Comparison

One More Story vs Face Forward

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

Head to head
About

One More Story

An online library offering classic and contemporary picture books read aloud by professional actors. Features include highlighted text, vocabulary support, and an optional listening game for comprehension assessment.

Highlights
  • Dynamic library of 80+ books
  • Professional narration
  • Highlighted text synchronization
  • Vocabulary support
  • Listening comprehension game
  • Original music soundtracks
Features
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Instill a love reading with One More Story, an online library of the best of classic and contemporary picture books read aloud. To access to the One More Story library, you must be a paid subscriber to One More Story. You will need Internet access while using this app. The app streams large multimedia files. One More Story received the James Patterson PageTurner Award for finding "original and effective ways to spread the excitement of books and reading." Other awards -- - Parents' Choice Award - Teachers' Choice Award - School Library Journal's Top Ten Digital Resources Featuring picture books from well known authors and publishers, soundtracks composed by the former music director of Sesame Street, and narration by professional actors, One More Story allows beginning readers to experience the wonder of quality literature before they are fully effective readers. Empowered by our unique scaffolding process, students can listen and follow along with highlighted text as a story is read to them, or read it themselves in the I Can Read It mode, clicking on words to hear them read aloud. - Dynamic library of over 80 classic and contemporary favorites added to continually - Original music by former music director of Sesame Street - More than 25 professional actors provide a variety of narrative voices - Vocabulary (new feature!) helps early readers learn the meanings of more advanced words - Individual word highlighting synced to the narration allows children to organically learn the connection between the spoken and written word - Listening Game (for school use only) assesses student comprehension at the end of selected texts - Titles by Cynthia Ryland, Ezra Jack Keats, Eve Bunting, Bernard Most, and others

About

Face Forward

Features
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Features of Face Forward – An N-Back Memory Game • Three engaging games that help train working memory • Designed to challenge both teenagers and adults (ages 13+) • Tap whenever you see the face you saw 1, 2, 3, or more numbers before • Helps train attention and memory skills • Difficulty level is automatically adjusted • A Two-Player Option is available • Scores are automatically saved and can be emailed Explore this fun game and build your memory power for faces. Can you reach the highest level? Are you a memory genius? Prove it with this brain building game. The games will automatically adjust the difficulty level and provide you with new challenges to test your memory. And as the game progresses, you will need to think faster and faster. You can always test yourself and set the game to the highest level of difficulty. Play with a friend and find out who has the best memory. Each round must be completed for your score to be saved in single player mode. Please note that no grades are saved in two player mode. Two player mode only records which Player (1 or 2) won after the match is completed. A training session is completed only when the program is stopped and then removed from memory. If the program is left open in the background and it is selected, then the last session started will be continued. The app will start off with a 60 minute trial version. You can modify the options and run the games during this trial period. Once the trial has ended, you will need to make a one-time in-app purchase to unlock the games for unlimited use.

Screenshots

One More Story4 screens
Face Forward4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: One More Story at every 2 months against Face Forward's every 39 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. One More Story sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Face Forward sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

One More Story ships an update every 2 months, Face Forward every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
One More Story versus Face Forward: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOne More StoryFace Forward
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 39 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOne More Story, IncBrainTrain Inc.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

One More Story

One-time4
  • 7 days$3.99
  • 3 months$18.99
  • 6 months$30.99
Show 1 more
  • 1 year$49.99
1 purchases

Face Forward

One-time1
  • Full Version$2.99

Questions

Is One More Story free?
One More Story is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Face Forward free?
Face Forward is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do One More Story or Face Forward have ads?
Neither One More Story nor Face Forward shows ads.
Which is updated more often, One More Story or Face Forward?
One More Story ships an update every 2 months, and Face Forward every 39 months. Most recently, One More Story was updated on October 1, 2026 and Face Forward on October 15, 2026.

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