Comparison

Book Creator for iPad vs Speedy Note

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

Head to head
About

Book Creator for iPad

Easily create and publish your own beautiful ebooks directly on your iPad. Add text, photos, videos, and drawings to make picture books, comics, journals, and more. Share your creations via email, cloud services, or even publish to the Apple Books Store.

Highlights
  • Add text with 50+ fonts
  • Incorporate photos and images
  • Resize, rotate, and position content
  • Add video, music, and voice recordings
  • Draw and annotate with pen tool
  • Comic templates and stickers
  • Publish to Apple Books Store
Features
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Book Creator is the simplest way for students to show what they know. Make your own ebooks, comics, journals, and portfolios on iPad, then share them as an ePub, PDF, or video. Works fully offline. Book Creator is now part of the Kami family. Together, our products make learning visible, accessible, and meaningful. ** OVER 250 million books have been made in Book Creator since 2011 ** BUILT FOR CLASSROOMS WITHOUT WIFI The iPad app runs entirely on the device, with no account and no internet connection needed. That makes it a good fit for schools with limited connectivity, one-to-one iPad programs, and students working away from the classroom. Books stay on the device rather than in an account, so there's no login for students to remember. WHAT STUDENTS CAN MAKE Picture books, comics, poetry, science journals, how-to guides, reading portfolios, class newsletters, and anything else worth keeping. Book Creator works across every subject and every age group. * Write with over 50 fonts, in portrait, landscape, or square * Add photos from the camera or camera roll * Record voice, music, and video straight onto the page * Draw and annotate with the pen tool * Build comics with templates, panels, speech bubbles, and stickers * Resize, rotate, and position everything with snap guides WAYS TO SHARE * Read the finished book in Apple Books * Export as an ePub, a PDF, or a video file * Send by email, AirDrop, or a cloud service such as Google Drive or iCloud Drive * Print with AirPrint * Publish a book online to share with families MADE FOR EVERY LEARNER Students who find writing difficult can record their voice instead. Students learning a new language can pair images with words. Students who need more time can keep adding to a book across a whole term. Book Creator has always been built so that every learner can take part in the same task, in their own way. A NOTE ON FIXED LAYOUT BOOKS Book Creator uses the international ePub standard and supports fixed layout books, including double page spreads and soundtracks. Fixed layout isn't suited to long novels where text reflows from page to page, and you can't paste in large amounts of text from other documents. BOOK CREATOR FOR THE WHOLE CLASS Book Creator online is a separate product available for teachers who want live access to student work. Teachers set up class libraries, view every book as students write, give feedback in place, and choose from hundreds of ready-made templates. Student accounts are free. The two products work independently and don't sync with each other. See app.bookcreator.com to compare them. SUPPORT The app includes a Getting Started manual. For help articles and email support, see bookcreator.com/support.

About

Speedy Note

Learn to read music in the bass clef with this interactive and competitive game. Master six levels at your own pace, track your progress, and compete with yourself or friends. Supports MIDI instruments and offers both alphabetic and solfege notation.

Highlights
  • Interactive bass clef learning game
  • Six mastery levels
  • Score tracking and progress monitoring
  • MIDI instrument compatibility
  • Alphabetic and Solfege notation options
  • CD quality piano sounds
Features
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Speedy Note: Bass Clef teaches you to read the Bass Clef (F Clef) in an interactive, fun and competitive game environment. Great for beginners to advanced, children or adults. Master the six levels and you have mastered the Bass Clef! Compete with yourself or with your friends. Speedy Note tracks your scores and lets you know how you are doing. Speedy Note also allows you to learn at your own pace – you decide the level of difficulty and when to advance to more difficult levels. Speedy Note: Bass Clef is very intuitive. It only takes a few moments to learn how to use (even for young children). FEATURES: Speedy Note is MIDI compatible. You can use your midi instrument to play the game and learn the notes. (Requires a MIDI interface connected through the lightening port or a Bluetooth LE MIDI device.) CD quality piano sounds. Can be used silently allowing you to practice learning notes anywhere, any time. (No need to turn down or off your device’s volume.) You can learn either using alphabetic notation (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) or Solfege notation (Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si). Created by Bienelle Music. Created by Bienelle Music

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Book Creator for iPad at every 5 weeks against Speedy Note's every 15 months. Book Creator for iPad also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.7) and review sentiment (73% vs 46%). Speedy Note's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $3.99) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Book Creator for iPad costs $3.99 and Speedy Note $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Book Creator for iPad holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Book Creator for iPad has 213 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Book Creator for iPad's written reviews are positive against 46% of Speedy Note's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book Creator for iPad ships an update every 5 weeks, Speedy Note every 15 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Book Creator for iPad versus Speedy Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook Creator for iPadSpeedy Note
Price$3.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.1 (213 ratings) — better3.7 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews73.0% of reviews — better46.2% of reviews
Number of ratings213 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 15 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.014.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size179 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTools for Schools LimitedBrian Hughes

Customer experience

Book Creator for iPad

All ratings213 ratings
Positive76.1%
Neutral7.0%
Negative16.9%
Written reviews285 reviews
Positive73.0%
Neutral8.1%
Negative18.9%

Speedy Note

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative46.2%

Bugs and requests

Book Creator for iPad

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Glitches with text input and formatting
  • Issues with loading and saving books
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
  • Bugs with audio recording and playback

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to delete pages and books
  • More font and formatting options
  • Ability to import and edit images
  • Improved text flow and layout controls
  • Integration with cloud storage and sharing
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  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Ability to create table of contents

Speedy Note

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Book Creator for iPad

No in-app purchases

None

Speedy Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Book Creator for iPad free?
Book Creator for iPad costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Speedy Note free?
Speedy Note costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Book Creator for iPad or Speedy Note?
Book Creator for iPad is rated higher. Book Creator for iPad averages 4.1 out of 5 from 213 ratings, while Speedy Note averages 3.7 from 6 ratings.
Do Book Creator for iPad or Speedy Note have ads?
Neither Book Creator for iPad nor Speedy Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Book Creator for iPad or Speedy Note?
Book Creator for iPad ships an update every 5 weeks, and Speedy Note every 15 months. Most recently, Book Creator for iPad was updated on October 26, 2026 and Speedy Note on October 26, 2026.

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