Comparison

Book Creator One vs Mosyle School

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

Head to head
About

Book Creator One

Create your own beautiful ebooks with this intuitive app. Add text, photos, videos, and drawings to design picture books, comic books, journals, and more. Share your creations via email, cloud services, or publish them to the iBooks Store.

Highlights
  • Add text with 50 font choices
  • Incorporate photos and images
  • Record voice, add video and music
  • Draw with a pen tool
  • Multiple sharing options
  • Publish to iBooks Store
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Keen to try Book Creator? This app allows you to create one book. Unlock unlimited books (and comic templates!) with the in-app purchase. For schools, we recommend our full app "Book Creator for iPad" with unlimited books and no in-app purchases. *** THE No.1 Book creation app for the iPad in 90+ countries *** Book Creator is the simple way to make your own beautiful ebooks, right on your iPad. With over 30 million ebooks created so far, Book Creator is ideal for making all kinds of books, including children's picture books, photo books, comic books, journals, textbooks and more. And when you're done, share your book with ease, or even publish it to the iBooks Store! - Book Creator makes ebook publishing easy - wired.com - One of the Top 50 Apps for the iPad - The Guardian - Winner of a Parents' Choice Gold Award FEATURES: * Add text, choosing from 50 fonts on the iPad. * Add photos and images from your iPad's photo library, from the web, or use the iPad's Camera. * Resize, rotate and position images as you like with guidelines and snap positioning. * Add video and music, and even record your voice. * Use the pen tool to draw and annotate your book. * Choose from portrait, landscape or square book sizes. * Have Siri read your book to you in multiple languages with the Reading mode. MANY WAYS TO SHARE YOUR BOOK: * Send your book by email. * AirDrop to iPhone, iPad or Macbook. * Use a cloud service such as Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud Drive (and more). * Save your book as a movie file and upload to the web. * Print using AirPrint or other printer apps, or export as a PDF. * Ability to send via WebDav server, or simply connect your iPad and transfer to iTunes. BECOME A PUBLISHED AUTHOR! Book Creator ebooks are created using the international ePub standard, so you know they will be readable now and in the future. Book Creator books are optimized for easy publishing to the iBooks Store. See examples of published books at pinterest.com/bookcreator NOTE - FIXED LAYOUT EBOOKS: Book Creator supports iBooks' fixed layout format, including double page images and soundtracks. Fixed layout books are not suitable if you want to create novels, where text flows from page to page. You will not be able to copy in large amounts of text from other documents. FIRST CLASS SUPPORT: - The app includes a Getting Started manual, plus we have an online support forum at bookcreator.com/support with how-to articles and email support. - We love to talk via Twitter - say hello @BookCreatorApp PERFECT FOR THE CLASSROOM: Book Creator is open-ended, creative and cross curriculum, and is one of the most popular iPad apps for teachers across the world. “Book Creator sits atop my list of the best educational apps. I’ve used Book Creator with learners of all ages, from kindergarten to adults. Its simplicity is refreshing, allowing authors to focus on their content.” - Tony Vincent, Learning and Technology Consultant, learninginhand.com “Book Creator is one of the most powerful tools I’ve seen to help turn reading and writing into a fun, collaborative project, that even kids who struggle will just love doing.” - Vicki Davis, @CoolCatTeacher “I love this app. It’s an incredibly powerful app with a deceptively easy to use interface. One of the three iPad apps every elementary school should buy.” - Dan Callahan, Instructional Technology Specialist K-5 with 1:1 iPads “A must for anyone in education. I love this app!” - Joe Moretti, Apple UK Education Mentor Read case studies and lesson plans from teachers using Book Creator at bookcreator.com/blog.

About

Mosyle School

This tool simplifies the management of Apple devices for educational institutions, enabling secure student device usage for learning. It offers robust classroom management features to minimize distractions and enhance student focus, while providing IT staff and teachers with shared control and real-time insights.

Highlights
  • Apple device deployment and configuration
  • Classroom distraction elimination
  • Student focus monitoring
  • Internet access regulation
  • App management and installation
  • Real-time device inventory and reports
  • Shared IT and teacher management
Features
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Mosyle School is an MDM solution designed exclusively for Education that streamlines the Apple device management process, simplifies iPad, Mac and Apple TV deployments for Schools and Districts, while ensuring students safely utilize devices for learning. It’s easy to set up, manage, and maintain, while being powerful enough to create the ideal learning environment for any School or District. THE BEST MDM SOLUTION TO GET THE MOST OUT OF ALL OF APPLE’S PROGRAM AND OS FEATURES: - Configure all management settings with Mosyle School to harness all Apple’s education features and deployment programs; - Connect Mosyle School with Apple School Manager, Device Enrollment Program and Volume Program Purchase to assign devices, apps, and configure device settings, apps, and books; - Get the most out of Apple’s Shared iPad and the Classroom App for iPad; UNIQUE & EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT TOOLS: - Quickly eliminate any distractions from the devices; - Ensure student focus and attention is within the intended educational application; - Easily assess students during class to evaluate student progress; - Check compliance of student devices and solve any issues right in the classroom; - Customize and regulate student Internet access during class time; - Select apps allowed during class and remotely install them on student devices.
 AN ALWAYS-ON, CLOUD-BASED & SCALABLE SOLUTION TO SIMPLIFY DEPLOYMENTS: - Quickly take inventory and view reports of your device fleet in real time; - Shared management between IT Staff and Teachers; - Create time-based policies and restrictions – to work whether it’s before, during or after school; - Receive notifications when specific events occur across the managed device fleet; - Implement in any type of deployment model (BYOD, School Owned, 1:1 and Shared); - Rapid and easy device enrollment processes and flows; - Automatic load-balancing and fault tolerance across multiple Tier 3 data centers, with a 99.9% uptime guarantee. 
 *Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Mosyle School is designed to embrace and fully integrate with Apple’s new education features, and deployment programs (Apple School Manager, Device Enrollment Program and Volume Purchase Program). We're so excited with all the new possibilities we decided to include all necessary configuration with them in our basic, free plan. No hidden costs!

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Book Creator One at 3.4 against Mosyle School's 1.8. Book Creator One also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 13%) and ratings volume (636 vs 92). Mosyle School's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Book Creator One sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mosyle School asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Book Creator One holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Book Creator One has 636 ratings behind it against 92, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Book Creator One's written reviews are positive against 13% of Mosyle School's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book Creator One ships an update every 3 months, Mosyle School every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Book Creator One versus Mosyle School: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook Creator OneMosyle School
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (636 ratings) — better1.8 (92 ratings)
Positive reviews44.3% of reviews — better13.0% of reviews
Number of ratings636 — better92
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.013.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size179 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTools for Schools LimitedMosyle

Customer experience

Book Creator One

All ratings591 ratings
Positive56.5%
Neutral11.2%
Negative32.3%
Written reviews327 reviews
Positive44.3%
Neutral15.0%
Negative40.7%

Mosyle School

All ratings91 ratings
Positive20.9%
Neutral2.2%
Negative76.9%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive13.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.0%

Bugs and requests

Book Creator One

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Mosyle School

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Device management starts randomly
  • Apps disappear and cannot be recovered
  • App won't open during Zoom meetings
  • App crashes everything
  • App rearranges apps alphabetically
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  • App slows down device speed

Requested features

7 requests
  • Allow users to uninstall
  • Allow users to keep apps in original place
  • Add more apps to the store
  • Admin console for QR codes
  • Allow users to play games during free periods/lunch
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  • Fix app rearrangement issue
  • Allow users to control screen recording permissions

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Book Creator One

One-time1
  • Book Creator Upgrade$3.99
None

Mosyle School

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Book Creator One free?
Book Creator One is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mosyle School free?
Mosyle School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Book Creator One or Mosyle School?
Book Creator One is rated higher. Book Creator One averages 3.4 out of 5 from 636 ratings, while Mosyle School averages 1.8 from 92 ratings.
Do Book Creator One or Mosyle School have ads?
Neither Book Creator One nor Mosyle School shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Book Creator One or Mosyle School?
Book Creator One ships an update every 3 months, and Mosyle School every 2 months. Most recently, Book Creator One was updated on October 26, 2026 and Mosyle School on November 2, 2026.

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