🆚 Apple Books vs. Google Play Books

Type

Ebook technology
Ebook technology

About

Apple Books is Apple's integrated ebook and audiobook app and digital storefront where users can find, buy, and download ebooks and audiobooks.

It supports EPUB and PDF files, syncs reading progress and libraries via iCloud, offers daily and annual reading goals, and provides access to a wide catalog of commercial titles and public-domain classics.

Google Play Books is a digital storefront and app from Google that offers a large library of ebooks, comics, manga, and audiobooks for purchase.

It claims to host one of the world's largest ebook collections with over five million titles, supports cross-device syncing, offline reading, and sharing of purchases within a Family Library.

Headquarters

Cupertino, California, United States
Mountain View, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️ + $$$
Free ✔️ + $$$

Categories

Ebooks › Rank #2
Ebooks › Rank #5
Audiobooks › Rank #1
Audiobooks › Rank #3

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Apple Books ebook technology is 2.1 times more popular than Google Play Books.
Total websites

Market share

Ebooks
Audiobooks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Apple Books is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Google Play Books is more popular in Brazil, Indonesia, and Turkey.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Australia
Canada
Spain
France
Italy
Japan
Brazil

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Apple Books is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, marketing and merchandising, and entertainment, while Google Play Books is more commonly used on online shopping sites.
Blogs/Wiki
Marketing/Merchandising
Entertainment
Education/Reference
Business
Online Shopping
Internet Services
Sports
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Personal Pages

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
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Rank
#80,687
#112,948
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See also

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