Comparison

Fabula vs Nothings

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

Head to head
About

Fabula

Access condensed versions of popular books, podcasts, and short stories. Read or listen to key insights in about 15 minutes, perfect for busy schedules. Discover new content daily across various genres to enhance your knowledge and self-improvement.

Highlights
  • 15-minute audiobook summaries
  • Read or listen to content
  • Curated by experts
  • Daily new content additions
  • Customizable reading experience
  • Personalized book recommendations
Features
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Read and listen to the key insights of the finest books, podcasts and amazing short stories with Fabula. Currently with more than 1,500,000 members worldwide, the audiobook app “Fabula” (a.k.a. “Biryudumkitap” in Turkey), now available in English! Audiobook summaries and beautiful short stories you can read and/or tune into in a lickety-split 15 minutes, just a click away on your cell, wherever and whenever you want. Bite-sized key ideas from the bestselling books! CATCH UP WITH THE BOOKS YOU’VE ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT IN A 15-MIN. PODCAST FORMAT ● Motivation, history, personal development, psychology, classics, and philosophy. Spot on nonfiction book summaries & reviews curated by academicians and professional editors. ● New books, audio documentaries, and microbooks are added every day. ● Read or listen to hundreds of audiobook reviews and stories. ● Improve yourself in your business and academic life. ● It is a learning app that helps your self growth & self improvement. Entrepreneur books, business books, self development books, and more. ● Listen to audiobooks on the bus, train, car, plane, on the gym treadmill or on a walkabout around the neighborhood. ● Discover a new way of microlearning with our original content: Audio documentaries, original stories, and more. READ OR LISTEN ● With the audiobook option, you can listen to books at the speed you want. ● You can customize your library by adding the books you choose. ● Check out our rapidly expanding archive of short stories for literature lovers. ● With advanced reading options, you can adjust font size and brightness, with day or night modes to make for a comfy read. GET BOOK SUGGESTIONS AND DISCOVER NEW BOOKS ● Check out a list specially prepared amongst hundreds of book summaries to begin listening immediately. ● Discover new books with book recommendations prepared by our editors. It will help you develop a daily reading habit. ------------------------------------------- METICULOUSLY PREPARED BOOK SUMMARIES: FABULA ● Read the book summaries prepared in plain language, selected for you from thousands of books and prepared by academics or editors. ● Read and listen to classic stories from notable personalities such as Franz Kafka, Edgar Allan Poe, Jack London, Leo Tolstoy, and Anton Chekhov. DESIGNED FOR A BETTER READING EXPERIENCE ● We present a methodology involving hundreds of books in 50 categories converted into book reviews and FABULA chapter format. ● The book review, which starts with what we’ll learn from the book, ends with the book’s main message, plus some friendly recommendations. ● Reading FABULA gives you just the highlights of these books. We always recommend you read books in their whole form. ------------------------------------------- HOW DOES IT ALL WORK? Download the FABULA app to kick off your free trial. If you want, go along with our monthly or annual plan paid membership. With an available Premium Membership option, you’ll have: ● Unlimited access ● The “My Library” feature ● The chance to read or listen to all the books on demand If you don't need unlimited access, you can listen to the complimentary Book of the Day. Terms of Use: https://www.biryudumkitap.com/app/tos.html Privacy Policy: https://www.biryudumkitap.com/app/privacy.html You can reach the Fabula team for your questions, suggestions, critiques and copyright infringement notices via support@getfabula.com To contact the Turkish Biryudumkitap team, please email us: editor@biryudumkitap.com

About

Nothings

Discover curated poetry and classic art, with daily poems matched to your mood. Create your own collections and explore a news feed for contemporary publications. The app aims to foster a positive habit of reading poetry without ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Curated poetry feed
  • Daily poem feature
  • Mood-based poem matching
  • Customizable poetry collections
  • Art paired with poems
  • Poetry news feed
Features
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People less cynical than myself have called it hope-scrolling. Nothings is an attempt to reinforce the positive habit of reading poetry. Along with a feed that matches poems to your mood, there's a new poem every day, and you can create and curate your own poetry collections. This app also matches art to poems, and there's a poetry news feed that acts as a window into more contemporary publications. There's no ads, no subscription and your data is not shared with third parties. Our goal is to fund server costs through book sales.

Screenshots

Fabula4 screens
Nothings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nothings at none against Fabula's 10. Nothings also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Fabula's advantage is ratings volume (7.1K vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Fabula sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Nothings asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nothings holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fabula has 7.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fabula ships an update every 5 weeks, Nothings weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Fabula versus Nothings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFabulaNothings
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB33 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperBIR YUDUM KITAP YAYINCILIK ANONIM SIRKETIScryer Limited

Bugs and requests

Fabula

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More book categories beyond self-help
  • Ability to easily cancel subscription
  • Improve narrator voice quality

Nothings

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Fabula

Subscriptions10
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Special Subscription$34.991 Year
  • Special Subscription$44.991 Year
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  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$45.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$64.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium$69.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium3 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$73.991 Year
None

Nothings

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fabula free?
Fabula is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nothings free?
Nothings is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fabula or Nothings?
Nothings is rated higher. Fabula averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7.1K ratings, while Nothings averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Fabula or Nothings have ads?
Neither Fabula nor Nothings shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fabula or Nothings?
Fabula ships an update every 5 weeks, and Nothings weekly. Most recently, Fabula was updated on November 7, 2026 and Nothings on October 31, 2026.

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