Comparison

Booktime vs Kidbox | Create Stories

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

Head to head
About

Booktime

Explore thousands of beautifully illustrated fiction and non-fiction books for children. This app brings stories to life with imaginative audiovisual storytelling, captivating illustrations, and high-resolution photography, offering a completely free reading and listening experience.

Highlights
  • Thousands of illustrated books
  • Fiction and non-fiction content
  • Audiovisual storytelling
  • High-resolution photography
  • Classic titles included
  • Offline reading and listening
Currently charting
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Thousands of beautifully illustrated fiction and non-fiction books for children! Booktime brings fact and fiction to life through imaginative audiovisual storytelling, beautiful illustrations, and high-resolution photography. All completely free! ---------------------------------- With Booktime you get: • Beautiful illustrations • Fiction books including classic bedtime stories • Nonfiction books about animals, vehicles, places, and more • Content for children and young readers • Classic titles such as Little Red Riding Hood and Aladdin • High quality narrations • Offline reading and listening A book for everyone • Relax with a bedtime story or spark your curiosity with astonishing facts about the natural world and human achievements. Exciting illustrations • Each book includes beautiful and unique illustrations or high-resolution photos. A beautiful and immersive experience • Bold visual designs and optional audio narrations make every story easily accessible and highly interactive. ---------------------------------- Download Booktime to access a world of creative and visual storytelling. If you’re enjoying Booktime, please leave a review to help spread the word. We also love feedback! If you have any suggestions or see something we don’t have, feel free to email booktime@booktime.org.

About

Kidbox | Create Stories

Explore a library of illustrated storybooks for children ages 2-8, created by educators and parents. Features read-aloud narration with word highlighting to build reading confidence and skills. Families can create profiles, follow favorite creators, and even order physical copies of beloved stories.

Highlights
  • Illustrated storybooks for ages 2-8
  • Read-aloud narration with word highlighting
  • Creator profiles and story following
  • Personalized bookshelves
  • Option to order physical books
  • COPPA-compliant privacy
  • Reader profiles for each child
Features
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Kidbox is the story-making machine that lets kids and parents create their own read-aloud storybooks. Create a fully custom story in as little as 5 minutes, complete with characters, places, plotlines and lessons from real life, and watch your kid fall in love with reading it. Use the magic camera to snap a photo of your kid, a pet or a favorite stuffed animal and put them right in the story. Think: • A one-of-a-kind adventure with your family pet • Learning to be brave at the first swim lesson • Overcoming fears on the plane to visit grandpa Kids can also make their own stories by mixing characters and objects from the Kidbox library, and every story they read earns a sticker for their next creation. No feeds, no autoplay, no ads. Strict guardrails and controlled prompts keep every story kid-safe. Love a story? Order it as a softcover or hardcover book, shipped straight to your door. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://www.kidbox.dev/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.kidbox.dev/privacy

Screenshots

Booktime4 screens
Kidbox | Create Stories4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Booktime at none against Kidbox | Create Stories's 5. Booktime also leads on chart position (#186 vs unranked). Kidbox | Create Stories's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Kidbox | Create Stories sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Booktime asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Booktime against 4.8 for Kidbox | Create Stories. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 170 and 134 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Booktime's written reviews are positive against 97% of Kidbox | Create Stories's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Booktime ships an update fortnightly, Kidbox | Create Stories every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Booktime versus Kidbox | Create Stories: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBooktimeKidbox | Create Stories
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (170 ratings)4.8 (134 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better97.0% of reviews
Number of ratings170 — better134
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#186 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB114 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHindawi FoundationKidbox Corporation

Customer experience

Booktime

All ratings166 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral3.6%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Kidbox | Create Stories

All ratings134 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive97.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.0%

In-app purchases

None

Booktime

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Kidbox | Create Stories

Subscriptions3
  • Kidbox Family (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Kidbox Family (Yearly)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Kidbox Family (Yearly)$59.991 Year
One-time2
  • 5 More Kid Stories$7.99
  • 5 More Parent Stories$7.99

Questions

Is Booktime free?
Booktime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kidbox | Create Stories free?
Kidbox | Create Stories is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Booktime or Kidbox | Create Stories?
Kidbox | Create Stories is rated higher. Booktime averages 4.7 out of 5 from 170 ratings, while Kidbox | Create Stories averages 4.8 from 134 ratings.
Do Booktime or Kidbox | Create Stories have ads?
Neither Booktime nor Kidbox | Create Stories shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Booktime or Kidbox | Create Stories?
Booktime ships an update fortnightly, and Kidbox | Create Stories every 6 days. Most recently, Booktime was updated on October 27, 2026 and Kidbox | Create Stories on October 28, 2026.

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