- 76.7LEGITIMACY SCORE
- 80.7SAFETY SCORE
- 17+CONTENT RATING
- $7.99PRICE
MapleRead SE App User Positive Comments 2024
MapleRead SE app received 49 positive comments and reviews by users. Can you share your positive thoughts about mapleread se?
Please wait! MapleRead SE Facebook comments loading...
MapleRead SE for Positive User Reviews
✓ Quite goodI like the reader, it feels natural, book like on an iPad in landscape mode. It’s quite tedious loading books with lots of steps and potential pitfalls to go through..Version: 3.0.5
✓ Best iOS and PadOS reader I’ve ever hadBeen using this app for years to read epub and PDFs with all the features I could ever want and easy to connect to Calibre to transfer books. I literally can’t think of any suggestions for improvement other than the recent update has removed the smaller UI scaling size I had before. If that could be re-implemented I would be so grateful. Thank you for continuing to update and develop this app! 💗 Update: UI scaling back with full settings like before! Very responsive developer. Thank you!.Version: 5.0.1
✓ Finally? Yes, finally.I've been searching for a successor to the Marvin series of e-reader apps FOREVER. How obsessed am I with finding this app? I haven't updated my iPad in over a year for fear that Marvin will no longer open. Marvin isn't in the app store anymore. It was accidentally deleted on a couple of my devices and I can never get it back. There have been many contenders. This is it. Does it have everything Marvin has? No. The customization isn't as advanced. Dev, if you're reading this, I have so many screenshots and notes detailing the things Marvin was capable of in terms of customization. I'll share them with you. The background color wheel is a nice touch, but I wish it had a color picking tool as well to copy colors outside the app. BookFusion has this. This app will now be my go-to. You have no idea what this means coming from me. I still have Marvin, Marvin3, and Marvin SXS on my iPad. But I will be using this app. Only one slight bug I notice -when I slide over to another app and return to MapleReader, my book has closed! This is a major annoyance, but easily fixed..Version: 5.0.2
✓ Great ePub Reader!Being an avid reader, I routinely look for newer and better software to enhance the experience, but I keep coming back to Maple. Using Calibre’s opds server function, the link up between my laptop where the ebooks arrive and my phone where the ebooks are read is smooth and fast. There are enough options for font, size, layout, background, overall look of the app, how pages are turned, etc. to please anyone and the controls for them are quick and easy. There are lots of options for sorting and viewing multiple books so I can quickly find whatever I want from 3000+ titles. Navigation within books is easy and you can set bookmarks. Good, responsive support from the developer. Both thumbs up!.Version: 3.0.5
✓ Only epub reader that meets all my needs plus moreI wanted a reader that would let me import epubs, read with font+layout+colors customizations, and provide good text to speach for when listening feels easier than actually reading. This app executes on these things solidly. I can't remember what I paid for this app, but it doesn't feel like I paid enough given its high quality. One thing I didn't realize I wanted to have at the time, was the ability to easily import books from calibre. This app even autodetects your local calibre server. Additionally, the app lets you turn your iphone library into a server to sync books to other services. I'm not sure why this app doesn't get more 5 star reviews, but it should. Thanks for making such a great product..Version: 5.3
✓ Best eReader, The Hunt is OverAmazing application, thank you all so much for your hard work! After switching to MapleReaderSE I haven't felt a single itch or urge to switch ebook readers again. It makes tablet and phone reading a pleasure and feels like the natural companion to Calibre in the eReader ecosystem. My eReader Journey: BluefireReader -> Books(apple) -> Kindle -> Marvin 3 -> FBReader -> MapleReaderSE (for good!).Version: 5.2.1
✓ Good app, but with a few improvements would be perfectWith KyBook 3 seemingly on the outs, I’ve moved to MapleRead. It’s a good app even it lacks some of the functionality present in KyBook and Marvin. Top of the list is that it’s not configured for an iPhone 11 Max as it doesn’t use the full screen. You also can’t sort your books manually. It would also be nice if the app indicated which books you’d finished reading. The metadata is good, but it would be great if it could collect that information from the web. Also, I’d love it if the metadata included a word count. Overall, though, it’s a good product with plenty of potential..Version: 3.2.1
✓ Love the new audio-book feature!I am so excited that I can now listen to my favorite books! Any EPUB book can now become an audio book. How amazing! Thanks for adding this feature! Now I am listening while driving, exercising, etc. Just so useful! I love that there are many high quality voices you can download through the System Settings (Accessibility | Spoken Content). I suggest you download the Enhanced or Premium voices whenever available. They are very good quality and often exceed expectations. (My favorite voices are Nathan Enhanced and Samantha Enhanced.) Compare to many costly subscription-based reader apps (with much less features), this pay-once-only app is really a great deal. I’ve seen reader apps come and gone, or become abandonware. This app has been around for years and still being actively maintained and improved. Highly recommend..Version: 5.0
✓ Great customer serviceI have just got version 3.5.2 and the developer has fixed a bug with user fonts that I reported to them a couple of weeks ago. This is great support for a great reading app..Version: 3.5.2
✓ ExcellentThis version seems again to do everything an epub reader ought to do..Version: 3.0.4
✓ Fantastic reader!Superb flexible reading app. Also, developers are frequently adding new tweaks and are responsive to clients..Version: 4.8.1
✓ Love the App…Wish for a couple of improvementsLove the app and its connectivity! I have a couple of wishes… Wish for highlighter improvements in Dark Mode annotations. The Problem is that the text stays white after you annotate/highlight in dark mode and because of the bright colors of the highlighter it makes it now difficult to read the white letters against the bright color of highlighted annotations. Make the letters black when highlighted. Maybe if underlining could be implemented it would be really good to but that’s my second wish. Great Job Developers!.Version: 5.2.1
✓ Great app, with lots of options!I want to thank the developers very much for their quick reply and support ... it is greatly appreciated! May I also take the time to compliment them on a wonderfully done app! I love the many options they have included, especially being able to import and use my own chosen fonts... I use a font called Happy Monkey that imitates the written had, one that no ebook reader would ever use, so having the ability to import my own fonts is a heaven sent on these old eyes! When reading an ebook and looking at a screen the majority of the day, this ability becomes a true blessing ... a soothing background color and choice of font makes all the difference on one's ability to enjoy an ebook, so thank you for such a incredibly well thought out app! This old man's eyes truly appreciate it... I know developers probably only hear complaints, via support, and on the majority of their reviews, so I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you for such a well thought out app and design! I love and appreciate your app so much I purchased all versions to show that appreciation. I also try to tip the developers, as much as possible to show my appreciation , and as frequently as my wallet allows ... I believe it is one way we all can continue to support the development on this app!.Version: 4.3
✓ Best e-readerDon’t know why, it just feels more pleasant to read EPUB books in MapleRead than other readers. Its book sets and tags help me easily organize my huge library. It also works well with Calibre. Great coherent support for PDF too. Tons of features, yet it's easy to use. Simply the best e-reader that I’ve ever used. Highly recommended..Version: 3.0.4
✓ Almost the bestWith Apple’s Books having so many issues this last few weeks: I’ve once again gone looking for a replacement. I expected it to be temporary as it was a few years ago when Books’ issues were ignored for other things. This is one of the best software app readers I’ve used. Good: Loading is quick, faster even than Books which decompresses on transfer, not load like here. Super fast: even with multi hundred megabyte image sets. It loads quickly, recovers to last page accessed instantly. Stable, no crashes. Multi-font, multi-lingual: supports Noto, the largest multilingual font platform. Bad: Interface is unique. Totally unique. Importing books could be an issue for those with mesh or inconsistent wifi. No table blowout. Formatted tables must be panned inline. There’s no way to pull the table into its own screen display. TOC methodology is fairly limited. For those that read volume releases or news feeds, that’ could be a consistent annoyance. It appears to like only a flat TOC and anything more complex can confuse it. Ugly: The only real complaint. No continuous scrolling. I don’t really get this. The end of a “page”, you need to long press and swipe to move to the next. It appears the app implemented a block stop. This may or may not be the end of a page. See the TOC issue above. Final thoughts: I simply can’t understand the lack of continuous scroll. That makes no sense to me. Saying the interface is clunky and confusing is being kind. It’s definitely its own methodology. Once you figure it out and get the hang of it, it’s good. I mean real good! Everything can be more or less learned to muscle memory fairly quickly. I think they simply have an Apple or Microsoft moment here: it’s totally different. And you will need to learn it by trial and error. But I see the why in the design. The free trial is limited to 5 books. That absolutely must be increased for any large readers to get a full idea. 10 is passable for a good test run and 15 would cover a wide range of testing. Best reader I’ve tried so far. Definitely worth the cost (it’s under valued)..Version: 5.0.1
✓ Almost perfectI have vision impairment. This is the best app. Please add a feature to change the text color of PDFs in daylight mode. I will pay extra for that feature. Please implement this. Thank you!.Version: 4.0
✓ Best combined epub & PDF Reader for iPad and iPhoneWe’ve been waiting ages for a competent and well-designed iPad e-reader which handles both epubs AND PDFs. MapleRead SE finally ended this wait. By far the best and most elegant e-reading app available. Developer is active on the app’s mobileread forum thread and responds to bugs and feature requests promptly. He added “instant” page turns and two-page PDF viewing in Landscape, both of which are huge for us. I have NO affiliation with MapleRead whatsoever, just appreciate a great app when I see it (which isn’t very often). Worth $20 easy in my opinion..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Notes are having problemsIOS 14 appears to have introduced a bug that makes it really hard to create notes. I look forward to an update :-).Version: 3.5.2
✓ SuperbGreat epub book reader. Fantastic integration with Calibre — can even display the metadata. Everybody in my family has transitioned to this from iBooks and Marvin..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Very polished eBook appMapleRead SE is a very convenient app to use and read eBooks and PDFs. It’s Secure Sync makes it a snap to manage reading locations, bookmarks, notes, and word definitions (vocabulary) between all of my iOS devices. I encourage you to check out this app..Version: 3.2.1
✓ The best iPad EPUB appI got referred to this app while trying to fix some problems with Marvin; in the comments on a post someone suggested trying this 'new' iPad-only ereader. I did, and couldn't be happier. It instantly found my calibre library on my Windows PC (something Marvin was never able to reliably do). The organizational abilities make even my 700+ library easy to manage. Customizing the reading page format is easy and intuitive. There really is no downside. I don't usually review apps, but this one easily earns all five of its stars!.Version: 1.4
✓ Continues to impress.MapleRead is the kitchen-sink ebook reader. It does more than any other reader to accommodate my preferences: set white font on black background then adjust system brightness to achieve desired contrast, use minimal side margins but add paragraph spacing, organize in three dimensions (sort type, tags, sets), note categorization, share books between devices without having to involve cloud storage… etc etc. It does have some rough edges — you can’t have all those features available without that — but every feature, even the ones I never use, appear well thought out. And, after years of use, the app continues to improve. If you want an ebook reader that you control, this is your choice..Version: 4.0
✓ Robust iOS Ebook ReaderSince Marvin hasn’t been updated in years and is slowly decaying Maple Read has become my goto ebook reader, particularly for ePub, and I am transferring my iOS ePub library from Marvin -> Maple Read. The big name reader apps, eg Kindle and Apple Books, are absolutely atrocious and designed to aggressively push app-specific paid content rather than providing a pleasant reading experience and ebook management system. So whenever possible I dispense with the DRM and use Maple Read which is really the only useable iOS ebook reading app that is still updated regularly (RIP Marvin and KyBooks). No major complaints re performance and features but more bulk metadata editing options would be really really useful!.Version: 4.8.1
✓ Minor issuesI would love to give this app a 4.75. It is the BEST alternative to my previous favourite app for reading ebooks, Marvin. The syncing feature of this app is what requires fixing. Here is an example of where the syncing fails. [As described in the very informative help pages on the website, the same book (i.e. a book with the same ID) must appear on every device for the syncing to work.] I have a book that syncs very well when the following procedure is followed: (1) Click the sync icon on my iPad; (2) Open the same book on my iPhone and click the sync icon. Perfect. The syncing works as it should. Go back to the iPad. Read say twenty more pages. Leave the app on the iPad or simply close the book. Go to the iPhone. Click on the sync icon. NOTHING happens. Why? From what I have worked out, if the sync icon is not clicked when leaving the book on one device, the other device does NOT sync. I would like the developers to ensure that when the app is closed or a switch is made to another app on a device, the sync icon does its job AUTOMATICALLY. Otherwise, the syncing becomes useless if the user forgets to play tag with the sync icon. Marvin had this non-user intervention sync working perfectly. I would strongly recommend this application to users and I hope that the syncing feature is fixed soon. The technical support is also excellent. Quick and detailed replies via email are extremely useful when the user needs help..Version: 4.3
✓ The only ePub reader I useExcellent app. I use it every day. I’m very happy they increased the size of the Description Edit box!!.Version: 4.1
✓ Great app, even better supportPhenomenal app that has everything I need in an iBooks replacement. I selfhost a Calibri content server and this works perfectly. The only thing the app was missing to me was the ability to have a custom background when using dark mode. So I emailed the developer and my feature request was implemented within a week. Thank you!.Version: 4.5
✓ Probably the best ebook app.MapleRead has incredible flexibility, customability and power; most importantly, it is actively supported when many similar apps have fallen by the wayside. Highly recommended..Version: 3.1
✓ Great app but notes are brokenI love this app but notes seem to be broken in iOS 14. I can make a note but then it moves after I create it. This happens consistently for me. Hoping an update will fix it..Version: 3.5.2
✓ New bug fixWith the latest update, 75% of my 300 books are not listed by date added. They are all listed as added in 1969. Very frustrating. I love reading with this app and hope this can be fixed..Version: 4.4
✓ Great e-reader with lots of unique featuresI am a huge fan of the app, after trying several e-readers on the app store I settled on Mapleread. Mainly due to the following features: - Being able to enable/disable the publisher's theme provides more flexibility over epubs that have not formatted correctly. This is quite a unique feature I have only seen in a couple of other apps. - Black theme - The tag feature is useful for organising books. - Book highlights/notes can be exported to CSV format The developers welcome feedback and are committed to adding new functionality on a regular basis. Keep up the good work!.Version: 4.7.1
✓ Nearly perfect, but no CBRs!This app is nearly perfect for my ebook needs! I love that it can connect to my calibre server unlike so many other apps, and it works with epubs and pdfs. The only problem is that I can’t download any of my old scanned magazines that I out into CBR format..Version: 5.0.2
✓ Parfait pour mes besoinsExcellente application pour lire et annoter des epub ou des pdf. De plus, l'application permet d'ajouter des livres simplement (sur le même réseau wifi avec un ordinateur)..Version: 1.6.2
✓ Is there a voice thing like voice dream?I just got the app and I loved it ! I just wish there is free voices in this app..Version: 4.8
✓ Now my favorite reading appAn excellent app with a responsive development team. One of my pet peeves with reading on my iPad, and even my Kindle, has always been that I would accidentally select text while reading because my thumb would lightly rest on the screen. This was very distracting. The developers hang out in the Mobileread forum so I mentioned this issue. When their new version was recently released, there was a new option to suppress the long press gesture. This completely resolved the issue. Of course, I can't look up words etc. but I almost never do that anyway..Version: 1.4
✓ Great app.Love this app. I finally found an ebook reader and server that has cloud syncing options. Great reading options, and has allowed me to put my icalibre catalog on my iPad and sync for my iPhone for reading..Version: 3.5.2
✓ Outstanding App for large librariesI have a very large library of ~19,000 ePub and pdf books and articles. I used the PC upload and Calibre integration features to import them, and it works wonderfully! I absolutely LOVE this app. iBooks/ Apple Books is simply unusable at this point for a large collection of books. Your app lets me do everything l wanted to be able to do in managing my library. I am really thankful I found your app!.Version: 3.2.1
✓ Terrific appI enjoyed the layout and UI of the CX version and decided to purchase the SE version for more features. To be honest, other than loading more books and having a few more themes to choose from, I think someone can get by using the free version. I don't see how the developer can claim the SE version is more feature rich. The bookshelf theme option is still limited to just two. Highlighting is still the same. You would think the paid version would have the ability to underline or strike through a sentence. What was most galling was the way the developer inserted a way to donate more money to the app in the form of a "gratuity". I just paid $6.99 and you want more money? If you only want to read one book at a time, stick with the free version..Version: 4.2
✓ The best for Calibre & iPadAfter much reading, searching and trying apps, I was about to abandon the splendid Calibre, and revert back to the slick and pretty but very limited Apple Books. Then I found this app. I initially tried it and skipped it, because parts of it looked naff and I couldn’t import my PDFs. Then I tried the full version and it worked. It just doesn’t work in the free version. The app is looking great so far - can see page thumbnail view and contents (like Apple Books but which many apps don’t offer. One thing - PLEASE allow us to increase the size of the cover thumbnails in grid view - they’re too small. The wooden shelf effect would have to increase in size also of course..Version: 4.9
✓ Just what I was looking forJust what I wanted in an ebook app. Lots of options to change things and, as I am a fan of the ‘book’ look this was just the ticket. Would be nice if changing the background changed the entire page background rather than just a square around the text, but not that important as have book background off-white anyway. Book shelve is really neatly done and makes app my new reader app of choice.Version: 1.0
✓ Single Column LandscapeI buy DRM free epub tech books. These books have aside sections in them when they will show a command that you might type in on your computer. I have an iPad Pro — nice big screen with a good stand for landscape orientation. When I read my epub tech books in Apple Books, that text in those asides gets cutoff in landscape mode. Really weird because landscape is wider than portrait, but Apple Books INSISTS on putting 2 columns (or pages if you prefer) when in landscape orientation. I just wanted 1 column in landscape. Not Apple Books, or any of the other 6 or so readers I tried from the App Store would let me decide how many columns I wanted. This one did. It gets 5 stars because it’s the ONLY one. You might not agree with my assessment, but when you are trying to understand something technical, and the last detail is just cutoff, the irritation just compounds each time it happens. My search is over, and I can read in peace. Thank you..Version: 4.0
✓ Wonderful ePub reader appI tried several ePub apps before finding this gem. I like to have all my books on my Ereader (and there are thousands). I was very frustrated with the other ebook readers because after I bought a new iPad, I could only move 1 book at a time from Caliber. MapleRead SE has an option called PC Upload which allows me to upload hundreds at once. It only takes seconds. So easy. There might be a way using those other apps, but I couldn’t find it. This app is wonderful. I even had a question on how to do something, and Customer Service emailed me back on a Sunday. Can’t say enough good things about this app..Version: 3.0.5
✓ Excellent controlsI am switching to MapleRead to read epubs. I have much more control over how the text is displayed: I can choose from lots of fonts, and also line spacing, paragraph spacing, and between my choices and the publishers (interesting to see how I differ from most of them). It is satisfying to my eye to have the text adjusted just as I like it..Version: 3.7.2
✓ Love it! Except…I was looking to replace Marvin Ereader which I’ve loved but now is no longer updated. MapleRead has all those features and I absolutely love it. It is top notch! The only reason I give it four stars is that it does not sync very well for me. It is inconsistent and a little confusing. Sometimes it does a perfect job and other times it doesn’t pick up the right place from the other device. It’s gotten frustrating for me, so that is my only complaint. Otherwise I would highly recommend getting this app..Version: 4.8
✓ Very goodHas all the features you would want, especially like the new addition of instant page turn option. However sync does not seem to be working.Version: 2.0
✓ Favorite ebook readerThis is my favorite non Apple ebook reader. The developer is super responsive too..Version: 3.5.2
✓ Almost perfectI just wanted a basic reader that actually worked, showed 2 columns in landscape, didn’t skew the words halfway off the page, decent font selection, and most of all keep track of where you are in the book when you turn off the iPad. You’d be surprised how many reader apps don’t do these basic things. Why doesn’t the iPad version have the “status bar always on” option? The iPhone version does have this option. I like to see the clock and battery while reading without having to tap in the center to see it and then tap again to go back to reading..Version: 5.2
✓ Overall good, but two strong suggestions to the developersFirst off, I like the app overall. I use it with my Calibre library and it works great. I have on occasion used the server function also but not that often. The interface is good but the tagging and organizing of the books in the app is definitely not intuitive. I have done a lot of Human interface design in my career and am confident that with a little work this part of the interface could be greatly improved. My biggest issue is the cloud sync. It doesn’t really fit what I would consider a typical use case for the app. The scenario it needs to handle is ‘the user has been reading a book on their iPad. They head out of the house without the iPad and find they have some time on their hands so they go to their iPHone and pull up the book, but it isn’t synced to their last position because they didn’t consider syncing the book on the iPad the last time they put it down’. Simple solution is to support auto cloud sync. It could be a user preference, but the book position would be updated whenever an appropriate event occurred - e.g., every 15 minutes, when the iPad is put in sleep mode, when the book is closed and another is open. I’m sure there are other events that would also make sense..Version: 4.0
✓ Great Comprehensive ReaderSince deciding to move away from Marvin 3, still a great app, but struggles a bit with ePUB V3 metadata. I found this after looking at quite a few. Liked this because fully featured and is not trying to be a subscription model. Which, i do not really get, if i have to pay a subscription then best to just buy a dedicated device. I have both but when I am travelling I usually just have my IPAD so I can pick up on what I was reading. If its not on my Kindle/Kindle app. I would say that it also struggles with EPUB 3 metadata in that it does not recognise Series information, but yet to find anything that does. Just have to convert to EPUB2 if that is a concern for anyone. So overall good reader..Version: 3.3
✓ Great AppThis is my favorite reading app. I love the customization options, especially the parchment white background setting. It has the extra dimming for night reading. There are several options for night. It provides a very comfortable reading experience. I can use my iPad mini as the server to copy books to my other Apple devices. I love the option to display my books on a wood bookshelf. I had a question and the developers got back to me quickly..Version: 1.5
😕 MapleRead SE Negative Reviews
