mLibro vs AbleText
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mLibro
Access and study your educational materials and eBooks offline. Download content from your online learning management system, including assignments, and sync your progress once reconnected. This app is compatible with mCourser LMS.
- Download educational content and eBooks
- Offline access to learning materials
- Select individual learning objects
- Download assignments
- Sync results with LMS account
- Compatible with mCourser LMS
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mLibro is a useful app that allows you to download your educational content and eBooks from an online LMS and use them offline. You can select not only individual Learning Objects from your online courses but also assignments prepared for you by your teacher. After your device is connected again, all your results will be synced with your LMS account. Currently mLibro works with mCourser LMS.
AbleText
Capture text from photos, enhance readability with color adjustments and adjustable text size. Convert images to digital text that can be read aloud in multiple languages, copied, or shared.
- Photo text capture
- High contrast color options
- Adjustable text size
- Text-to-speech functionality
- Copy and share text
- Digital text conversion
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With AbleText you can take a photo of text from a book or paper with the high quality camera in your iPad. The photo can be manipulated with high contrast colours. Then transform this photo in to digital text. The text size can be made larger or smaller for easy reading. The text can be read out loud in the languages you have on your device. The text can be copied, shared or used in other applications.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: mLibro at 2.3 against AbleText's 1.0. mLibro also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months). AbleText's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.3). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. AbleText sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. mLibro asks for nothing beyond the download.
mLibro holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
mLibro ships an update every 2 months, AbleText every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mLibro | AbleText |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.3 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 179 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Learnetic | ABLECON AS |
Customer experience
mLibro
AbleText
In-app purchases
mLibro
No in-app purchases
AbleText
- Upgrade$54.99
