Comparison

Play Them All vs PUB Reader

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

Head to head
About

Play Them All

This app plays all your video and music files without conversion. It offers secure storage, easy file transfer via Wi-Fi, and sharing capabilities with friends. Organize and protect your media library with advanced security features.

Highlights
  • Plays all video and music formats
  • Secure media storage
  • Wi-Fi file transfer
  • App server for sharing
  • Folder organization
  • App lock with Touch ID/Face ID
  • Data encryption
Features
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Play all your videos and musics without converting them ! Play Them All supports all video formats (avi, mkv, divx, flv, swf, wmv...) and all music formats (mp3, flac, m4a, caf, wav, aac...) you can come across on the internet. Stop wasting your time converting your videos and musics before watching them on your iPhone, and try Play Them All. Transform your device into a wifi hard drive and easily transfer videos and musics into the app without iTunes. Enable the app server to let your friends play and download your videos and musics from their smartphones and computers internet browser. Import "sensitive" videos from your Camera Roll, and keep them away from unwanted viewers Organize your videos and musics in folders: create as many folders as you need. Lock the app: unlock the app with the touch ID, or a passcode. Protect your data: all your videos and musics are encrypted and can be read only when you are running the app. Special Features: - Play all video formats: avi, divx, mkv, flv, swf, mp4, m4v, 3gp, wmv... - Play all music formats: mp3, flac, acc, wav, m4a... - Select the audio track and subtitles (when available) - Import your "personal" videos from your camera roll and keep them private and secured - Connect the app as a wifi hard drive on your computer, and easily transfer your videos and musics without any extra software, or iTunes. - Enable the app internet server, and let your friends play and download your videos and musics from any smartphone or computer internet browser. You can share only a single folder of the app if you chose to. - Lock the app and keep your data private: unlock the app with the touchID/FaceID or with your passcode. - Create as many folders as you need to organize your videos and musics. - Protection of your data: your video and audio files are encrypted and can only be read while the app is running. - Rename, move, copy, delete your videos, musics and folders right from the app - Export your videos to other apps. And more ! Note: The app should be able to play swf and flv files if they are encoded videos. If the swf/flv files are interactive, or if they are not encoded videos, the app won’t be able to play them. If you have any question, issue or suggestion regarding Play Them All, just send us an email at support@seb-appstore.com Check out many other great iPhone and iPad apps at www.SEB-APPSTORE.com

About

PUB Reader

Open, read, and convert Microsoft Publisher documents on your iOS device. Easily view document outlines, page thumbnails, and search text. Export files to Word or PDF formats for further editing.

Highlights
  • Open and read PUB files
  • Export to Word (.docx, .doc)
  • Export to RTF
  • Export to PDF
  • Document outlines and page thumbnails
  • Text search and copy
  • Document management and organization
Features
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“PUB Reader” allows you to open and read Microsoft Publisher documents (PUB file) on iOS device. It offers you fantastic reading experience using document outlines, page thumbnails and text search features. In addition, “PUB Reader” allows you to export PUB file into Microsoft Word(.docx, .doc) and RTF to make it available for editing in other Word processing software. Do you receive Microsoft Publisher documents (.pub) as email attachments on you iPhone and iPad? Are you having plenty of Microsoft Publisher files that no decent viewer available to open on your iPhone and iPad? The easiest way to circumvent these problems is PUB Reader. - It converts the text, text characteristics, paragraphs, text frames linking, text frame columns, tables, graphics and other Publisher objects and properties to the matching Microsoft Word format objects and properties by preserving layout. - It also allows to convert PUB file into PDF. - Standard document interaction interface to share, send and save exported documents. READING FEATURES: - Fully selectable and searchable text contents. Select and copy text to clipboard for further use. - Pinch out and Pinch in to ZoomIn and ZoomOut view. - Navigate through topics by document outlines, if exist. - Search text feature to find a character, word or sentence any where in a document. - Scroll through your document by Page Thumbnails or Go to page feature. DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT - The inbuilt document browse view automatically gives you the option to share documents using the Share button or a drag-and-drop action. It also provides a standard interface for browsing and managing documents. - Automatically handles access to iCloud for you within the app. It also provides access to documents managed by third-party storage service extensions installed on your device. - Browse, find and sort documents to help you locate the document you want. Tap the PUB file that you want to open. - You can move, delete, duplicate and rename a document with document manager in browser view. - In the document manager, you can group related documents into folders so they’re easy to find. Note: “PUB Reader” is standalone application running natively to open and convert Microsoft Publisher documents (.pub) securely right on your iOS device. You can refer User Manual for any assistance Or Contact Support.

Screenshots

Play Them All4 screens
PUB Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Play Them All at $2.99 against PUB Reader's $14.99. Play Them All also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 7%). PUB Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 39 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Play Them All costs $2.99 and PUB Reader $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Play Them All ships an update every 39 months, PUB Reader every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Play Them All versus PUB Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlay Them AllPUB Reader
Price$2.99 — better$14.99
Rating—3.9 (48 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews — better7.1% of reviews
Number of ratings—48 — better
Update frequencyEvery 39 monthsEvery 7 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB163 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastien BUETRootRise Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Customer experience

Play Them All

Written reviews12 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

PUB Reader

All ratings48 ratings
Positive72.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.1%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive7.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative92.9%

In-app purchases

None

Play Them All

No in-app purchases

None

PUB Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Play Them All free?
Play Them All costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PUB Reader free?
PUB Reader costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Play Them All or PUB Reader have ads?
Neither Play Them All nor PUB Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Play Them All or PUB Reader?
Play Them All ships an update every 39 months, and PUB Reader every 7 months. Most recently, Play Them All was updated on October 29, 2026 and PUB Reader on October 24, 2026.

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