Comparison

Glassboxx vs TinyWhy

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

Head to head
About

Glassboxx

Access your purchased eBooks and audiobooks in one secure, user-friendly app. Log in with your purchase email and a verification code to access your library. Enjoy offline reading and listening with features like auto-save, sleep timers, and customizable reading settings.

Highlights
  • Consolidates eBook and audiobook purchases
  • User-friendly and secure environment
  • Offline reading and listening
  • Audio player with auto-save and sleep timer
  • eReader with bookmarking and font customization
  • Full text search
Features
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Welcome to Glassboxx: hassle-free eBook and audiobook access, all in one place. Glassboxx cuts through all digital content ‘authentication’ issues, consolidating your eBook AND audiobook purchases made through affiliated stores, within an eminently user-friendly, secure environment. No password required – simply log in with the email address used to buy the book and enter the verification code sent to your email – and your content awaits in the ‘My Books’ area of the app, with formats clearly labelled. With the content in the cloud, downloading requires an initial internet connection, but once downloaded, your books can be enjoyed to your heart’s content in the remotest, furthest-flung corners of the earth, where internet penetration is a mere pipe-dream… THE AUDIO-PLAYER WILL: • Auto-save your current position in the book – so that you can pick up right where you left off, even if listening on different devices • Allow for skip forward/backward to recap where relevant • Offer sleep timer option • Play on lock-screen, enabling easy access to playback controls • Play in background whilst browsing other apps • Play immediately, and download in the background (provided internet access is available) THE EREADER ALLOWS FOR: • Page book-marking, opening the title at the right place when you pick up, even across multiple devices • Font-size and font face changes, as well as dyslexic-friendly font • Background colour changes • Full text search Welcome to the Glassboxx community!

About

TinyWhy

Features
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Get smarter in a few minutes a day. TinyWhy brings you one surprising fact every day, and now you can watch it come alive. Each discovery is a short, beautifully illustrated story about the world around us: nature and science, history, the mind, culture and hidden patterns. Read it in a minute, listen to it on the go, or watch it as an animated video with narration and word-by-word captions. WATCH FACTS COME ALIVE • Animated stories: every Today's Why can be watched as a short narrated video • Animated diagrams draw tricky ideas step by step as you listen • Share any story as a video with a friend who'd love it LISTEN ANYWHERE • Narrated stories with a synced transcript that highlights each word • Keep listening with your screen locked, with controls on your Lock Screen A NEW WOW EVERY MORNING • A fresh Today's Why every day • Home Screen widget with today's discovery • A gentle daily reminder so you never miss one EXPLORE AND KEEP • Browse fun facts by topic: nature, archaeology, psychology, culture, earth and more • Save your favorite discoveries • Pick up where you left off Today's Why is free to read, listen to and watch, every day. TINYWHY PRO Unlock the full archive of premium discoveries, narrated listening for every story, and offline reading. Learn something small. Wonder a little more. Terms and Conditions: https://lumiq.art/mythoria/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://lumiq.art/mythoria/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Glassboxx4 screens
TinyWhy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glassboxx at none against TinyWhy's 2. On price, update cadence, ads 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. TinyWhy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Glassboxx asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Glassboxx ships an update every 6 weeks, TinyWhy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Glassboxx versus TinyWhy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlassboxxTinyWhy
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (76 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews27.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings76 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB47 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGlassboxx Limitederdem caygor

Bugs and requests

Glassboxx

Reported bugs

36 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • App crashes when loading downloaded book
  • App crashes between chapters
  • App freezes
  • App won't open
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  • App shows blank pages
  • App does not rotate
  • App shuts itself off
  • App is slow
  • App has huge margins
  • App has no landscape mode
  • App has no annotation
  • App has no dictionary
  • App has unresponsive buttons
  • App freezes regularly
  • App cannot flick through chapters
  • App touch response is slow
  • App target areas are small
  • App opens to empty screen
  • App settings cannot be closed
  • App has only one font
  • App text is too faint
  • App has visibility/alignment/color jankiness
  • Playback speed resets to 1x when app is minimized
  • Verification codes not sent or expired
  • Books not downloading
  • Purchased books not displaying
  • Login issues
  • Table of contents unresponsive
  • Cannot zoom
  • Cannot navigate easily
  • Screen color resets
  • App not working on iPad
  • Download issues
  • App is unusable
  • Progress bar cannot disappear

Requested features

8 requests
  • Bookmark feature
  • See time remaining in entire audiobook
  • Pagination via cursor keys on iPad Magic Keyboard
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
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  • More titles available
  • Ability to highlight and look up words
  • More standard format (e.g., PDF)

TinyWhy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Glassboxx

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

TinyWhy

Subscriptions2
  • Mythoria Pro - Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Mythoria Pro - Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Glassboxx free?
Glassboxx is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TinyWhy free?
TinyWhy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Glassboxx or TinyWhy have ads?
Neither Glassboxx nor TinyWhy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Glassboxx or TinyWhy?
Glassboxx ships an update every 6 weeks, and TinyWhy every 3 weeks. Most recently, Glassboxx was updated on November 6, 2026 and TinyWhy on November 5, 2026.

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