Boundless vs Povella
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Boundless
Access a vast collection of ebooks, digital audiobooks, and videobooks from your local library or school. Enjoy a seamless reading, listening, and watching experience with personalized recommendations and engaging reading programs.
- Discover ebooks, audiobooks, and videobooks
- Read, listen, and watch in one app
- Personalized recommendations
- Join library reading programs
- Track reading progress and earn badges
- Customizable reading experience
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Boundless by Baker & Taylor gives users the ability to discover and enjoy ebooks, digital audiobooks, video and videobooks from their library or school on mobile devices. • Read, listen, and watch all in one app • Supports eRead-Along and videobook content • Recommendations based on your interests • Join reading programs and challenges from your library • See your progress and earn badges for reading achievements • Notetaking, bookmarking, page layout and font controls Boundless is a digital content service from Baker & Taylor, the premier distributor of books and entertainment products to libraries. Boundless Library is a service from Baker & Taylor, the premier distributor of books and entertainment products.
Povella
Create personalized, full-length novels where you are the main character. Provide details about yourself, and the app will craft a unique story with character arcs and plot twists.
- Personalized novel creation
- User as main character
- Full-length novel generation
- Character arcs and plot twists
- Unique story crafting
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Your POV. Your Novel. Povella writes full-length, personalized novels where you are the main character. Not a short story. Not a fill-in-the-blank template. A real novel — with character arcs, rising tension, plot twists, and an ending that belongs to you. HOW IT WORKS 1. Tell us about yourself — your name, personality, career, the things you want. It takes two minutes. 2. Pick your story. We generate original premises built from your life, across romance, thriller, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery and more. 3. Read your novel, chapter by chapter — 4,000–6,000 words each, written the way published fiction is written: story bible first, then arcs, then prose. SEE YOURSELF IN IT Add a selfie and every chapter illustration features a protagonist who looks like you. Pinch to zoom. Save any illustration to your photos. YOU CONTROL THE STORY Choose your length, from a short story to a full 21-chapter novel. Set the tone, the pacing, and whether it's told in first or third person. Then keep going — generate the next chapter whenever you're ready. NO SUBSCRIPTION Start with 5 free chapters. After that you buy credits and spend them only when you generate something. Nothing recurring, nothing to cancel, no charge for simply having the app. BUILT FOR READING A proper reader with dark mode, bookmarks and progress tracking. Publish a finished novel to the community library, or borrow what other writers have made. Your POV. Your Novel. Povella.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Povella at 100% against Boundless's 32%. Povella also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). Boundless's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (18K vs 6). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Povella sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Boundless asks for nothing beyond the download.
Povella holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boundless has 18K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Boundless's written reviews are positive against 100% of Povella's.
Boundless ships an update monthly, Povella every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boundless | Povella |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (18K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 177 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Baker & Taylor | Dashible |
Customer experience
Boundless
Povella
Bugs and requests
Boundless
Reported bugs
4 issues- Books disappearing from user's shelf
- Inability to return or renew books
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between profiles
- Audiobook playback issues
Requested features
5 requests- Improved page turning and navigation controls
- Ability to adjust margins and font settings
- Offline access to downloaded content
- Better integration with other reading apps
- More detailed progress tracking and analytics
Povella
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Boundless
No in-app purchases
Povella
- 5 Credits$5.00
- 10 Credits$10.00
- 25 Credits$25.00
