Book Creator vs PubCoder
Book Creator
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| Figure | Book Creator | PubCoder |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $12.50/mo | €8.25/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 7 | 5 |
| Spec score · eBook Creation Software | 9.4 (#2) | 8.0 (#15) |
| Accessibility | The product advertises more than 130 built-in accessibility features. | Accessibility features include semantic metadata, image descriptions, screen-reader support, and read-aloud tools. |
| Founded | 2011 | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Bristol, England, United Kingdom | Turin, Italy |
| Integrations | The pricing page lists LMS, Clever and ClassLink integrations for Schools & Districts, and SSO with Google, Microsoft, Clever or ClassLink accounts in its plan comparison. | The feature page lists integrations with Adobe InDesign, After Effects via Bodymovin, YouTube, Vimeo, Unsplash, The Noun Project, and Google Fonts. |
| Support | The support page provides a knowledge base and chat with the Book Creator team; Premium also lists in-app chat support on the pricing page. | PubCoder provides documentation, a user forum, bug reporting, training, and custom development services. |
Plans
Book Creator
- StarterFree
- Book Creator for iPad$3.99, paid once
- Premium monthly$14 a month
- Premium annual$150 a year
- PremiumPrice not published
- PremiumPrice not published
- Schools & DistrictsPriced on request
PubCoder
- Standard€99 a year
- Shelf Base versionPriced on request
- Shelf Enterprise versionPriced on request
- Shelf Pro versionPriced on request
- TeamPriced on request
In their own words
Book Creator
Book Creator is a classroom tool for students and teachers to create books and show learning through text, images, audio and video. Users can record voice, images or video in the app, work together on books in real time, and leave feedback as audio, video or text comments. The product describes more than 130 built-in accessibility features, including speech-to-text, text-to-speech, screen reader support and video captions. Translation can cover text, audio, comments, captions and entire books. Books and libraries can be published, shared by QR code, downloaded as ePub or printed as PDFs. It supports fixed-layout books and imports PDFs and EPUB files created with Book Creator. The free Starter plan costs nothing and includes one library with up to 40 books and unlimited students; a private My Books library can hold 40 more. There is no per-student cost or limit, and no limit on page count or audio and video duration. It runs on Android, iOS, macOS, web and Windows.
PubCoder
PubCoder is a desktop authoring tool for creating interactive digital publications and exporting them as apps, HTML, or ebooks. Authors can connect click and touch gestures to animations, videos, and sounds without code. Export formats include native iOS and Android apps, EPUB 3 Fixed Layout, HTML5, XPUB, and Kindle Format 8. Accessibility features include semantic metadata, image descriptions, screen-reader support, and read-aloud tools. The editor integrates with Adobe InDesign, After Effects through Bodymovin, YouTube, Vimeo, Unsplash, The Noun Project, and Google Fonts. For distribution, SHELF is a white-label library platform for web and native apps. Its XPUB format encrypts content files with custom DRM, and downloaded content can be used offline; SHELF also provides access and interaction analytics. The Standard plan costs €99/yr plus VAT if needed and includes unlimited publications and all features for macOS and Windows. The 15-day trial includes all features, requires registration, and does not require a credit card. Paid subscriptions can be installed on multiple owned computers but used on only one at a time.