miEbooks vs Karri
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
miEbooks
This interactive e-reader allows users to annotate e-books with notes and sketches, highlight text, and generate summaries. It also provides access to multimedia resources and offers offline reading capabilities with cloud backup for annotations.
- Add notes and sketches
- Highlight text
- Generate summaries from highlights
- Access multimedia resources
- Offline reading
- Annotation backup
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miEbooks, developed by ITSI, is an interactive e-reader that enhances users’ reading and studying experience. The app enables users to add notes and sketches to specific sections of an e-book, make highlights, generate summaries from highlighted text for study purposes, receive additional multimedia resources, and more. Once downloaded, all books and resources are available offline and annotations are backed-up whenever users connect to the Internet or Wi-Fi within their institution. The miEbooks app is used by schools, tertiary institutions and corporate organisations for full-scale e-learning implementation, as well as individuals who are looking for a flexible and feature-rich e-book solution.
Karri
This app simplifies payments to schools and community organizations, eliminating the need for cash. It offers instant payments, reminders for upcoming events, and a secure digital wallet for easy transactions. The goal is to create safer environments by reducing cash handling.
- Instant payments via MasterCard/Visa
- Digital wallet for stored funds
- Payment reminders for events
- Add events to calendar
- Transaction history
- Manage multiple children's payments
- Pay for school items and fees
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Karri allows you to make safe, quick and convenient payments back to your school or other community organization. So far, we’ve removed millions of dollars of cash from schools in South Africa and Australia. Download the app, register an account (in less than 60 seconds), choose your preferred payment mechanism and make an instant payment back to your organization. Forget to pay? No problem. Karri will send you a friendly reminder so you or your child never miss an event/outing/fundraiser again. Help us remove cash from schools and community organizations making them a safer place for all. - Make an instant payment to your organization from your MasterCard or Visa - Store funds in your Karri wallet to make sure you never miss a payment again - Receive a convenient reminder if you forget about a payment - Add all events to your calendar, straight from the Karri app - No bank charges! Karri is completely free to use. Karri has made paying your school, church or sports club insanely fast and easy. - Check all your transactions on the Karri transaction history - Add your children to the app so you can make payments on their behalf - Pay for stationery, textbooks or school fees simply and easily from your Karri app. - Karri supports numerous payment types. Sports tours or ticket sales? No problem Download our free app to make payments and orders to your organization simple and hassle-free Download the Karri app for a secure mobile wallet, instant payments, instant orders and so much more! To make a payment, scan the QR code provided by your school and choose the amount. Alternatively, they may request (if you've given them permission) from you directly. Welcome to a world beyond cash in envelopes and painful bank transfers. Welcome to Karri.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Karri at 4.8 against miEbooks's 3.9. Karri also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). miEbooks's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Karri holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 187 and 229 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of miEbooks's written reviews are positive against 91% of Karri's.
miEbooks ships an update every 3 months, Karri every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | miEbooks | Karri |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (187 ratings) | 4.8 (229 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 91.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 187 | 229 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ITSI HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD | Education Payment Solutions (Pty) Ltd |
Customer experience
miEbooks
Karri
Bugs and requests
miEbooks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Karri
Reported bugs
10 issues- Links for help don't work
- No support available
- Timing of some messages inappropriate (early Sunday morning)
- Bank cards not linked for overseas users
- Payments missing
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- Constant error issues
- Cannot see calendar/transactions, cannot sign out
- App not secure (potential fraud)
- Payments going missing/delayed
- Notifications not dismissible
Requested features
11 requests- More health or snack options in food menu
- Menu changes every other week
- Small pizzas, borewos rolls, ice cream, steak pies, donuts, muffins, brownies, fruit salad options
- Video tutorial on common problems
- Basket of items for simultaneous payment
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- Option to buy single items or combo packs
- Kid-friendly chip flavors (spicy, salsa, sour cream & onion)
- Ability to dismiss notifications
- List of paid/unpaid learners for teachers
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
In-app purchases
miEbooks
No in-app purchases
Karri
No in-app purchases







