Comparison

Philips Motion Effects vs Storybound

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

Head to head
About

Philips Motion Effects

Control your Philips Illuminate™ lights to create custom light shows. Adjust color, brightness, and function, or sync lights to music and voice. Group up to four sets via Bluetooth for a dynamic lighting experience.

Highlights
  • Create custom light shows
  • Control color and brightness
  • Sync lights to music
  • Sync lights to voice/microphone
  • Group up to 4 light sets
  • Set multiple timers
Features
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Create your own light show using the Philips Motion Effects™ customizable lighting system. Control your lights from your smart phone or tablet using the Motion Effects™ app. The easy to use app allows you to adjust the color, brightness or function of your Illuminate™ lights. Simple Bluetooth connectivity allows for up to 4 sets to be grouped together, and you can choose from 16 functions on each set. Customize your light show: • Functions: Choose from one of 16 available functions, with brightness control available on some functions • Music: Make the lights move to music on your phone, using one of four predetermined flashing sensitivities • Microphone: Set the app to microphone and watch the lights flash to your voice, or turn on your favorite streaming service to get real-time reaction to music • Timer: Set multiple timers

About

Storybound

Features
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Storybound creates personalized bedtime stories starring your child — with their name, their favorite sidekick, and a world you choose together. Every story is new, illustrated, and written at the right reading level. MADE FOR YOUR READER • Create a profile for each child with their name and age — stories are written at a reading level that fits • Pick a sidekick, a setting, and what the story should be about, or let them decide • Choose the tone and length to fit the night — calm and cozy, or a little more adventurous STORIES THAT KEEP GOING • Turn any story into a series and continue it night after night • Characters, places, and what happened before carry forward from chapter to chapter ILLUSTRATED AND READ ALOUD • Every story comes with original illustrations • Listen along with narration for wind-down time A LIBRARY THAT GROWS WITH THEM • Every story is saved to your library to reread anytime • Favorite the ones they ask for again and again • Sign in with Apple to back up your stories and restore them on a new device BUILT FOR FAMILIES • Every story is checked for age-appropriate content before it reaches you • No ads STORYBOUND+ Free accounts get 7 stories a week. Storybound+ gives you 21 stories a week, with 3 illustrations in every story — the beginning, middle, and end — shown as you read. Storybound+ is available as a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cwiggins11.github.io/storybound-privacy/ Questions or feedback: hello@storyboundapp.net

Screenshots

Philips Motion Effects4 screens
Storybound4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Storybound at 5.0 against Philips Motion Effects's 2.8. Philips Motion Effects's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Storybound holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Philips Motion Effects has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Philips Motion Effects versus Storybound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhilips Motion EffectsStorybound
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequency—Every 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB6 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperSeasonal Specialties LLCChristopher Wiggins

In-app purchases

None

Philips Motion Effects

No in-app purchases

None

Storybound

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Philips Motion Effects free?
Philips Motion Effects is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Storybound free?
Storybound is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Philips Motion Effects or Storybound?
Storybound is rated higher. Philips Motion Effects averages 2.8 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Storybound averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Philips Motion Effects or Storybound have ads?
Neither Philips Motion Effects nor Storybound shows ads.

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