Deaf Gain What vs Narrable
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Deaf Gain What
This interactive storybook app introduces families to the concept of Deaf Gain through a charming bilingual narrative. It features ASL storytelling, English text, and a glossary of over 100 ASL words, designed to enhance literacy skills in young children.
- Original ASL and English story
- Accessible child-friendly navigation
- Interactive vocabulary translation
- 100+ ASL glossary words
- Bilingualism and visual learning research-based design
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Deaf Gain What is a story about a family attending their first Deaf Expo with their Deaf role model. Join them to learn about Deaf Gain. Written by Dr. Elaine Gale, Luci Gale, and Patrice Creamer. Illustrated by Suzy Best. Narrated by Zivia Gale. Complete with enthralling illustrations and talented American Sign Language (ASL) storytelling, this bilingual interactive storybook app features a rich American Sign Language glossary with 100+ English to ASL words. Features: • Original and charming story told in ASL and English! • Easy & accessible navigation designed for children. • Rich interactive narrative with direct English to ASL vocabulary video translation • 100+ glossary words in American Sign Language! Parents can learn ASL along with their child. • App design is based on proven research in bilingualism and visual learning. The ability to view the story in both, ASL and English leads to greater literacy skills in both languages in young children.
Narrable
Experience audiobooks with a full cast of distinct voices for each character. Import your own EPUB or PDF files and have them read aloud with synchronized text highlighting. Enjoy offline listening and adjustable playback speeds.
- Full-cast narration with distinct character voices
- Import and read EPUB and PDF files
- Synchronized text highlighting with audio
- Adjustable playback speed (0.5x to 2x)
- Offline listening with downloaded books
- Tap any word to start listening
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Read Aloud Books, PDFs & Text Books where every character has their own voice. Narrable is an audiobook app with a catalogue of full-cast recordings, and it will read your own books too. Open Discover and start listening, or bring an EPUB or PDF and have it voiced. A full cast, not one voice Most audiobooks are one narrator doing everybody. Narrable gives each character their own voice, so dialogue sounds like people talking to each other rather than one person reading both halves. And you choose. Every book is made both ways, so you can switch between the full cast and a single narrator while you listen, mid-sentence, and it picks up exactly where you were. Your own books Import an EPUB or a PDF and Narrable reads who speaks in it, gives each character a voice, and plays you a scene before it makes the rest. Your files stay private to you. While you listen Text highlights in time with the audio, so you can follow along or put the phone down. Speed from 0.5x to 2x with the pitch held, so voices keep their character. Tap any word to start there, skip, rewind, and pick up where you left off. Books download to the phone, so listening doesn't need a connection. Over a thousand voices. Nothing is recorded in a studio, and nothing is read by a person.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Deaf Gain What at none against Narrable's 4. Narrable's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Narrable sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Deaf Gain What asks for nothing beyond the download.
Deaf Gain What ships an update every 11 months, Narrable every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deaf Gain What | Narrable |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 335 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gallaudet University | Azam Suleiman |
Customer experience
Deaf Gain What
Narrable
In-app purchases
Deaf Gain What
No in-app purchases
Narrable
- Basic$7.991 Month
- Narrable Reader Pro Plan$12.991 Month
- Basic$69.991 Year
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- Pro Plan - Yearly$109.991 Year









