Tastory vs Saga
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tastory
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Meet Tastory, a personal archive where your taste turns into meaningful records. Books, movies, and TV shows you loved— save them all in your own private collection of taste. ■ How it works - Easily search for books, movies, and TV shows by title - Add what you find directly to your personal taste shelf ■ Record your taste - Log the date you watched or read - Rate, highlight memorable lines, and leave notes - From short thoughts to deeper reflections - Capture why it mattered to you, in your own words ■ Build your personal taste shelf - View everything you’ve collected at a glance - See how your taste evolves over time - Edit, revisit, and rediscover your memories anytime ■ Why Tastory is different - Manage books, movies, and TV shows in one place - Not reviews for others, but records for yourself - The more you save, the clearer your personal archive becomes ■ Service information - Tastory is a personal record–focused service, so login is required - Start easily with email login - Currently in early access, with new features coming soon ■ Perfect for you if… - You enjoy keeping records and memories - You don’t want your experiences to end at “I watched it” - You want to build a personal library of taste to revisit someday ■ Contact - Email: komjirak.studio@gmail.com
Saga
This app provides a peaceful space to log your reading habits and share your progress with friends. Track reading sessions, capture notes and new words, and set personal weekly goals without competitive elements. It's designed for readers who want to focus on their literary journey.
- Reading session timer
- Note-taking during reading
- Personal dictionary of learned words
- Track reading progress
- Share reading activity with friends
- Set weekly reading goals
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You've tracked hundreds of books and remember almost none of them. Somewhere between the star ratings and the to-read pile, the reading itself went missing. Saga is for readers who want it back — the hours, the lines, the words, and the people who read alongside them. Saga turns reading into something you keep. Start a session and the timer runs while you read — on your lock screen, beside a small candle. Note the sentences that stay with you. Look up a word and it is yours for good. Close the book, mark it finished, and the friends who read with you will know. It is the quiet social life of a reader, without the ads, the noise, or the leaderboards. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Time your reading sessions — the timer lives on your lock screen while you read • Reading on Kindle? Connect it once, and Saga offers to log that reading too — everything stays on your phone • Take notes and look up words without leaving the page • Follow friends and watch a calm feed of the books they are living in • Start a book club — a candle lights as each of you finishes • Set a weekly goal — hours to aim for, not a streak to defend • Keep your whole reading history, gathered and beautifully kept • Dark by candlelight or a warm paper light — your choice • One notification, ever: when a friend finishes a book Reading has always been a solitary thing that readers somehow do together. Saga is the room where that happens — calm, quiet, and built for the long haul. Open a book tonight, press the candle, and let the years begin to add up.
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Verdict
Tastory and Saga are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Tastory ships an update fortnightly, Saga every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tastory | Saga |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.9 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Eunae Park | Liam Pierce |
In-app purchases
Tastory
No in-app purchases
Saga
No in-app purchases









