Comparison

ZiZi! vs PassTheStory

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

Head to head
About

ZiZi!

Features
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About

PassTheStory

Collaboratively create stories with another person by taking turns adding sentences. This app fosters connection and imagination through a unique, voice-first experience for young children and families. Your stories are saved privately on your device, creating a shared mythology.

Highlights
  • Collaborative sentence-based storytelling
  • Voice input for young children
  • Private story library
  • Offline functionality
  • No ads or data collection
  • Family bonding ritual
Features
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One phone. Two people. Same room. Parent and child open the app. One speaks or types a single sentence. Pass the phone. Add the next sentence. Back and forth, as long as you want. When finished, the story saves to your private library. That's it. That's the whole app. THE RITUAL The physical hand-off is the design. Turn-taking. Eye contact. Presence. The story only moves forward when the phone changes hands. The phone becomes what the campfire was—not a portal to somewhere else, but a place where you meet each other. VOICE-FIRST FOR YOUNG CHILDREN A four-year-old who can't write becomes a co-author because her voice is enough. Voice input is built in and works beautifully for early readers and pre-readers alike. YOUR PRIVATE MYTHOLOGY Families don't tell one story. They return. They elaborate. They build worlds. The Kingdom of Soggy Pancakes. The fox in the Misty Clearing. The spaceship that only flies when you're kind. The library grows into a shared mythology that belongs only to you. When they're teenagers and the distance widens, it's still there. "Remember when we made that story about the brave sock?" NOTHING EXTRACTED No ads No data collection No cloud—stories stay on your device No account required Works offline: cars, camping, bedtime No AI writing for you Free forever Human imagination is the original generative engine. PassTheStory protects and exercises it.

Screenshots

ZiZi!4 screens
PassTheStory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PassTheStory at none against ZiZi!'s shown. ZiZi!'s advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ZiZi! ships an update weekly, PassTheStory monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
ZiZi! versus PassTheStory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZiZi!PassTheStory
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB57 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperCarlo TamburrelliJustin Neuman

In-app purchases

None

ZiZi!

No in-app purchases

None

PassTheStory

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZiZi! free?
ZiZi! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PassTheStory free?
PassTheStory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ZiZi! or PassTheStory have ads?
ZiZi! shows ads; PassTheStory does not.
Which is updated more often, ZiZi! or PassTheStory?
ZiZi! ships an update weekly, and PassTheStory monthly. Most recently, ZiZi! was updated on November 3, 2026 and PassTheStory on October 30, 2026.

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