Comparison

PocketBook Reader vs Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks

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

Head to head
About

PocketBook Reader

This app is a versatile reader supporting 26 book and audio formats, including EPUB, PDF, and audiobooks. It offers features like PDF reflow, text-to-speech, cloud synchronization, and extensive customization options for a comfortable reading experience.

Highlights
  • Supports 26 book and audio formats
  • PDF Reflow function
  • Text-to-speech engine
  • Cloud synchronization service
  • Customizable interface and reading settings
  • Adobe DRM support
Features
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PocketBook Reader is a free app for reading all formats (books, magazines, textbooks, comic books, etc.) and listening to audiobooks! The application supports 26 book and audio formats, including mobi, epub, fb2, cbz, cbr. Read without ads and with total comfort! Choose any content - any format! • Support of 19 book formats, including the most popular - EPUB, FB2, MOBI, PDF, DJVU, DOCX, RTF, TXT, HTML; • Comic book formats CBR and CBZ; • Open books protected with Adobe DRM (PDF, EPUB); • PDF Reflow function (reflow text in PDF files). Listen to audiobooks! • You can listen to audiobooks and other audio files in MP3, M4B, and take notes in them; • Built-in TTS (Text-to-speech) engine for the voicing of the text files. Download and sync content easily! • Free PocketBook Cloud service for synchronizing all your books, including audiobooks, as well as reading positions, notes and bookmarks on all your devices; • Your files from Dropbox or Google Books services are easily connected to the app to create one consolidated library. You can even connect multiple accounts at the same time; • Support for OPDS catalogs - get access to network libraries; • ISBN scanner, for quick search of electronic versions of books by barcode; • Opportunity to borrow books and periodicals; • If you have a E Ink e-reader PocketBook, you can easily synchronize all your books and accounts just by scanning a QR code. Ready to switch from another app? No problem! Getting started with PocketBook Reader is easy! With an intuitive interface, the application provides you with unprecedented freedom – lots of options for settings and no restrictions. Choose, change, customize, and personalize! • Intuitive interface, easy navigation, and minimalistic design; • Opportunity to choose one of the seven interface color themes, reassign the buttons and display areas; • Two night-reading modes - for better reading comfort anytime; • Adjust the font style, font size, line spacing, and margin size; • Animation of turning pages; • Opportunity to crop margins – make the page look exactly the way you want. Get fast file access and easy search! • All files are quickly found and instantly opened, even with built-in audio and video fragments; • Your books will never be lost in the device’s memory - thanks to the smart search, scanning files on your tablet or smartphone is a matter of seconds. Any file or document can be found in a few clicks! • The app allows you to sort books, create collections, filter and mark files as you like. Your library - your rules; • Convenient managing of audio files - it is easy to sort and play your audiobooks. Make bookmarks, take notes, add comments! • You can quickly find all your notes and share them with friends via email or messengers; • Collect all your notes, bookmarks, and comments into separate files for even greater convenience. PocketBook Reader was created by avid readers for avid readers, and that’s why it’s probably the best e-book reader app.

About

Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks

This comprehensive guide offers over 500 essential tips and tricks for mastering Microsoft Excel. Learn at your own pace with tutorials available in text or video format, covering everything from basic functions to advanced features like pivot tables and macros.

Highlights
  • Over 500 useful tips
  • Text and video tutorials
  • Learn custom worksheet views
  • Customize ribbon and status bar
  • Work with data using shortcuts
  • Understand formulas and functions
  • Create Pivot Tables and Macros
Features
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If you're looking for a convenient way to learn all the ways to use Microsoft Excel, this guide is for you! • Over 500 most useful tips from professional tutors • Each tutorial can be viewed as text or video - choice is yours • Our app is making your learning easy and convenient Microsoft Excel is a powerful office calculation program which thousands use on a daily basis. Are you a beginner or do you use it frequently but still have questions regarding a specific move/essential trick? As a matter of fact, the very best selection of tutorials are provided here. After using our guide there won’t be left much you won’t be able to do self-confidently in Excel, since it’s been under research and development by an expert dev team. Key features of this manual: • How to Create multiple custom Worksheet views in Excel • How to Customize the ribbon bar in Excel • How to Customize your display of Status Bar totals in Excel • How to work with data using shortcuts in Excel • How to Understand formulas and functions in Excel • How to work with times and dates in Excel • How to Format numbers and dates in Excel • How to apply fonts, background colors, and borders in Excel • How to add Background Color automatically in Excel • How to adjust columns, rows and text in Excel • How to use custom conditional formatting in Excel • How to split screen and Freeze Cells in Excel • How to insert headers and footers in Excel • How to Add pictures and shapes in Excel • How to Use tables to sort and filter data in Excel • How to know Basic and multi-field sorting in Excel • How to control cell cursor in Excel • How to Select Multiple Cells in Excel • How to Target large data groups in Excel • How to Name and use cell ranges in Excel • How to Convert Excel vertical cells to horizontal • How to Record and using a simple macro in Excel • How to Create a basic Pivot Table in Excel • How to Use templates in Excel • How to Create Templates in Excel • How to Hide or group rows and columns in Excel • How to Write subscript in Excel • How to Create a Drop Down Menu in Excel • How to Insert Check Mark Symbol in Excel • How to Use Symbols and Special Characters in Excel • How to Insert and edit comments in Excel • How to Save Excel as read only • How to Convert an Excel spreadsheet to a word document • How to Convert Excel to a jpeg format • How to Export Excel data to a text file • How to Copy Excel sheet into email • How to Open an Excel Spreadsheet Online • How to Share a workbook and track changes in Excel Privacy policy & Terms of use You can find our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use following links: • Privacy Policy: http://howtech.tv/privacy-policy/ • Terms of Use: http://howtech.tv/terms-and-conditions/ Auto-Renewable Subscription To gain full access to “Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks”'s catalog, you will need to activate your subscription. • You can choose between the following subscription periods: 1 week, 1 month or 1 year. • The prices for the subscription plans are the following: $2.49 for weekly subscription, $5.99 for monthly plan and $25.49 for yearly subscription. * • All plans have a 7-day trial period • Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • Your iTunes account will automatically be charged at the same price for renewal, as stated above, within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. • Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. • You can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Note: You cannot cancel a subscription during the active period. Any unused portion of a free-trial period, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. * Actual prices may differ depending on your location and currency settings. © 2015 – 2017 HowTech

Screenshots

PocketBook Reader4 screens
Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PocketBook Reader at 4.5 against Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks's 3.8. PocketBook Reader also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 26 months). Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 55%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. PocketBook Reader sells 42 one-off in-app purchases and Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PocketBook Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PocketBook Reader has 10K ratings behind it against 93, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of PocketBook Reader's written reviews are positive against 80% of Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PocketBook Reader ships an update every 2 months, Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
PocketBook Reader versus Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocketBook ReaderManual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (10K ratings) — better3.8 (93 ratings)
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews79.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10K — better93
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 26 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#159 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB15 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPocketbook International SAHowtech Finance Limited

Customer experience

PocketBook Reader

All ratings9,831 ratings
Positive87.4%
Neutral3.9%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews1,350 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral11.6%
Negative33.9%

Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks

All ratings93 ratings
Positive68.8%
Neutral4.3%
Negative26.9%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive79.7%
Neutral1.6%
Negative18.8%

User reviews

PocketBook Reader

From 10K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Convenient reading experience
  • 🚀 Smooth scrolling
  • 💡 Customizable settings (font, margin, etc.)
  • 🔒 Supports DRM-protected content
  • 👍 Intuitive user interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Unreliable cloud sync
  • 🐛 Inconsistent page rendering
  • 🐛 Buggy text highlighting and annotation
  • 🐛 Slow loading times

Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks

From 93 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent app design
  • 👍 Stable operation
  • 👍 Logical sequence of lectures
  • 👍 Easy to get used to
  • 👍 Saves learning time

Room to improve

  • 💸 Overpriced
  • 💸 Charging too much
  • 💸 Not worth the money
  • 💸 Waste of money
  • 💸 Auto-renew scam

Bugs and requests

PocketBook Reader

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Books disappearing from library after login issues
  • Inability to open DRM-protected PDFs
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between portrait and landscape modes
  • Text-to-speech voice quality issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to organize books into custom folders
  • Option to disable quick action zones
  • Improved text-to-speech controls (seek, pause, etc.)
  • Support for handwritten annotations with Apple Pencil
  • Faster page turning and scrolling

Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • 🐛 Cannot get into app
  • 🐛 Will not download lessons
  • 🐛 Tutorials do not always load
  • 🐛 Cannot move to next tutorial without closing app
  • 🐛 No video aside for voice only
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  • 🐛 Texts are not showing
  • 🐛 Totally blank screen
  • 🐛 Videos do not play
  • 🐛 Cannot open the video

In-app purchases

42 purchases

PocketBook Reader

One-time42
  • eBook3 variants$0.99
  • eBook (class A)$0.99
  • eBook2 variants$1.99
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  • eBook (class B)$1.99
  • eBook$2.95
  • eBook2 variants$2.99
  • eBook (class C)$2.99
  • eBook3 variants$3.99
  • eBook: type 4.79$3.99
  • eBook: type 4.19$3.99
  • eBook (class D)$3.99
  • eBook (class Alt5)$4.99
  • eBook: type 5.39$4.99
  • eBook (class F)$4.99
  • eBook: type 5.89$4.99
  • eBook$4.99
  • eBook: type 5.09$4.99
  • eBook (class G)$5.99
  • eBook2 variants$5.99
  • eBook: type 7.09$5.99
  • eBook: type 7.19$5.99
  • eBook: type 8.29$6.99
  • eBook: type 7.59$6.99
  • eBook3 variants$7.99
  • eBook: type 8.89$7.99
  • eBook (class J)$8.99
  • eBook$8.99
  • eBook: type 10.9$9.90
  • eBook$9.90
  • eBook3 variants$9.99
  • eBook (class L)$10.99
  • eBook: type 13.9$11.90
  • eBook$11.99
  • eBook: type 12.99$11.99
  • eBook$12.99
  • eBook (class N)$12.99
  • eBook (class O)$13.99
  • eBook: type 17.9$14.90
  • eBook$14.99
  • eBook (class R)$16.99
  • eBook (class T)$18.99
  • eBook (class W)$21.99
6 purchases

Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks

Subscriptions3
  • Manual for Excel7 Days trial$2.497 Days
  • Manual for Excel7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Manual for Excel7 Days trial$25.491 Year
One-time3
  • Tips and Tricks for Excel$2.99
  • Advanced Audio Guide for Excel$2.99
  • Brief Audio Guide for Microsoft Office$2.99

Questions

Is PocketBook Reader free?
PocketBook Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks free?
Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PocketBook Reader or Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks?
PocketBook Reader is rated higher. PocketBook Reader averages 4.5 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks averages 3.8 from 93 ratings.
Do PocketBook Reader or Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks have ads?
Neither PocketBook Reader nor Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PocketBook Reader or Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks?
PocketBook Reader ships an update every 2 months, and Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks every 26 months. Most recently, PocketBook Reader was updated on October 28, 2026 and Manual for Microsoft Excel with Secrets and Tricks on October 24, 2026.

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