Comparison

toongether vs Storygrounds

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

Head to head
About

toongether

Create and read fantasy comic stories, inspired by popular magical and mystery series. Build your own worlds, characters, and plots panel by panel. Collaborate with others by remixing existing panels or developing full comic series.

Highlights
  • Create manga/manhwa inspired stories
  • Build magic academies and mysterious worlds
  • Remix panels and publish your own take
  • Develop serialized comic story series
  • World-building playground with characters and locations
  • No drawing skills required
Features
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Make your own manga, manhwa and webcomics. Build dramatic romance scenes, cinematic panels, and characters readers won't forget. All from your phone. You supply the ideas. We'll supply the assets. toongether keeps you in charge of the story: you write the script, compose the scenes, choose the vibe. We handle the canvas, the posing, the backgrounds, so you can go from idea to published chapter in one afternoon. Drag, drop, write, publish. That's the loop. FIND YOUR SQUAD You're not posting into the void. toongether publishes straight to a community of readers and creators who care about webcomics. Read free romance, fantasy and slow-burn series from creators around the world while you build your own. Drop a cliffhanger and watch the reactions roll in. Trade tips. Find a co-writer for your next series. WHY CREATORS LOVE TOONGETHER - Characters that stay consistent between panels. Your protagonist looks exactly like themselves from page one to the finale. - Cooking an enemies-to-lovers arc? Fake dating? CEO romance? Fanfic? Generate the poses, outfits and backgrounds to match in one tap. - Real layout control. Layer, rotate, resize, stack speech bubbles until the scene looks how you saw it in your head. You aren't just prompting, you are directing. - Built-in readers. Your chapter goes live in front of manga and manhwa fans the moment you hit post. - A real community. Co-writers, comments, and a fanbase you build from chapter one. Start your story today. Who is your main character falling for first? Terms of Use: https://toongether.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://toongether.ai/privacy

About

Storygrounds

Engage with a vast library of comics, manga, and webtoons across diverse genres. This app allows readers to actively influence story progression through quests, votes, and challenges, earning rewards for their participation. Discover new content and connect with a community of creators and fans.

Highlights
  • Interactive comic reader
  • Community-driven story influence
  • Earn rewards for participation
  • Extensive comic library
  • Diverse genre selection
  • Creator collaboration features
Features
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Dive into the App for Premium Comics and Manga! Storygrounds is the only place where the community makes an impact on the stories and is rewarded for it! Whether you're a fan of Manga, Manhwa, or Webtoon, we provide the highest quality comic reads of your favorite genres, including Action, Fantasy, Romance, Comedy, BL, GL, Drama, Horror, and more. Why Choose Storygrounds? OUTSTANDING STORIES - immerse yourself in amazing comics, webtoons, manga and manhwa YOU INFLUENCE THE STORY - assist creators by completing quests to shape a comic's path! This isn't fanfiction, this is actual impact! BE REWARDED - do fun stuff, get rewarded! Read, complete objectives and collect stamps and coins to get more comics for free! FIND YOUR COMMUNITY - join passionate readers and creators who love comics GENRES FOR EVERYONE - exciting action, fantasy, romance, horror, and more await you FEATURED COMICS & MANGA Beyond the Vale - An interactive comic where YOUR choices determine the story! Join CaseOh in this exclusive manhwa series where readers vote on plot twists. Popular Categories: Action Manga - Battle comics with interactive combat choices; Romance Manhwa - BL manga, GL manhwa, love stories where you choose couples; Fantasy Webtoons - Magical comics and isekai manga with reader-driven storylines; Horror Comics - Scary comics where you decide who survives; Comedy Webtoons - Funny comics featuring community memes HOW INTERACTIVE COMICS WORK Reading comics on Storygrounds isn't passive, you're part of the creative process! Our manga reader app lets you influence storylines through: Visual Quests - Design characters and backgrounds that appear in comics Story Votes - Choose plot directions for your favorite manga and manhwa Writing Challenges - Submit dialogue and story ideas for webtoons Creator Collaboration - Work directly with comic artists Every comic, manga, and webtoon features interactive elements. Whether you're reading action manhwa, romance manga, or horror comics, your input shapes the story! REWARDS FOR READING Our comic app rewards active readers! Collect coins and stamps while reading manga, manhwa, and webtoons: Daily Login Rewards - Free coins for reading comics every day Quest Completion - Earn stamps for participating in manga story decisions Free Premium Comics - Use coins to unlock exclusive manga and manhwa chapters The more comics you read and quests you complete, the more free manga and webtoons you unlock! EXTENSIVE COMIC LIBRARY Discover thousands of comics, manga, manhwa, and webtoons across every genre: Action & Adventure - Epic battle manga, superhero webtoons, martial arts manhwa Romance & Drama - Love story comics, BL/Yaoi manga, GL/Yuri manhwa Fantasy & Sci-Fi - Magic comics, isekai manga, supernatural manhwa Horror & Thriller - Scary comics, psychological manga, zombie manhwa Comedy & Slice of Life - Funny comics, school manga, workplace manhwa New manga chapters and comic updates daily! Our webtoon reader app ensures you never run out of stories. JOIN THE COMIC COMMUNITY Connect with fellow manga readers and comic fans: Discuss your favorite manhwa and webtoons in forums Share comic fan art and manga theories. Meet creators behind your beloved comics. Participate in reading challenges Vote in popularity contests. Storygrounds is the hub for comic and manga lovers! Download now and start shaping the stories you love. Your next favorite manga, manhwa, or webtoon is waiting - YOU control how it ends! Install the best interactive comic reader app today - where readers become creators!

Screenshots

toongether4 screens
Storygrounds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: toongether at every 3 days against Storygrounds's every 10 days. toongether also leads on ratings volume (3.9K vs 431). Storygrounds's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. toongether sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Storygrounds sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for toongether against 4.9 for Storygrounds. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: toongether has 3.9K ratings behind it against 431, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of toongether's written reviews are positive against 91% of Storygrounds's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

toongether ships an update every 3 days, Storygrounds every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
toongether versus Storygrounds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertoongetherStorygrounds
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.9K ratings)4.9 (431 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.0% of reviews90.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.9K — better431
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB117 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperKartoonLost Boss Inc

Customer experience

toongether

All ratings3,764 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews707 reviews
Positive83.0%
Neutral5.2%
Negative11.7%

Storygrounds

All ratings245 ratings
Positive99.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

Bugs and requests

toongether

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Unable to add characters to stories
  • Zooming issues
  • Requests for custom characters not working
  • Crashes and freezing

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add search bar
  • Allow custom character/background creation
  • Improve character pose options
  • Add more text/speech bubble styles
  • Implement voting/commenting system

Storygrounds

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

toongether

Subscriptions6
  • toonpass standard monthly$9.991 Month
  • toonpass plus monthly$19.991 Month
  • toonpass max monthly$39.991 Month
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  • toonpass plus monthly [LEGACY]$39.991 Month
  • toonpass standard yearly$89.991 Year
  • toonpass plus yearly$359.991 Year
One-time8
  • credits pack 12 variants$1.99
  • credits pack 22 variants$4.99
  • credits pack 3$9.99
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  • credits pack 3$14.99
  • credits pack 4$19.99
  • credits pack 5$29.99
  • credits pack 6$49.99
  • credits pack 4$49.99
15 purchases

Storygrounds

One-time15
  • 500 Coins$1.99
  • 1250 Coins$4.99
  • Super Eyepatch Wolf Season Pass$6.99
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  • Alan's Universe Season Pass$6.99
  • Shoto: Only Ever You Season Pass$6.99
  • Wyspers Season Pass$6.99
  • Beyond The Vale Season Pass$6.99
  • Green Gang Season Pass$7.99
  • Season Pass$7.99
  • Starter Pack$9.99
  • 2500 Coins$9.99
  • Starter Pack$19.99
  • 5000 Coins$19.99
  • 12500 Coins$49.99
  • 25000 Coins$99.99

Questions

Is toongether free?
toongether is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Storygrounds free?
Storygrounds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, toongether or Storygrounds?
Storygrounds is rated higher. toongether averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.9K ratings, while Storygrounds averages 4.9 from 431 ratings.
Do toongether or Storygrounds have ads?
Both toongether and Storygrounds show ads.
Which is updated more often, toongether or Storygrounds?
toongether ships an update every 3 days, and Storygrounds every 10 days. Most recently, toongether was updated on October 29, 2026 and Storygrounds on October 22, 2026.

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