Comparison

MapleRead CE vs Namo eBook Reader

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

Head to head
About

MapleRead CE

This app offers an immersive EPUB reading experience with customizable audio-visual features. It allows users to personalize book styles, generate audiobooks, and sync progress across devices. It also functions as a powerful library management tool for organizing and accessing your book collection.

Highlights
  • Customizable EPUB reader
  • Pseudo audiobook generation
  • Immersion reading (sync audio/text)
  • Library management and organization
  • Cross-device sync
  • User-defined customization options
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. [For more technical details, screenshots, FAQ and reviews, please visit our website.]

About

Namo eBook Reader

This application offers a robust and accurate way to view EPUB2 and EPUB3 ebooks. It supports various layout types, advanced styling, and provides a suite of user-friendly reading tools for a customizable experience.

Highlights
  • EPUB2 and EPUB3 support
  • Reflowable and fixed-layout ebooks
  • HTML5, Javascript, CSS3 rendering
  • Table of contents, bookmarks, memos
  • Customizable themes and fonts
  • Text search and zoom
  • File sharing import
Features
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Namo Reader supports both EPUB2 and EPUB3. It is easy to use and intuitive, and expresses e-books fast and accurately. 1. Complies with the IDPF EPUB standard. - Supports both reflowable and fixed-layout e-books. - Expresses HTML5, Javascript, and CSS3 completely. - Check out Namo Reader for e-books (reflowable vertical writing e-books, fixed-layout e-books) that are not properly represented by other readers. 2. Provides a variety of user-friendly features. - Table of contents, bookmarks, memos, highlights - Changing themes and fonts, adjusting font size and line height, and controlling brightness - Screen rotation lock - Text search - Zooming in and out - User library settings - A shortcut and a collection of recently read books - Collection functions based on reading situation - Adding e-books by file sharing feature such as AirDrop, open in, iTunes 3. Provides perfect contents security by viewing without decompressing e-books, and enables efficient use of device storage space.

Screenshots

MapleRead CE4 screens
Namo eBook Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Namo eBook Reader at Free against MapleRead CE's $6.99. Namo eBook Reader also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). MapleRead CE's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 2.0) and review sentiment (79% vs 38%). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Namo eBook Reader is free to download; MapleRead CE costs $6.99 up front. MapleRead CE sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Namo eBook Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MapleRead CE holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MapleRead CE has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of MapleRead CE's written reviews are positive against 38% of Namo eBook Reader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
MapleRead CE versus Namo eBook Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapleRead CENamo eBook Reader
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (12 ratings) — better2.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#29 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB62 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMaplepop LLCARASOFT.Co.,Ltd

Customer experience

MapleRead CE

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative7.1%

Namo eBook Reader

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative37.5%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

MapleRead CE

One-time3
  • Small Gratuity$0.99
  • Gratuity Level 2$1.99
  • Gratuity Level 5$4.99
None

Namo eBook Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MapleRead CE free?
MapleRead CE costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Namo eBook Reader free?
Namo eBook Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MapleRead CE or Namo eBook Reader?
MapleRead CE is rated higher. MapleRead CE averages 4.4 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Namo eBook Reader averages 2.0 from 2 ratings.
Do MapleRead CE or Namo eBook Reader have ads?
Neither MapleRead CE nor Namo eBook Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MapleRead CE or Namo eBook Reader?
MapleRead CE ships an update every 2 months, and Namo eBook Reader every 2 months. Most recently, MapleRead CE was updated on September 21, 2026 and Namo eBook Reader on September 15, 2026.

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