Comparison

WitchBook vs Hellbound Hearts

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

Head to head
About

WitchBook

Connect with the witchy community, discover supplies and decor, and participate in events and rituals. Access a comprehensive herbal grimoire, crystal information, and join a book club. Support small businesses while finding spells, courses, and making new friends.

Highlights
  • Witchy supplies and decor marketplace
  • Community events and rituals
  • Sabbat and moon cycle celebrations
  • Witchy courses and classes
  • Herbal grimoire and crystal information
  • Book club and personal shopper
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Bringing the witchy community together! Find all of your Witchy supplies and decor, participate in events and rituals, celebrate Sabbats and moon cycles, find readings, win prizes, join our book club, sign up for witchy courses & classes, find spells, an herbal grimoire, info on crystals, book a personal shopper, make life long friends, and so much more, all while helping support small businesses in the witchy community! Our Vendors are vetted and verified so you can shop safely and with confidence! PRICING INFORMATION: A subscription of $1.99 a month is required in order to access the entire app. • Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. • You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Please find a link to the Privacy Policy below: https://www.witchbook.app/privacy_policy Please find a link to the Terms of Service below: https://www.witchbook.app/terms_and_conditions

About

Hellbound Hearts

Connect with fellow horror enthusiasts, watch public-domain movies together in real-time theater rooms, and stay updated on genre news. Share your latest watches, reads, and games with a community built by and for horror fans.

Highlights
  • Connect with horror fans
  • Watch movies together in real-time
  • Share current media consumption
  • Curated horror genre news
  • Unified watchlist
  • Privacy controls
Features
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Hellbound Hearts is the home for horror fans — a community where you can connect with people who love the same scares as you, watch movies together in real-time theater rooms, share what you're watching, and link up at conventions and events. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Connect with the horror community. Find people who share your taste in horror — slasher, supernatural, cosmic, psychological, whatever scares you the most — and link up at conventions, screenings, midnight shows, and haunted attractions. • Watch movies together. Real-time theater rooms let you watch public-domain horror classics with friends, with synchronized playback and live chat overlay. Movies AND TV series. No streaming subscription needed — every film is free to stream from the Internet Archive. • Share what you're watching. Post your latest watch, your spookiest reads, your most haunting games. See what your friends are obsessing over with "Now Watching," "Now Reading," "Now Listening," and "Now Playing" post types. • Get the news. Curated horror genre news — film, TV, books, games, conventions — surfaced when you open the app. A daily pulse with what's haunting horror this week. • Build your watchlist. Track movies, books, podcasts, and games across one unified collection. Mark what you've watched, rate it, share it. • Invite your friends. Share Hellbound Hearts with the horror fans you already know. Help the community grow. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Built by horror fans, for horror fans. Not another general social app with a horror filter — every feature is designed around how horror communities actually work: deep genre knowledge, convention culture, shared theater experiences, public-domain film discovery, and the kind of recommendations you only get from someone whose collection is as dark as yours. PRIVACY YOU CONTROL You decide what's public, who can message you, and how location-based matching works (city-level only — we never store your precise location). Settings → Privacy lets you opt out of analytics with a single toggle. Detailed privacy controls in the app and in our policy at hellboundhearts.com/privacy. WHO IT'S FOR 18+. Hellbound Hearts is built for adult horror fans. Some content discussions involve themes that are unsettling by design — that's the genre.

Screenshots

WitchBook4 screens
Hellbound Hearts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hellbound Hearts at 100% against WitchBook's 48%. Hellbound Hearts also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). WitchBook's advantage is ratings volume (364 vs 4). 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. WitchBook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Hellbound Hearts asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hellbound Hearts holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WitchBook has 364 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of WitchBook's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hellbound Hearts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
WitchBook versus Hellbound Hearts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWitchBookHellbound Hearts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (364 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings364 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB57 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperWitchcraftHUB LLCAllen Erwin

Customer experience

WitchBook

All ratings363 ratings
Positive80.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative16.3%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive48.1%
Neutral2.5%
Negative49.4%

Hellbound Hearts

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

WitchBook

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes or freezes frequently
  • Login and account issues
  • Subscription and payment problems
  • Vendor features not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • More personalization options for user profiles
  • Improved messaging and sharing capabilities
  • Diverse content groups and posting options
  • Ability to use the app with ads instead of subscription

Hellbound Hearts

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

WitchBook

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$11.991 Year
None

Hellbound Hearts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WitchBook free?
WitchBook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hellbound Hearts free?
Hellbound Hearts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WitchBook or Hellbound Hearts?
Hellbound Hearts is rated higher. WitchBook averages 4.3 out of 5 from 364 ratings, while Hellbound Hearts averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do WitchBook or Hellbound Hearts have ads?
Neither WitchBook nor Hellbound Hearts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WitchBook or Hellbound Hearts?
WitchBook ships an update every 2 months, and Hellbound Hearts every 2 months. Most recently, WitchBook was updated on October 7, 2026 and Hellbound Hearts on October 8, 2026.

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