Booktime vs FactRead
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Booktime
Explore thousands of beautifully illustrated fiction and non-fiction books for children. This app brings stories to life with imaginative audiovisual storytelling, stunning illustrations, and high-resolution photography, all completely free.
- Beautiful illustrations
- Fiction and non-fiction books
- Audiovisual storytelling
- High-resolution photography
- Classic titles
- Offline reading and listening
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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.
FactRead
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FactRead is a clean, premium reading app built for people who love discovering interesting facts without distractions. Read beautifully formatted fact pages with smooth page turns, elegant typography, and a refined native iOS feel. Customize your reading style with themes, brightness, and text controls, then continue from where you left off every time you open the app. FactRead works offline, so your reading experience stays fast and reliable wherever you are.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FactRead at every 3 days against Booktime's every 3 weeks. Booktime's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Booktime ships an update every 3 weeks, FactRead every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Booktime | FactRead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (175 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 175 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hindawi Foundation | Karamala Srivatsav |
In-app purchases
Booktime
No in-app purchases
FactRead
No in-app purchases







