Storybase vs MySmartBook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Storybase
This app offers an immersive way to experience audiobooks and ebooks, allowing readers to interact with books and authors. Authors can build deeper connections with their audience and extend the reach of their work.
- Immersive reading and listening experience
- AI assistant for book interaction
- Offline download for books and audiobooks
- Direct author communication and forums
- Author tools for reader engagement
- Shareable book chapters and links
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Storybase helps authors build relationships with their readers, and helps readers engage deeper with books through an immersive and interactive experience. FOR READERS A new way to experience audiobooks and ebooks: immersive, interactive, and connected to the author every step of the way. • Immersive: switch between audiobook and ebook, read and listen in sync, play your own music alongside your audiobook, and keep listening from your lock screen or CarPlay. • Interactive: ask the book questions with its AI assistant, by typing or out loud, and share chapters with the people who need them. • Offline: download audiobooks and ebooks to listen and read anywhere. • Connected: follow the author, join the book's forum, and get messages straight from the author. FOR AUTHORS What if your book was the beginning, not the end? • Reach: get your book into more hands with instant share links. • Engage: see how readers move through your book, and add AI prompts and next steps to the experience. • Activate: turn attention into relationships. Invite readers to stay in touch and show them where to go next. • Multiply: give your team, clients, and readers an easy way to pass the book forward. A book should do more than sit on a shelf. It is the door into everything you do next. Some features require a Reader Premium, Author Plus, or Author Pro subscription. Use of this app is bound by the Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
MySmartBook
This reading app allows you to interact with your books through a conversational AI. Ask questions about the content, get summaries, or even dialogue with characters. Customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts and layouts, and enjoy offline access to your library.
- Chat with book characters and content
- AI-powered summaries and explanations
- Customizable font size and layout
- Offline book reading
- Library management
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A revolution in reading! Buy your books on mysmartbook.fr, read them in your app and... chat with them in our bot! Ask for an itinerary in a travel guide, dialogue with a novel character, summarize a chapter, explain a difficult passage, everything becomes possible thanks to the conversational agent accessible at any time of your reading! Other features : - Change the font, character size and layout to fit your taste and capacities - Manage your library as you wish, and download your books to read offline
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MySmartBook at none against Storybase's 3. Storybase's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.4). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Storybase sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. MySmartBook asks for nothing beyond the download.
Storybase ships an update every 5 days, MySmartBook every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Storybase | MySmartBook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Storyline Creative, LLC | My Smart Book |
Customer experience
Storybase
MySmartBook
In-app purchases
Storybase
- Reader Premium$17.991 Month
- Author Plus$107.991 Month
- Author Pro$214.991 Month
MySmartBook
No in-app purchases









