ZiZi! vs PassTheStory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ZiZi!
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Have you argued with a relative or friend of yours? Talk about it together in the app by creating a constructive debate and hear people's external opinions! If it's a confidential topic, you can also choose to create the survey anonymously!
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.
- Collaborative sentence-based storytelling
- Voice input for young children
- Private story library
- Offline functionality
- No ads or data collection
- Family bonding ritual
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ZiZi! ships an update weekly, PassTheStory monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ZiZi! | PassTheStory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Carlo Tamburrelli | Justin Neuman |
In-app purchases
ZiZi!
No in-app purchases
PassTheStory
No in-app purchases









