Comparison

EPUB Reader vs MapleRead CX

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

Head to head
About

EPUB Reader

This application provides a seamless reading experience for EPUB files, supporting all formatting features. It offers advanced customization options for text, page turning, and display, along with cloud integration and file management tools. Enjoy your favorite books with enhanced productivity and comfort on mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Full EPUB format support
  • Extensive customization options
  • Cloud service integration
  • Speech synthesizer
  • Multiple page turning animations
  • Built-in file manager
  • Wi-Fi and FTP transfer
Features
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The BEST application for reading epub books. Format 100% supported by the application, including the styles, chapters, tables, links, footnotes etc. The visualization system takes into account the specific character of the format functioning on mobile devices (memory capacity, the number of general processor units etc.), Providing a maximum productivity and comfort when working with large documents. Elegant design, extended functionality, high speed and stability of work will make reading of your favorite literature a pleasurable experience. You can contact technical support and leave a comment without quitting the application. EPUB Reader’s special features: ■ Compatible with all popular archive formats (rar, zip, 7z, gz, tar ...) ■ Speech synthesizer ■ Large set of page turning animations (Slide, Fade, Curl, Flip, Cube, Ripple, Rotate) ■ Night mode ■ Integration with popular cloud services(Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, Yandex.Disk) ■ Integration with popular network services(SMB, FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, DLNA) ■ Open books directly from cloud services and network services ■ Hight application stability ■ Automatic recovery bad and non standard files ■ Search and highlight text options ■ Table of contents ■ Highlight and copy text options ■ Font, Font color, Background, font size, margins, line spacing, hyphenation, hyphenation language, skip author style options ■ Brightness control ■ Rotation lock ■ Bookmarks ■ Double page view ■ Opening documents from external applications ■ Last open document list ■ Online book catalogs(OPDS) ■ Web Browser and download manager ■ Wi-Fi transfer ■ FTP transfer File Manager Features: ■ Intuitive interface ■ iTunes integration ■ File sorting(by name, by extension, by size, by date, by author, by progress) ■ Searching files in subfolders ■ Create, move, copy, rename, pack/unpack, delete file/folder options ■ File/folder search ■ Preview book cover Wi-Fi Transfer Features: ■ Intuitive interface ■ Create, move, rename, delete file/folder options ■ Downloading/uploading few media files with one click ■ Display upload progress Online catalog(OPDS) Features: ■ Maximal support OPDS standards ■ User friendly navigation ■ Global searching ■ Full book information preview ■ Adding and editing catalog options ■ Completely popular catalog list Feel free to ask questions, report bugs or request new features: support@develsoftware.com

About

MapleRead CX

This app offers a unique audio-visual reading experience for EPUB ebooks. Customize book styles, generate pseudo audiobooks with various voices, and enjoy immersive reading with synchronized audio and text. It also functions as a powerful library management tool with extensive customization options.

Highlights
  • Audio-visual EPUB reader
  • Pseudo audiobook generation
  • Immersion reading (sync audio/text)
  • Customizable book styles and themes
  • Word lookup and translation
  • Library management and organization
  • User-defined fonts and highlight colors
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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 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.]

Screenshots

EPUB Reader4 screens
MapleRead CX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: EPUB Reader at 4.2 against MapleRead CX's 3.4. EPUB Reader also leads on ratings volume (808 vs 24) and review sentiment (77% vs 62%). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. EPUB Reader sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and MapleRead CX sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

EPUB Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EPUB Reader has 808 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of EPUB Reader's written reviews are positive against 62% of MapleRead CX's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EPUB Reader ships an update every 3 weeks, MapleRead CX every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
EPUB Reader versus MapleRead CX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEPUB ReaderMapleRead CX
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (808 ratings) — better3.4 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews77.1% of reviews — better61.5% of reviews
Number of ratings808 — better24
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB26 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLTD DevelSoftwareMaplepop LLC

Customer experience

EPUB Reader

All ratings809 ratings
Positive81.7%
Neutral4.6%
Negative13.7%
Written reviews772 reviews
Positive77.1%
Neutral5.4%
Negative17.5%

MapleRead CX

All ratings24 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral10.3%
Negative28.2%

Bugs and requests

EPUB Reader

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Unable to open certain EPUB files
  • Inability to access local and cloud-stored files
  • Inconsistent behavior when using dictionary lookup
  • Last page of EPUB files not shown

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add highlighting and note-taking capabilities
  • Improve file management and organization
  • Provide better integration with cloud storage services
  • Implement pagination and chapter navigation

MapleRead CX

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

EPUB Reader

One-time4
  • Thank the Developer$0.99
  • Appearance Customization$1.99
  • Additional Formats$3.99
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  • Pro Version$5.99
1 purchases

MapleRead CX

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$6.99

Questions

Is EPUB Reader free?
EPUB Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MapleRead CX free?
MapleRead CX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, EPUB Reader or MapleRead CX?
EPUB Reader is rated higher. EPUB Reader averages 4.2 out of 5 from 808 ratings, while MapleRead CX averages 3.4 from 24 ratings.
Do EPUB Reader or MapleRead CX have ads?
Neither EPUB Reader nor MapleRead CX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EPUB Reader or MapleRead CX?
EPUB Reader ships an update every 3 weeks, and MapleRead CX every 5 weeks. Most recently, EPUB Reader was updated on November 1, 2026 and MapleRead CX on November 2, 2026.

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