Comparison

eBooks.com vs Simon & Schuster Books

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

Head to head
About

eBooks.com

Access your purchased eBooks from eBooks.com on any device. Read offline, sync progress, and customize your reading experience with notes, highlights, and adjustable settings. Organize your library and enjoy accessibility features.

Highlights
  • Offline reading
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Highlighting and note-taking
  • Customizable reading settings
  • Library organization
  • Accessibility features
Features
Currently charting
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Your personal eBooks.com library, right in your pocket. Pick up any book you've purchased from eBooks.com and start reading, whether you're at home, on the go, or somewhere without internet. Your reading progress syncs across all your devices, so you never lose your place. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF Start reading on your phone, continue on your tablet. Your progress, bookmarks, and annotations sync automatically across every device linked to your eBooks.com account. READ OFFLINE, ANYWHERE Download your ebooks to your device and enjoy them without an internet connection. Perfect for flights, commutes, or anywhere life takes you. MAKE EVERY BOOK YOUR OWN Highlight your favorite passages in multiple colors, add notes in the margins, and bookmark the pages that matter most. Your annotations stay with you across all your devices. READ YOUR WAY Customize your reading experience to suit you. Adjust font size, font style, text color, background color, line spacing, margins, and more. Choose between page-flip or scroll mode. ORGANIZE YOUR LIBRARY Create collections to sort your books your way. Browse by grid or list view, and sort by title, author, or recent activity. ACCESSIBILITY BUILT IN Full VoiceOver support, high-contrast options, and toolbar labels help make reading accessible to everyone. GETTING STARTED Download the app for free, sign in with your eBooks.com account, and your library is ready to read. Don't have an account yet? Create one at eBooks.com and start building your library today.

About

Simon & Schuster Books

Access your purchased ebooks and audiobooks from simonandschuster.com. Enjoy offline reading and listening with features like bookmarking, customizable text, and a sleep timer. Seamlessly continue your reading across devices.

Highlights
  • Offline access to purchased content
  • Audiobook player with sleep timer
  • Ebook reader with customizable fonts
  • Cross-device bookmarking
  • Full text search
  • Background audiobook playback
Features
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An ebook and audiobook app designed exclusively for purchases made at simonandschuster.com. Welcome to the Simon & Schuster books app, powered by Glassboxx. We are delighted to offer you an easy and secure way to enjoy your ebook and audiobook purchases. No password required — simply log in with the email address you used to buy the book on the Simon & Schuster website and enter the verification code sent to your email. Your purchased content can be found in the “My Books” area of the app. An internet connection is required to download the content. Once content has been downloaded, you can access and enjoy it offline. AUDIOBOOK PLAYER • Auto-saves your current position in the book so you can pick up right where you left off, even if listening on multiple devices • Skips forward and backward • Sleep timer • Plays on lock-screen, enabling easy access to playback controls • Plays in the background while you browse other apps • Plays immediately and downloads in the background (if internet access is available) EBOOK READER • Bookmarking opens the book across multiple devices • Font-size and font face changes, as well as dyslexic-friendly font • Background color changes • Full text search What’s New We are excited to launch the Simon & Schuster books app, powered by Glassboxx. Be sure to allow updates to this app on your device for any future upgrades.

Screenshots

eBooks.com4 screens
Simon & Schuster Books4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Simon & Schuster Books at 4.3 against eBooks.com's 2.1. Simon & Schuster Books also leads on ratings volume (82 vs 7). eBooks.com's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and chart position (#171 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simon & Schuster Books holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simon & Schuster Books has 82 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eBooks.com ships an update every 3 weeks, Simon & Schuster Books every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
eBooks.com versus Simon & Schuster Books: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereBooks.comSimon & Schuster Books
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (7 ratings)4.3 (82 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings782 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#171 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB44 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperEBOOKS.COM PTY LIMITEDGlassboxx Limited

Customer experience

eBooks.com

All ratings7 ratings
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Simon & Schuster Books

All ratings82 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral1.2%
Negative13.4%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

eBooks.com

No in-app purchases

None

Simon & Schuster Books

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is eBooks.com free?
eBooks.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simon & Schuster Books free?
Simon & Schuster Books is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, eBooks.com or Simon & Schuster Books?
Simon & Schuster Books is rated higher. eBooks.com averages 2.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Simon & Schuster Books averages 4.3 from 82 ratings.
Do eBooks.com or Simon & Schuster Books have ads?
Neither eBooks.com nor Simon & Schuster Books shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eBooks.com or Simon & Schuster Books?
eBooks.com ships an update every 3 weeks, and Simon & Schuster Books every 2 months. Most recently, eBooks.com was updated on September 23, 2026 and Simon & Schuster Books on September 24, 2026.

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