Comparison

ePlatform Digital Libraries vs UUM Press Digital

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

Head to head
About

ePlatform Digital Libraries

Access your school or public library's eBook and Audiobook collections on your smartphone or tablet. Read and listen anytime, anywhere, even offline. Your reading progress, notes, and settings sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Access school and public libraries
  • Read and listen offline
  • Automatic bookmarking
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Customizable reading settings
  • Dyslexia-friendly options
  • Export notes and highlights
Features
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The ePlatform app gives students and patrons access to eBook and Audiobook collections at the tap of a button. Start reading and listening anytime, anywhere. ePlatform is optimized for smartphones and tablets so you can take your library with you wherever you go. It is quick, simple and free to download. Within minutes you’ll be able to read library eBooks and listen to Audiobooks across a multiple array of devices. You can even read and listen offline. Just log in once, begin reading and then when you exit, your place is automatically bookmarked and saved so you can pick up right where you left off the next time you log in. READY TO SEE WHAT’S POSSIBLE? 1. Using the app, find your School or Public Library. 2. Login to authenticate yourself as a student of the school or library member (using your library card ID). 3. Search, browse, look inside/ sample audio, borrow and reserve. Titles return automatically after the loan period so there is no need to worry about late fees, otherwise you can choose to return them early too. The App also synchronizes reading location, highlights, notes and settings between devices. WHY YOU WILL LOVE EPLATFORM ePlatform was designed to further enhance the joy of reading. It includes a raft of helpful features that students and patrons will appreciate like: - Access to both School and Public Libraries you belong to. - Smart Settings Wizard with ability to customise - font type, font size, spacing between letters, words and lines, background colour, lock screen in portrait or landscape. enable night mode, adjust brightness. - Smart features that support visual reading challenges such as personalisation options and Dyslexia friendly settings. - Define or search words when reading. - Synchronise reading location, highlights, notes and settings between devices. - Export highlighted text and notes from borrowed books in PDF format. - Reading speed control and sleep timer are available when listening to an audiobook. - Sample any eBook or Audiobook, with no loan required.

About

UUM Press Digital

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Together with Ookbee, UUM Press has developed UUM Press Digital, a digital apps bookstore, that enable readers to purchase and download books published by UUM Press anytime, anywhere. UUM Press has not just published academic works as the likes of original work, edited work, monograph, scholarly popular work, translation and academic journals including a Scopus-indexed journal, it also has a sub-imprint called “Karya Kreatif” that publishes creative works. Now, we can reach more readers in the world who are interested to get any of our titles with a fracture of the printed version.

Screenshots

ePlatform Digital Libraries4 screens
UUM Press Digital4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ePlatform Digital Libraries at none against UUM Press Digital's 10. UUM Press Digital's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. UUM Press Digital sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. ePlatform Digital Libraries asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ePlatform Digital Libraries versus UUM Press Digital: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterePlatform Digital LibrariesUUM Press Digital
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB53 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperWheelersOOKBEE (M) Sdn. Bhd.

Bugs and requests

ePlatform Digital Libraries

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Books not loading properly
  • Audiobooks not working
  • App forgetting login credentials
  • Issues with updating to new versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add vertical scrolling for ebooks
  • Improve search and browsing functionality
  • Implement dark mode and better visual customization
  • Allow more simultaneous book loans

UUM Press Digital

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ePlatform Digital Libraries

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

UUM Press Digital

One-time10
  • UUMOOKBEECOM.79501_08052020.0$1.99
  • UUMOOKBEECOM.79500_08052020.0$1.99
  • UUMOOKBEECOM.79499_08052020.0$1.99
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  • UUMOOKBEECOM.79498_08052020.0$1.99
  • UUMOOKBEECOM.79497_08052020.0$1.99
  • UUMOOKBEECOM.79496_08052020.0$1.99
  • UUMOOKBEECOM.79374_08052020.0$1.99
  • UUMOOKBEECOM.79373_08052020.0$1.99
  • UUMOOKBEECOM.79502_08052020.0$6.99
  • UUMOOKBEECOM.79503_08052020.0$7.99

Questions

Is ePlatform Digital Libraries free?
ePlatform Digital Libraries is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UUM Press Digital free?
UUM Press Digital is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ePlatform Digital Libraries or UUM Press Digital have ads?
Neither ePlatform Digital Libraries nor UUM Press Digital shows ads.

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