW IT WORKS A passage arrives as a stack of cards, one chunk of the original on each. Read it. Tap to check the translation. Swipe right if you had it, left if you didn't. Tap any word for its dictionary entry: headword, part of speech, what it means. No hovering crib telling you what the sentence says. The lexicon is at your elbow and the meaning is yours to assemble. At the end, you will be able to read the whole passage. Then, you will move on to the next passage! VOCABULARY THAT KNOWS YOUR TEXT Every text carries its own vocabulary, ordered by how often each word appears in that text — not a generic frequency list. When previewing vocabulary, high frequency words are prioritized. The system is meant to making reading the real text easier. THE LIBRARY Readers can choose from iconic texts in Latin, Greek, Arabic, French, and German. Modern languages and some ancient texts have audio. Homer and Virgil. More texts are always being added. WORKS OFFLINE. NO ACCOUNT. Texts download once and stay on your phone. There is no sign-in, nothing to subscribe to, and nothing about your reading leaves your device. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://codextutor.com/terms

Screenshots

e4 screens
CodexTutor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: e at none against CodexTutor's 2. CodexTutor's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 70 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On price, rating, ratings volume and iOS requirement 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. CodexTutor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. e asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for e against 5.0 for CodexTutor. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 15 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of e's written reviews are positive against 100% of CodexTutor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

e ships an update every 70 months, CodexTutor every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
e versus CodexTutor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereCodexTutor
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings715 — better
Update frequencyEvery 70 monthsEvery 2 months — better
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Devices—iPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB20 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developertext & bytes LLCK12TeacherTools LLC

Customer experience

e

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

CodexTutor

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

e

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

CodexTutor

Subscriptions2
  • Codex Tutor Full Access Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Full Access Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is e free?
e is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CodexTutor free?
CodexTutor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, e or CodexTutor?
e and CodexTutor are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 15 ratings respectively.
Which is updated more often, e or CodexTutor?
e ships an update every 70 months, and CodexTutor every 2 months. Most recently, e was updated on September 21, 2026 and CodexTutor on September 17, 2026.

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