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I started comparing these. Registered MapleRead SE for $4.99 and compared to Kybook 3 demo. I'll try both a few days and see if there's a clear favorite. From a day zero view, looking at core app features and UI, MapleRead did a little better.
It had great performance opening larger files. The MR default styles and layout for content rendering were accurate and appealing, while KB3's defaults struggled with style or layout problems in some books; most issues I saw were in .mobi. As for UI, subjectively I lean toward MR. It was closer to my idea of 'clean and intuitive.' Things are where I want them to be. UI elements, locations, and functions are in accord with my user experience and expectations. Yet Kybook 3's fresh and less conventional approach, like using tabs in a reader app, is creative and grows on me. Both apps were easy to set up and import books, with many options for doing that. Another item, maybe trivial, is MR seems more thrifty with footprint on disk: 31.9 MB vs 55.3. Kybook 3 seems it has extra features though, such as .mobi support, which could contribute to larger installed size.
Both these apps are well designed and a blast to use on a new Ipad Mini. It'll be a hard decision.
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