Comparison

eBooks.com vs CrossPoint Sync

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

CrossPoint Sync

Wirelessly transfer books and manage your e-ink reader's library from your iOS device. Clip web articles and convert them into EPUBs for seamless reading. Organize files, create folders, and set custom sleep screens.

Highlights
  • Wireless file transfer over WiFi
  • Device file browser and management
  • Safari web article clipping to EPUB
  • Upload queue with progress tracking
  • iOS Share Extension for EPUBs
  • Customizable sleep screen image
Features
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CrossPoint Sync is a wireless companion app for the XTEink X4 e-ink reader. Transfer books, manage your device library, and clip web articles — all over your local WiFi network, no cables required. WIRELESS FILE TRANSFER Send EPUBs to your e-ink reader over WiFi. Uploads are chunked and streamed over for reliable, fast transfers. DEVICE FILE BROWSER Browse the full file system on your e-ink reader directly from your iPhone. Navigate folders, create new folders, delete files, rename files, move files and download books back to your phone. Swipe actions make file management quick and intuitive. SAFARI WEB CLIPPER Save any web article for your e-ink reader with the built-in Safari extension. CrossPoint Web Clipper extracts the article text, downloads images, and converts everything into a clean EPUB that's ready to read on your device. Clips sync automatically the next time you open the app. UPLOAD QUEUE Queue multiple books for transfer and watch them upload one by one with real-time progress tracking. The queue persists across app launches — add books now and they'll transfer automatically when your device connects later. iOS SHARE EXTENSION Share EPUBs from any app — Files, Safari, email — directly into CrossPoint Sync's upload queue. Files are picked up automatically and transferred to your device. SLEEP BACKGROUND CUSTOMIZATION Set a custom sleep screen image on your e-ink reader. Pick any photo from your library, preview it, and upload it to your device as the sleep background. ADDITIONAL FEATURES • Configurable upload paths for books and clipped articles • Dark mode support • Swipe-to-delete and swipe-to-save file actions • Breadcrumb navigation with swipe-back gesture • Device info display: hostname, IP, firmware version

Screenshots

eBooks.com4 screens
CrossPoint Sync4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: CrossPoint Sync at 100% against eBooks.com's 0%. CrossPoint Sync also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.1). eBooks.com's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and chart position (#171 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, 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

CrossPoint Sync holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of eBooks.com's written reviews are positive against 100% of CrossPoint Sync's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eBooks.com ships an update every 3 weeks, CrossPoint Sync every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
eBooks.com versus CrossPoint Sync: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereBooks.comCrossPoint Sync
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (7 ratings)4.5 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings710 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#171 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB34 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperEBOOKS.COM PTY LIMITEDZohaib Rauf

Customer experience

eBooks.com

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

CrossPoint Sync

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

eBooks.com

No in-app purchases

None

CrossPoint Sync

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is eBooks.com free?
eBooks.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CrossPoint Sync free?
CrossPoint Sync is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, eBooks.com or CrossPoint Sync?
CrossPoint Sync is rated higher. eBooks.com averages 2.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while CrossPoint Sync averages 4.5 from 10 ratings.
Do eBooks.com or CrossPoint Sync have ads?
Neither eBooks.com nor CrossPoint Sync shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eBooks.com or CrossPoint Sync?
eBooks.com ships an update every 3 weeks, and CrossPoint Sync every 2 months. Most recently, eBooks.com was updated on September 23, 2026 and CrossPoint Sync on September 18, 2026.

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