Comparison

Anomaly vs Phallaina

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

Head to head
About

Anomaly

Experience a groundbreaking graphic novel with interactive parallax animation and professional voice acting. Choose your path through a 320-page sci-fi/fantasy epic, enhanced with over 175 informational touchpoints and 3.5 hours of audio.

Highlights
  • Interactive graphic novel
  • Parallax animation
  • Professional voice acting
  • 320-page sci-fi/fantasy story
  • 175+ informational touchpoints
  • 3 reading modes
Features
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ANOMALY the Interactive Graphic Novel. Combines parallax animation and interactivity to create a multimedia experience of unparalleled proportions. Far beyond any book or eBook, the ANOMALY APP lets YOU choose how YOU want to enjoy this groundbreaking work that’s setting the publishing world on fire! At the heart of this adventure is a cast of 15 actors, drawn from FILM, TELEVISION and VIDEO GAMES, lending their amazing voice talents to bring over 90 speaking roles to life! Enjoy the first chapter for free and then unlock the rest of the content to experience: -300 Page Epic Sci-fi/Fantasy Story -Over 1500 Panels of Art with Incredible Parallax Animation -3 and a Half Hours of Professionally VoiceActed Audio -Over 175 Informational Touch Points to learn the story behind the story -3 Different reading modes Discover more at Facebook.com/ExperienceAnomaly *** FEATURING ACTORS YOU KNOW AND LOVE!!! *** Vincent Corazza, Olivia D’Abo, Dave Fennoy, Ryan Cooper, Nana Visitor, John Bentley, Hudson Leick, Richard Doyle, Lauren Storm, Joseph Culp, Anthony Cistaro, David Lodge, Molly Hagan, Keith Szarabajka & Vic Polizos. Don’t just take our word for it. IMDB them! *** MORE BACKSTORY CONTENT THAN MOST BOOKS HAVE AS THEIR MAIN COURSE!!! *** Over 175 TOUCHPOINTS bring an ADDITIONAL 100 PAGES of back story to life with DOZENS of ORIGINAL PAINTED IMAGES, SKETCHES and INTERACTIVE 3D MODELS! *** HAVE THE BOOK “ACTED OUT” TO YOU…WITH FULL VOICEOVERS!!! *** A Graphic novel is nice. A Graphic novel that reads to you with movie-level voice acting is what previous generations could only dream of in their wildest fantasy! That dream is now REALITY! This is much more than “book-on-CD” type narration. This is “digital books” done in a way you’ve NEVER experienced before! Explore each gorgeous panel at your leisure. Go ahead. We can wait… Extensive PARALLAX lends motion in ways no static page ever could. Simply tap when you’re ready to move on. *** LET THE BOOK PLAY LIKE A MOVIE!!! *** Sit back and relax… Auto-play will “act out ANOMALY for you” without any additional input. Don’t want the letters in the way? Turn them off! This is as close as any graphic novel gets to a theater experience without being fully animated!

About

Phallaina

Experience a unique digital comic book that blends graphic novel storytelling with animated film elements. This scrolling narrative offers an immersive 90-minute experience with parallax effects and captivating sound design. Explore a world where science and mythology intertwine.

Highlights
  • Scrolling graphic novel format
  • Parallax effects for depth
  • Entrancing sound design
  • 90-minute narrative experience
  • Available in English and French
  • Combines cognitive science and mythology
Features
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A "Scrolling Graphic Novel" for tactile screens. Peabody Award 2017. Halfway between a graphic novel and an animated film, Phallaina is the first "scrolling graphic novel" for tablets and smartphones. Available in English and French, the app delivers 90 minutes of scrollable reading experience. Conceived by Marietta Ren and the Small Bang studio, and accompanied by an entrancing sound design by Côme Jalibert, this horizontal-scrolling, panel-less digital comic book uses parallax effects in order to bring an immersive depth to the narrative. Download the app for free and discover the first two chapters. The story In a world similar to ours, where cities have adapted to the rising waters, Audrey follows a series of clinical trials in order to understand the origins of her hallucinatory fits, which are populated by huge white whales. Thus begins the intimate adventure of her personal transformation, combining cognitive sciences and mythology... and changing the course of her destiny in the process. International recognition Released in January 2016, selected as part of the official competition of the Angoulême International Comic Book festival, as well as the Naples Comicon, Phallaina has also won the Best digital comic award at the 2016 New Media Film Festival in Los Angeles, and has known a great amount of success in numerous festivals such as the Peabody awards and the Webby awards. But our biggest reward are your stars, shares and comments which fill us with joy and gratitude! And for those of you who have not yet taken the plunge, hesitate no longer :) ! Download Phallaina now, and delve right into Audrey's world. © France Télévisions - Small Bang 2016

Screenshots

Anomaly4 screens
Phallaina4 screens

Verdict

The call

Anomaly and Phallaina both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 93% of Phallaina's written reviews are positive against 84% of Anomaly's. Anomaly's advantage is ratings volume (54 vs 15). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Anomaly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Phallaina sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Anomaly against 4.7 for Phallaina. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 54 and 15 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Anomaly's written reviews are positive against 93% of Phallaina's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anomaly ships an update every 35 months, Phallaina every 37 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Anomaly versus Phallaina: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnomalyPhallaina
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (54 ratings)4.7 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews92.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings54 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 35 months — betterEvery 37 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size204 MB318 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperAnomaly Productions, Inc.Small Bang

Customer experience

Anomaly

All ratings54 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral3.7%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative12.0%

Phallaina

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Anomaly

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$0.99
1 purchases

Phallaina

One-time1
  • Full StoryFree

Questions

Is Anomaly free?
Anomaly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Phallaina free?
Phallaina is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Anomaly or Phallaina?
Anomaly and Phallaina are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 54 and 15 ratings respectively.
Do Anomaly or Phallaina have ads?
Neither Anomaly nor Phallaina shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anomaly or Phallaina?
Anomaly ships an update every 35 months, and Phallaina every 37 months. Most recently, Anomaly was updated on October 8, 2026 and Phallaina on October 3, 2026.

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