Comparison

ぐるどく vs StoryBoat

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

Head to head
About

ぐるどく

Features
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ぐるどくアプリは、グループで EPUB ファイルを読む際に便利なリーダーアプリです。気になる文章を長押しして選択し、リーダー下部のコメントボタンを押せば選択した文章に対してコメントすることが出来ます。これにより「自分とは立場の異なる人はどういう感想を抱くのか?」「読んでいてわからなかった部分の議論になる」などを始めとしたことが起こり、書籍に対する理解や見識を深めることができます。 活用方法はさまざまです。ソフトウェアエンジニアがよくおこなっている輪読会に利用することができます。チームビルディングの際の共通認識を作るために書籍を読み合わせるときにも活用できるでしょう。夫婦で子育てに関する書籍をぐるどくで読み、コメントしてそれぞれの考え方を理解する手助けになることもあるでしょう。ぜひご利用いただいて、皆様のご活用方法をお教えいただけると嬉しいです。

About

StoryBoat

Features
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StoryBoat is a focused reading app for EPUB, TXT, PDF, Kindle formats, Markdown, and long-form text. Import your books and documents, keep your reading shelf organized, and pick up where you left off. Read quietly with tuned themes and typography, or listen with system speech and connected online voices. Word-level highlighting, speech filters, voice cache management, share cards, and a calm plain-text editor help long sessions feel lighter. StoryBoat Pro is available as a one-time purchase. Pro unlocks advanced reading tools, premium text-to-speech features, custom fonts, voice filters, chapter preloading, and voice cache management. Importing books and documents is available without Pro. Privacy Policy: https://selfstudio.fun/storyboat/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ぐるどく1 screens
StoryBoat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: StoryBoat at daily against ぐるどく's every 2 weeks. ぐるどく's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). 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. ぐるどく sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and StoryBoat sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ぐるどく ships an update every 2 weeks, StoryBoat daily. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
ぐるどく versus StoryBoat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterぐるどくStoryBoat
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMAKASETE, IncHUANG LUE LUO

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ぐるどく

One-time1
  • コメントの閲覧・投稿機能の利用$5.99
5 purchases

StoryBoat

One-time5
  • Buy a Coffee$0.99
  • Add a Lantern$1.99
  • Send StoryBoat Forward$3.99
Show 2 more
  • StoryBoat Pro$3.99
  • Deep Support$9.99

Questions

Is ぐるどく free?
ぐるどく is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StoryBoat free?
StoryBoat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ぐるどく or StoryBoat have ads?
Neither ぐるどく nor StoryBoat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ぐるどく or StoryBoat?
ぐるどく ships an update every 2 weeks, and StoryBoat daily. Most recently, ぐるどく was updated on October 27, 2026 and StoryBoat on October 24, 2026.

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