Comparison

Anomaly vs TheBookSailor

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

TheBookSailor

Features
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TheBookSailor is the social network for writers, readers and publishing professionals. It's not a manuscript inbox: you publish, follow, comment and chat in private. And if you read, what you give comes back: every report you deliver opens one more spot for others to read your work. Publish your manuscript and get real beta readers, discover unpublished stories before anyone else, or offer your publishing services to the whole community. Creating your account is free and needs no card. FOR WRITERS • Upload your manuscript and recruit beta readers who fit your work. • Design your own questionnaires and get ratings and actionable feedback. • Say which language you write in: people who read in your language find you. • Publish in the public library and manage all your works from your dashboard. • Enter your works in contests and win illustrated cards that can't be bought. • Request quotes from publishing professionals: editing, layout, illustration… • Share your process on the wall and talk privately with your readers. FOR READERS • Read beta manuscripts and give feedback that drives authors forward. • Every report you deliver gives you one more spot for others to read your own work, plus gems and reputation. • Get access to unpublished stories before they're published anywhere. • Review books from the library and build your taste in plain sight. • Take part in contests: the community votes and the podium takes gold, silver and bronze. • Join a reading club: read the same book at the same time and vote on the next read. • Follow your favourite authors and discover what's new in your feed. FOR PUBLISHING PROFESSIONALS • Appear in the Publishing Portal, the public directory of professionals. • Receive quote requests from authors across the community. • Show the books you've published and build your reputation. • Manage your profile and your catalogue of services in one place. A COMMUNITY, NOT AN INBOX A wall with no algorithm hiding you. Two tabs and you choose: "For you", the whole community; "Following", only the accounts you follow — you decide your feed, not a machine. You post, comment, react, quote and reply. Direct messages with your beta readers, with an author you follow or with the professional you asked for a quote. Tag the topics you care about with #. Every post has a public link: share it anywhere, even with people who don't have an account. YOUR ACTIVITY GETS REWARDED Every contest gives out an illustrated card, signed by a different artist: gold, silver and bronze for the podium, and a regular version for everyone who enters a work. Cards live in your album, with the gaps for the ones you're missing in plain view, and your album is public: anyone can see what you've won from your profile. They aren't sold or exchanged for money — they're earned by writing. Earn XP, level up and unlock badges for what you do inside. Choose your role and change it whenever you like. Everything in one account: reading, publishing your first work and taking part are free, and Prime is there if you want to publish without limits and see new projects before anyone else. Your next story starts on board. Terms of Use: https://thebooksailor.com/en/legal/condiciones-uso/ Privacy Policy: https://thebooksailor.com/en/legal/politica-privacidad/ Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Anomaly4 screens
TheBookSailor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TheBookSailor at every 2 days against Anomaly's every 35 months. Anomaly's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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. Anomaly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TheBookSailor sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anomaly ships an update every 35 months, TheBookSailor every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Anomaly versus TheBookSailor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnomalyTheBookSailor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (54 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings54 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 35 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size204 MB57 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperAnomaly Productions, Inc.BOIRATECH

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Anomaly

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$0.99
4 purchases

TheBookSailor

Subscriptions4
  • Prime mensual$3.991 Month
  • Portal Editorial mensual$8.991 Month
  • Prime anual$49.991 Year
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  • Portal Editorial anual$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Anomaly free?
Anomaly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TheBookSailor free?
TheBookSailor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Anomaly or TheBookSailor have ads?
Neither Anomaly nor TheBookSailor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anomaly or TheBookSailor?
Anomaly ships an update every 35 months, and TheBookSailor every 2 days. Most recently, Anomaly was updated on November 6, 2026 and TheBookSailor on November 13, 2026.

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