ReadingPal vs Fanfics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReadingPal
Create and share your own books using text or voice input. This app offers a fun way to write stories, with features like speech-to-text and audio playback. Earn badges as you progress through your writing journey.
- Create books via typing or voice
- Speech-to-text functionality
- Audio playback of stories
- Organize books in a personal bookshelf
- Earn badges for progress
- Edit existing books
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Are you tired with compositions written in school? Want to create unique books with your own ideas? Use ReadingPal as you embark on your story-creating journey! Tired of typing? Narrate your stories to ReadingPal using the speech-to-text function to instantly save stories to your bookshelves. Retrieve saved stories and let ReadingPal narrate them to you anytime, anywhere. Earning badges as you advance on your journey makes it much more fun and exciting! So, you will never get tired of writing stories again! How to use? "My Bookshelf" will be the page where all your unique books will be stored. You can re-read these books or let ReadingPal read them for you. You can also edit your books. Write a book after pressing the plus button on the bookshelf and you can choose between typing or speaking out your book. After certain number of books are created, you can earn more badges!
Fanfics
Create and read original stories, novels, and books using an AI-powered writing tool. Explore a vast library of user-generated content and unleash your creativity.
- AI story generation
- Read novels and books
- Write original stories
- User-generated content library
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Your stories, brought to life by AI. Dream up any story, then step inside it. Fanfics turns a single idea into an endless, interactive story you shape one choice at a time. Invent characters, shape the setting, and follow the plot wherever you want it to go — the AI writes alongside you and remembers what matters. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Create a scenario from a one-line idea and start reading instantly • Steer the story your way — write your own actions or let the AI continue • Branch, retry, and rewrite any moment until it's just right • Edit the running story summary so the AI stays true to your plot • Explore community scenarios and play them however you like BUILT FOR LONG STORIES Our Memory system keeps track of characters, places, and key events — so your epic stays consistent hundreds of turns in, not just for the first few pages. A COMMUNITY OF STORYTELLERS Share your best scenarios, discover what others are creating, and find your next obsession across every genre — romance, fantasy, sci-fi, slice-of-life, and more. Start with a spark. See where it takes you. Find our EULA here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ReadingPal at 100% against Fanfics's 47%. ReadingPal also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Fanfics's advantage is ratings volume (83 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Fanfics sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. ReadingPal asks for nothing beyond the download.
ReadingPal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fanfics has 83 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ReadingPal's written reviews are positive against 47% of Fanfics's.
ReadingPal ships an update every 3 days, Fanfics every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ReadingPal | Fanfics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (83 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 46.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 83 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tinkercademy Community Showcase | Kawaii |
Customer experience
ReadingPal
Fanfics
In-app purchases
ReadingPal
No in-app purchases
Fanfics
- Fanfics Pro (Weekly)3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Fanfics Pro (Monthly)3 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Fanfics Pro (Yearly)3 Days trial$59.991 Year
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