Comparison

WillPower Books vs Selcouth

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

Head to head
About

WillPower Books

Access concise summaries of popular books, available to read or listen to in under 30 minutes. Enjoy a comfortable reading experience with light and dark modes, and save your favorites for quick access. New summaries are added weekly.

Highlights
  • Book summaries in 20-30 minutes
  • Read and listen options
  • English and Myanmar languages
  • Light and dark reading modes
  • Offline access
  • Bookmark favorite books
  • Weekly new summaries
Features
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Willpower Books is your go-to app for quick and powerful book summaries, designed to be Read & Listen in just 20–30 minutes. Available for reading in English and Myanmar, the app offers a seamless reading experience with both Light Mode and Dark Mode for your comfort. Bookmark your favorite books for easy access and discover new summaries every week! Key Features Read in English & Myanmar Listen best quality audiobooks Download and Listen offline Light & Dark Mode Bookmark & Favorite your top picks New book summaries added weekly Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Selcouth

Fill in missing words in classic literary passages to understand authors' intentions. Save favorite words and passages in a digital commonplace book. Enjoy a quiet, offline experience with no ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Fill in missing words in literary passages
  • Save words and passages to a commonplace book
  • Offline play
  • No ads or tracking
  • One-time purchases for content collections
Features
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selcouth (adj.) — strange, unusual, rare; unfamiliar; wondrous. I made Selcouth to spend more time with the authors I love. You get a passage from Dickens, Dostoevsky, or Cather, a few words missing, and you put them back. Try one, from Pride and Prejudice: "Nothing is more deceitful," said Darcy, "than the appearance of ______. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast." honesty? virtue? humility? Austen wrote humility. That's the game. Just you and the passage, weighing the words the way the author did. There's a commonplace book for the words and passages you want to keep; any kept word can be revisited in context, across every book in your library. There are quiet game mechanics too (ranks, rare words to hunt), but the passage is the point, not the score. Thirty classics are free (more than 9,000 passages), with collections when you want more: Gothic & Weird, The Russians, The Sea, Story-Books, The English Novel, and more planned. Each collection is a one-time purchase, yours forever, never a subscription; the full library today is 187 books and more than 55,000 passages. If you'd rather spend ten minutes with Middlemarch than a feed, this is for you. — Zach P.S. No account, no ads, no tracking, works offline. iPhone and iPad, your commonplace synced through iCloud.

Screenshots

WillPower Books4 screens
Selcouth4 screens

Verdict

The call

WillPower Books and Selcouth both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Selcouth's written reviews are positive against 82% of WillPower Books's. Selcouth also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). WillPower Books's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 4) and iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. WillPower Books sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Selcouth sells 3 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 — 4.9 for WillPower Books against 5.0 for Selcouth. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WillPower Books has 27 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of WillPower Books's written reviews are positive against 100% of Selcouth's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WillPower Books ships an update every 9 days, Selcouth every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
WillPower Books versus Selcouth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWillPower BooksSelcouth
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (27 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB221 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKishori TimsinaZachary Proffitt

Customer experience

WillPower Books

All ratings27 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%

Selcouth

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

WillPower Books

Subscriptions4
  • Access All Books$2.991 Month
  • Premium$8.993 Months
  • Premium$12.996 Months
Show 1 more
  • Premium$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$119.00
3 purchases

Selcouth

One-time3
  • The Russians$7.99
  • The Sea$7.99
  • Complete Library$24.99

Questions

Is WillPower Books free?
WillPower Books is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Selcouth free?
Selcouth is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WillPower Books or Selcouth?
Selcouth is rated higher. WillPower Books averages 4.9 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Selcouth averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do WillPower Books or Selcouth have ads?
Neither WillPower Books nor Selcouth shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WillPower Books or Selcouth?
WillPower Books ships an update every 9 days, and Selcouth every 4 days. Most recently, WillPower Books was updated on November 4, 2026 and Selcouth on November 5, 2026.

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