Comparison

Stories Designer vs Infinite Library

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

Head to head
About

Stories Designer

Create interactive, non-linear stories with branching narratives and multiple endings. Utilize an AI writing assistant for enhanced creativity and manage your projects with features like writer's notes and cloud sync.

Highlights
  • Intuitive story creation
  • AI writing assistant
  • Interactive choices
  • Pre-written scenes
  • Writer's notes
  • Cloud sync
  • Text-based RPG creation
Features
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Stories Designer is a complete studio for interactive fiction. Write the prose, branch the paths, wire up the game mechanics, and then play the whole thing in an immersive reader — all in one app, all on your device. WRITE Chapters, pages, and a rich text editor with formatting, images, and Writer's Notes for the plan behind the plot. Page revisions let one page have several versions, so a reader who loops back finds something new. BRANCH Give any page as many choices as it needs. Point a choice at another page, a whole chapter, or a Side Quest that returns where it left off. Add several destinations and the story picks one at random, so no two playthroughs match. BUILD A GAME, NOT JUST A BOOK • Inventory: items, stats, quests, and pins the reader carries in a Backpack • Conditions: show, hide, or unlock choices based on what the reader has done • An expression language for real arithmetic and logic on stats • Shortcodes that drop live values straight into your prose • Conditional prose blocks — If / Else If / Else — so a paragraph rewrites itself SEE THE WHOLE STORY The visual Designer lays your story out as a node graph you can drag, auto-arrange, and edit in place, with full undo. The Inspector traces every path, and Debug Mode finds the dead ends, orphan pages, and broken links before a reader does. READ IT LIKE A GAME An immersive reader with bookmarks, the Backpack, per-story fonts and colors, images, background music, and video. Have the story read aloud, then answer out loud — say "go left" or "continue" and the story listens. Perfect for the car, a walk, or reading to someone. AN AI THAT ACTUALLY KNOWS YOUR STORY Bring your own API key from Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), OpenAI, or xAI (Grok), or use the built-in credits. The assistant reads your pages, drafts new ones, writes options and conditions, wires up inventory, and keeps continuity — it edits your story with you rather than handing back a wall of text. Set its persona and voice per story so a horror novella and a children's tale don't sound the same. Generate illustrations, music, and narration audio to match. Every request's token use and cost is tracked in plain view. OFFLINE FIRST, YOURS ALWAYS Everything is stored on your device and everything works with no signal at all. Optional cloud sync keeps your library matched across phone, tablet, and Mac. Back up, restore, and archive whenever you like. SHARE IT Export a complete story as a single file — mechanics, media, and all — or as plain text you can edit anywhere. Import what other authors send you and read it the way they built it. BUILT WITH CARE Material 3 design that picks up your system colors, light and dark themes, large touch targets, and a layout that opens up on tablets, foldables, and desktop. An optional subscription unlocks cloud sync, online storage, and a monthly allowance of AI credits. You can skip it entirely: bring your own AI key, or use no AI at all — every authoring and reading feature works offline and unpaid. Whether you're writing a gamebook, a training scenario, a bedtime adventure, or a sprawling RPG campaign, Stories Designer gives you the whole workshop.

About

Infinite Library

Immerse yourself in a vast collection of original, choice-based interactive stories across diverse genres. Your decisions shape the narrative, leading to unique outcomes and endless replayability. Enjoy optional voice narration for a hands-free experience.

Highlights
  • Original interactive stories
  • Choice-based narratives
  • Unlimited story restarts
  • Full voice narration
  • Constantly expanding library
  • Multiple genres
Features
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The Infinite Library opens the doors to a boundless realm of interactive storytelling, where you control the outcome of every journey. Dive into an ever-growing collection of completely original, choice-based tales and see how your decisions can spark dramatic twists or gentle surprises at every step. A UNIVERSE OF STORIES Embark on quests across treacherous kingdoms, navigate post-apocalyptic wastelands, pursue love in the urban jungle, soar through uncharted galaxies, explore historical environments, or even just read a bedtime story to your kids. Each book in The Infinite Library offers its own unique genre, setting, and cast of characters, ensuring there’s always a new world to explore. CHOOSE YOUR PATH Crave heroics? Join a band of rebels on a daring mission. Prefer mystery? Investigate strange clues that lead to even stranger revelations. No matter where your curiosity takes you, The Infinite Library adapts to your every choice—so each new page reveals fresh opportunities and hidden secrets. LIMITLESS REPLAYS Curious about what might have happened if you’d chosen a different path? Restart any story at any time and guide your character in a whole new direction. Change your alliances, spark romances or rivalries, and uncover the consequences of your most daring decisions. It’s never the same story twice! BOOKS VS AUDIOBOOKS: WHY CHOOSE? Want an even deeper experience? Every story in The Infinite Library supports full voice narration that reads your story to you step-by-step. Perfect for listening on the go, this feature immerses you completely, whether you’re commuting, cooking, or just relaxing. KEY FEATURES - Dozens of Original Stories: Explore every genre from epic fantasy to futuristic thrillers. - Interactive Narratives: Every choice you make shapes the story’s outcome. - Unlimited Restarts: Discover branching paths and unexpected endings time and again. - Pro-Tier Voice Narration: Have your adventures read aloud for a hands-free journey. - Constantly Expanding Library: Enjoy frequent updates with new tales and narrative twists. Enter a place where anything can happen—where each decision you make carves out a fresh storyline. The next chapter is yours to write! Join Infinite Library today, and experience the wonder of truly boundless adventures! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Stories Designer4 screens
Infinite Library4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Stories Designer at 5.0 against Infinite Library's 4.3. Stories Designer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Infinite Library's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (9 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Stories Designer sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Infinite Library sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stories Designer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Stories Designer's written reviews are positive against 80% of Infinite Library's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stories Designer ships an update every 5 weeks, Infinite Library fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Stories Designer versus Infinite Library: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStories DesignerInfinite Library
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.3 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings29 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB192 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperScott Conger DesignAlexander Winn

Customer experience

Stories Designer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Infinite Library

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Stories Designer

Subscriptions1
  • Original Cloud Sync & AI$1.991 Month
One-time4
  • Theme Rose$0.99
  • Theme Ocean$0.99
  • Theme Default$1.99
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  • Theme Yellow$1.99
15 purchases

Infinite Library

Subscriptions15
  • Plus Subscription (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Plus Subscription (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Pro Subscription (Monthly)$5.991 Month
Show 12 more
  • Plus Tier (Monthly)$7.991 Month
  • Pro Subscription (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Plus Tier (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Pro Tier (Monthly)$11.991 Month
  • Pro Tier (Monthly)$14.991 Month
  • Plus Subscription (Yearly)$29.991 Year
  • Plus Subscription (Yearly)$49.991 Year
  • Pro Subscription (Yearly)$59.991 Year
  • Plus Tier (Yearly)$79.991 Year
  • Plus Tier (Yearly)$99.991 Year
  • Pro Tier (Yearly)$119.991 Year
  • Pro Tier (Yearly)$149.991 Year

Questions

Is Stories Designer free?
Stories Designer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Infinite Library free?
Infinite Library is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stories Designer or Infinite Library?
Stories Designer is rated higher. Stories Designer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Infinite Library averages 4.3 from 9 ratings.
Do Stories Designer or Infinite Library have ads?
Neither Stories Designer nor Infinite Library shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stories Designer or Infinite Library?
Stories Designer ships an update every 5 weeks, and Infinite Library fortnightly. Most recently, Stories Designer was updated on October 6, 2026 and Infinite Library on October 28, 2026.

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