Comparison

Gutenberg Project vs TCM Library

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

Head to head
About

Gutenberg Project

Access over 60,000 classic books and 7,000 human-read audiobooks from Project Gutenberg. Enjoy a beautiful reading experience with synchronized audio and text, intelligent table of contents, and personalized recommendations based on user data. Export books with notes and bookmarks.

Highlights
  • Access 60,000+ classic books
  • 7,000+ human-read audiobooks
  • Synchronized read-along audio/text
  • Intelligent Table of Contents
  • Big data-driven recommendations
  • Export books with notes/bookmarks
Features
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【Premier Reader】: This app costs $6, and our users are paying for it each and every day. Why? It is the best Gutenberg Reader: beautiful images, elegant formatting, and graceful page turning. 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. 【Audio books】: There are more than 7,000 human-read audio books, all for the price of a cup of coffee. Alternatively you could pay $3-5 for a single audiobook as some of the "Audio app" would ask you to pay. 【Book recommendation】: Every app gives you a list of book recommendation, but where did they find the list? dreamed up in 'lala' land? We base our recommendation solidly on big data, tens of millions of pages actually read by our users. Downloading or page flipping has no effect on the ranking of our recommendation list. 【Number of Books】: No other apps have more Gutenberg books, and many competitors are missing some classic Gutenberg books, and many competitors use outdated data from Gutenberg. 【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). 【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 bookmarks and the notes you inserted into the book to anyone and any device, or save it i the cloud (google drive, one drive, or iCloud). * The PAID version "Gutenberg Books" allows unlimited reading and listening.

About

TCM Library

Access a vast collection of authoritative Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) publications from China's largest medical publisher. Explore high-quality content for experts and scholars in the field.

Highlights
  • Extensive TCM publications
  • Authoritative content
  • Resources for experts
  • Scholarly works
  • High-quality medical books
Features
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People’s Medical Publishing House Co.,Ltd(PMPH), founded on June 1,1953, is the largest medical publisher in China, producing a vast wealth of medical publications including books, periodicals, and digital products.PMPH is a vital resource for Chinese TCM experts and is the first choice of scholars who wish to publish their works. The PMPH brand has become a symbol for the highest quality and authoritative content in TCM books. This brand has also won wide acceptance from TCM readers in china and from overseas. \nBooks of International Standard Library of Chinese Medicine are different from any English TCM textbook available today, and also different from standard TCM textbooks as written in China.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gutenberg Project at 41% against TCM Library's 0%. Gutenberg Project also leads on device support (3 vs 1). TCM Library's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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. Gutenberg Project sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and TCM Library sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Gutenberg Project versus TCM Library: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGutenberg ProjectTCM Library
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (43 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings43 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.07.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB9 MB
Age rating17+12+
Developerhimalaya-soft人民卫生电子音像出版社有限公司

Customer experience

Gutenberg Project

All ratings43 ratings
Positive53.5%
Neutral9.3%
Negative37.2%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive40.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative52.5%

TCM Library

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Gutenberg Project

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • 504 bad gateway errors
  • App not working at all
  • App not showing any pages
  • Search doesn't find anything but error 404
  • Stopped working, will not load catalog
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  • Close when attempt to open current book
  • Could not download more than four pages
  • Downloaded books became confused
  • Every time you touch the screen wrong it flips the page
  • Sets you back to page one
  • Deleted all offline books and audiobook
  • Missing offline books
  • Cannot read the description of the book
  • Books open at the end
  • Too many redirects
  • Most buttons go to an 'email a friend' page or 'Access forbidden'

Requested features

10 requests
  • Ability to choose favorite colors for reading
  • Paid premium version with custom color combinations
  • Sourcing more Gutenberg sites
  • Option to make text black on white
  • Continuous ad at bottom or top instead of full page
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  • Less stylized page turn option (swipe or continuous scroll)
  • One app for finding, downloading, and reading
  • Ability to search Audiobooks by Genre
  • Ability to favorite and build a library
  • Night reading mode facility

TCM Library

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Gutenberg Project

One-time2
  • Unlimited Reading$2.99
  • Unlimited Listening$2.99
10 purchases

TCM Library

One-time10
  • CN¥6 Prepaid card$0.99
  • CN¥12 Prepaid card$1.99
  • CN¥18 Prepaid card$2.99
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  • CN¥30 Prepaid card$4.99
  • CN¥50 Prepaid card$7.99
  • CN¥98 Prepaid card$14.99
  • CN¥198 Prepaid card$29.99
  • CN¥298 Prepaid card$46.99
  • CN¥588 Prepaid card$89.99
  • CN¥998 Prepaid card$149.99

Questions

Is Gutenberg Project free?
Gutenberg Project is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TCM Library free?
TCM Library is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Gutenberg Project or TCM Library have ads?
Neither Gutenberg Project nor TCM Library shows ads.

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