Anomaly vs Adopt a Book
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Interactive graphic novel
- Parallax animation
- Professional voice acting
- 320-page sci-fi/fantasy story
- 175+ informational touchpoints
- 3 reading modes
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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!
Adopt a Book
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This app enables you to: * Manage your book inventory * Scan books with ISBN * Add book reviews * Follow friends and get recommendations * Share (lend, giveaway, sell) and request books * Track your lent books * Start conversations with people regarding books * View Best Seller books
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Adopt a Book at none against Anomaly's 1. Adopt a Book also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 35 months). Anomaly's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.5). On price 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
Both are free to download. Anomaly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Adopt a Book asks for nothing beyond the download.
Anomaly ships an update every 35 months, Adopt a Book every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Anomaly | Adopt a Book |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (54 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 84.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 204 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Anomaly Productions, Inc. | Praneeth Peiris |
In-app purchases
Anomaly
- Full Unlock$0.99
Adopt a Book
No in-app purchases
