Gutenberg Book Reader vs cMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gutenberg Book Reader
Access over 60,000 classic books from Project Gutenberg with elegant formatting and customizable reading options. Enjoy synchronized audiobooks, read-along features, and the ability to export books with your notes and bookmarks.
- Vast Project Gutenberg library
- Elegant text and image presentation
- Graceful page turning/scrolling
- Customizable color and contrast
- Synchronized audiobooks and read-along
- Headset controls for audiobooks
- Export books with bookmarks and notes
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Beautiful images, elegant formatting, graceful page turning or scrolling, and precisely customized color and contrast. Contents live from Project Gutenberg with last-minute update, more than 60,000 most important books ever published in history. Plus more than 7,000 human-read audio books. Number of Books: No other apps have more Gutenberg books, and many competitors are missing some classic Gutenberg books. Reading: Texts and images are presented by a sophisticated book reader: beautiful presentation, graceful page turning, and the most intelligent Table of Contents (better than any other book reader for the same book). Listening: There are more than 6,000 human-read audio books. In addition. Full control through headset: pause, play, skip to next/previous track, forward/backward seeking. Read-along: Audio and Text are synchronized when possible. You can read, listen, or read-Along, and switch between them at will. Export: Export a book together with your bookmarks and the notes that you insert in the book to anyone and any device, or save it in google drive, one drive, or iCloud.
cMate
Access comprehensive information about sea ports worldwide, including names, UN/LOCODE, country, and coordinates. View port locations on a world map and read brief descriptions.
- Global sea port database
- Port name and UN/LOCODE
- Country and coordinates
- World map visualization
- Short port descriptions
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This app contains Information on all sea ports of the world: - Port Name - UN/LOCODE - Country - Coordinates - Position on world map - Short descripton
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: cMate at 5.0 against Gutenberg Book Reader's 3.0. cMate also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Gutenberg Book Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 69 months) and ratings volume (19 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Gutenberg Book Reader costs $2.99 and cMate $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
cMate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gutenberg Book Reader has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Gutenberg Book Reader ships an update every 2 months, cMate every 69 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gutenberg Book Reader | cMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 69 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #159 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | himalaya-soft | Maxim Lukyanenko |
Customer experience
Gutenberg Book Reader
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In-app purchases
Gutenberg Book Reader
No in-app purchases
cMate
No in-app purchases
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