Comparison

Storybase vs MySmartBook

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

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.

Highlights
  • Chat with book characters and content
  • AI-powered summaries and explanations
  • Customizable font size and layout
  • Offline book reading
  • Library management
Features
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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

Screenshots

Storybase4 screens
MySmartBook4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Storybase sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. MySmartBook asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Storybase ships an update every 5 days, MySmartBook every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Storybase versus MySmartBook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStorybaseMySmartBook
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB81 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperStoryline Creative, LLCMy Smart Book

Customer experience

Storybase

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MySmartBook

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Storybase

Subscriptions3
  • Reader Premium$17.991 Month
  • Author Plus$107.991 Month
  • Author Pro$214.991 Month
None

MySmartBook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Storybase free?
Storybase is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MySmartBook free?
MySmartBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Storybase or MySmartBook have ads?
Neither Storybase nor MySmartBook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Storybase or MySmartBook?
Storybase ships an update every 5 days, and MySmartBook every 9 days. Most recently, Storybase was updated on November 5, 2026 and MySmartBook on November 5, 2026.

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