Comparison

MapleRead SE vs Manobook

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

Head to head
About

MapleRead SE

This app offers a unique audio-visual reading experience for EPUB and PDF files. It allows for extensive customization of book styles, instant audiobook generation, and immersive reading that syncs audio and text. It also functions as an effective library management tool with cross-device syncing.

Highlights
  • Audio-visual reading experience
  • EPUB and PDF reader
  • Pseudo audiobook generation
  • Immersion reading (audio/text sync)
  • Library management and organization
  • Cross-device syncing
  • User-defined customization
Currently charting
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MapleRead is dedicated to enable unique audio-visual reading experience for everyone. ------------ Our MapleRead app family has 3 members, namely SE, CE and CX. - SE is our flagship product with all features. - CE is SE without PDF reader and built-in Library Server. - CX is CE with some limitation. Free to try. - No recurring subscription fees. No ads. Just buy it once. Gratuity optional. - Moreover, SE and CE can be run side-by-side via split-view multitasking. - Recommend SE for use on multiple devices with easy and fast book sharing via Library Server. - Recommend the SE-CE bundle for the best value. ------------ MapleRead includes a superb audio-visual EPUB e-book reader. - It lets you easily modify publisher's original book style to better suit your aesthetic taste. - It lets you instantly generate pseudo audiobooks with a choice of narrator voices over 40 languages. - It enables immersion reading so that you may read and listen to the same book in sync. - Background listening works well too. Compatible with Lock Screen Music Player and CarPlay. MapleRead UI is friendly to users of all ages. - Books can be read in regular and large print. - A choice of UI text sizes makes reading in non-book views much more comfortable. MapleRead is a great learning tool. - It lets you look up words, translate sentences, search text, highlight text and write notes. - It helps you collect vocabulary and organize notes with various priorities. - It provides hooks to user-defined dictionaries, translators, and other tools. - Immersion reading improves your comprehension, especially of foreign-language books. MapleRead is an effective and fast library management tool. - It is designed for you, a book lover, who may own a huge and/or growing book collection. - It lets you keep all your books in one place and well-organized automatically. - It lets you display your books elegantly in style. - It lets you easily repair individual book metadata. - If supports multiple book sets and multiple tags. - It offers multiple ways to import and export books, and works well with Calibre. MapleRead supports secure sync across devices via MapleRead Cloud and iCloud. - It syncs reading positions, notes, vocab, bookmarks, and book set membership (but not the books). - It syncs reading positions additionally via iCloud for even better user experience. - It enables web access to synced data via web browsers from desktop and mobile devices. MapleRead offers unprecedented user-defined customization options. - They include unlimited user-defined fonts, book themes, cover images and library scenes. - Each book theme includes various types of user-defined highlight colors. - Each book can have its own theme, and each EPUB book can have its own style. MapleRead SE includes also a great PDF e-book reader. - The PDF reader looks very similar to the EPUB reader for a sense of unified UI. MapleRead SE has a zero-configuration Library Server for easy book sharing. - All books in Library can be shared. - Smart batch download makes transferring of multiple books very convenient. [For more technical details, screenshots, FAQ and reviews, please visit our website.]

About

Manobook

Discover and read a vast collection of novels and stories across numerous genres, including romance, fantasy, and sci-fi. Customize your reading experience with adjustable text and backgrounds, and enjoy offline reading and audiobook playback.

Highlights
  • Extensive novel library
  • Multiple genres available
  • Customizable reading settings
  • Offline reading support
  • Audiobook playback
  • Import EPUB, PDF, TXT
Features
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Book lovers! You are at the right place for the most enticing novels and stories. Read your favourite books of fiction, romance, fantasy, mafia, CEO, martial world and any other genres you are looking for in Manobook! FEATURES Addictive Popular Novels for You Various genres of ebooks include romance, werewolves, mafia, sci-fi, action-adventure, fantasy, young adult fiction, fanfiction, LGBT, phantom & devil, vampire & demon, classic, xuanhuan, wuxia novel, original work and Read Online Free You will get: - free trial reading chapters and episodes of any books; - limited-time offer to read the whole books for free; - daily free coins to unlock any ebooks and chapters. Customize Your Reading Features You will have a library for the stories you love. Read in the way as if you are reading a real paper book. Freely change and adjust the text size, font, color, background and more settings for you to find the best reading experience on your mobile book reader. Read Books Offline Save the webnovel stories on the ereader to enjoy reading even when you're offline. PDF reader: Import and upload books from your phone and computer, and read EPUB files, PDF files, txt documents, UMD files and other 30 file formats of e-book with Manobook. Audiobooks Listen to the e-books with our easy-to-use audiobook player. More and more talented authors and readers are joining us to take on the mystical adventures of amazing stories! Manobook is your best book reading app! About Auto-Renewable Subscriptions - Auto-renewable subscriptions in the app include Check-in Coins Packs. - Coins Packs: $20, $30, $50 and $100. - Payment: The purchase will be charged to your iTunes account. - Renewal: When you subscribe to check-in coins packs, your subscription will renew automatically. You'll be charged at the start of each billing cycle until you cancel your subscription. Subscriptions are automatically charged each billing period, whether monthly or another period, and you may be charged no more than 24 hours before the beginning of each billing period. - Cancellation: You may cancel a subscription at any time more than 24 hours before your renewal date. - Privacy Policy: https://staticpage-en.cdreader.com/SP/AppPrivacyPolicy.html?client_proid=1002&mt=1 - Subscription Terms and Conditions: https://staticpage-en.cdreader.com/SP/CheckinCard/agreement.html?client_proid=1002&mt=1 - Terms of Use: https://staticpage-en.cdreader.com/SP/termsofservice.html?client_proid=1002&mt=1 Any questions or advice? Please contact us: Email: SupportSP1@moboreader.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ManoBook-209162673317699/

Screenshots

MapleRead SE4 screens
Manobook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Manobook at Free against MapleRead SE's $8.99. Manobook also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (37K vs 131). On ads, in-app purchases, chart position 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

Manobook is free to download; MapleRead SE costs $8.99 up front. MapleRead SE sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Manobook sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Manobook holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Manobook has 37K ratings behind it against 131, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of MapleRead SE's written reviews are positive against 81% of Manobook's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MapleRead SE ships an update every 6 weeks, Manobook fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
MapleRead SE versus Manobook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapleRead SEManobook
Price$8.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (131 ratings)4.6 (37K ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.9% of reviews81.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13137K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#86#30 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB60 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperMaplepop LLCCHANGDU (HK) TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

Customer experience

MapleRead SE

All ratings131 ratings
Positive77.9%
Neutral8.4%
Negative13.7%
Written reviews184 reviews
Positive67.9%
Neutral15.8%
Negative16.3%

Manobook

All ratings36,767 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral4.9%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews3,388 reviews
Positive81.4%
Neutral10.1%
Negative8.5%

User reviews

MapleRead SE

From 131 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Highly customizable reading experience
  • 🔒 Robust library management features
  • 👍 Seamless integration with Calibre
  • 👍 Excellent organization and tagging options
  • 👍 Wide range of font and layout customization

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sync issues between devices
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and performance problems
  • 🔍 Complicated interface and setup process
  • 🔍 Difficult to import large book libraries
  • 🔍 Limited annotation and highlighting options

Manobook

From 37K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent stories
  • 👍 Good reading experience
  • 👍 Variety of genres
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 👍 Customizable reading settings

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive to read full books
  • 💰 Coins/points system is limiting
  • 🔍 Lack of clarity on subscription benefits
  • 🔍 Difficulty earning enough coins/points

Bugs and requests

MapleRead SE

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing and crashing issues, especially on iOS 14
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between portrait and landscape modes
  • Unreliable OPDS server integration and book downloads

Requested features

5 requests
  • Automatic reading progress sync across devices
  • Improved PDF handling and annotation support
  • Expanded highlighting and note-taking capabilities
  • Streamlined library import and management
  • Cleaner and more intuitive user interface

Manobook

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inconsistent coin/point deductions
  • Chapters becoming locked after purchase

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow converting points to coins
  • Provide more ways to earn coins/points
  • Offer full book purchases instead of chapters
  • Improve navigation between books and home screen

In-app purchases

3 purchases

MapleRead SE

One-time3
  • Gratuity Level 1$0.99
  • Gratuity Level 2$1.99
  • Gratuity Level 5$4.99
11 purchases

Manobook

Subscriptions5
  • Venta!Paq. Registro Mensual$4.991 Month
  • SVIP (mensual)$12.991 Month
  • Pack Ahorro de Monedas 15$14.991 Month
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  • SVIP (mensual)$17.991 Month
  • Pack Ahorro de Monedas 20$19.991 Month
One-time6
  • PAQUETE MONEDAS 2$1.99
  • PAQUETE MONEDAS 5$4.99
  • PAQUETE MONEDAS 6$5.99
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  • PAQUETE MONEDAS 10$9.99
  • PAQUETE MONEDAS 20$19.99
  • PAQUETE MONEDAS 30$29.99

Questions

Is MapleRead SE free?
MapleRead SE costs $8.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Manobook free?
Manobook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MapleRead SE or Manobook?
Manobook is rated higher. MapleRead SE averages 4.2 out of 5 from 131 ratings, while Manobook averages 4.6 from 37K ratings.
Do MapleRead SE or Manobook have ads?
Neither MapleRead SE nor Manobook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MapleRead SE or Manobook?
MapleRead SE ships an update every 6 weeks, and Manobook fortnightly. Most recently, MapleRead SE was updated on October 29, 2026 and Manobook on October 31, 2026.
Which is more popular, MapleRead SE or Manobook?
MapleRead SE currently peaks at #86 in the App Store charts, and Manobook at #30. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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