Comparison

Mentor Books vs MAP by MoveAhead

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

Head to head
About

Mentor Books

Features
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With beautiful page scrolling, you can peel back each page to go to the next, take notes on every page of every book, open your book on the last opened page to start off where you finished at the last lesson, find the page you're looking for with the multi-page view and pinch and zoom to explore your educational material close up and in detail. Now with extensive annotation/in-page drawing and note taking, plus the capability to search full text in any book. This app is freely available for use by all students, teachers and educators who can sign up for free and avail of book vouchers from their teachers or book providers to claim their education material and enhance their learning experience on their iPad.

About

MAP by MoveAhead

Features
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Assess and empower youth physical literacy with the click of a button. MAP has been developed and validated by world leading researchers in youth movement science at Dublin City University & MoveAhead

Screenshots

Mentor Books4 screens
MAP by MoveAhead3 screens

Verdict

The call

Mentor Books and MAP by MoveAhead are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mentor Books ships an update every 5 months, MAP by MoveAhead every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Mentor Books versus MAP by MoveAhead: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMentor BooksMAP by MoveAhead
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 months โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 โ€” better15.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size22 MB200 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMentor BooksMoveAhead Limited

In-app purchases

None

Mentor Books

No in-app purchases

None

MAP by MoveAhead

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mentor Books free?
Mentor Books is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MAP by MoveAhead free?
MAP by MoveAhead is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mentor Books or MAP by MoveAhead have ads?
Neither Mentor Books nor MAP by MoveAhead shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mentor Books or MAP by MoveAhead?
Mentor Books ships an update every 5 months, and MAP by MoveAhead every 3 months. Most recently, Mentor Books was updated on October 26, 2026 and MAP by MoveAhead on October 24, 2026.

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