Comparison

Storybase vs ScrollWave

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 interactive reading and listening experience for books, connecting readers directly with authors. Authors can engage their audience, track engagement, and build relationships beyond the book itself.

Highlights
  • Immersive audiobook/ebook sync
  • In-app AI questions
  • Shareable chapters
  • Author-reader connection
  • Reader engagement tracking
  • Customizable offers
  • AI prompts for readers
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, and play soundtracks for exercising, learning, or relaxing. • Interactive: ask the book questions with built-in AI, and share chapters with the people who need them. • Connected: stay close to the author and their world, from the first page to the last. FOR AUTHORS What if your book was the beginning, not the end? • Reach: get your book into more hands with instant share links and customizable offers. • Engage: see who reads, listens, and finishes, and drop AI prompts and calls to action right into the experience. • Activate: turn attention into relationships. Capture contacts and guide readers to your real next step. • Multiply: turn your team, clients, and readers into ambassadors who pass the book forward. A book should do more than sit on a shelf. It is the door into everything you do next. Use of this app is bound by the Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ScrollWave

Features
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ScrollWave is a serialized reading and listening app for people who want stories in episodes. Create your own books, listen to them episode by episode, read along with the full text, and continue right where you left off. ScrollWave is built for stories that fit into real life: short sessions, longer listening, and easy progress across every book. With ScrollWave, you can: • Create your own serialized books • Listen to episode-based audio • Read the text version of each episode • Resume from your last listening position • Track progress across your library • Browse available books and continue unfinished stories • Keep your created books organized in one place • Use credits to unlock listening when available ScrollWave combines the feel of audiobooks, episodic storytelling, and a personal library in one simple experience. Start a book, follow the story in audio or text, and come back whenever you are ready for the next episode.

Screenshots

Storybase4 screens
ScrollWave3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScrollWave at none against Storybase's 3. Storybase's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. ScrollWave asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Storybase ships an update every 3 days, ScrollWave fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Storybase versus ScrollWave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStorybaseScrollWave
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB21 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperStoryline Creative, LLCAlexander Biskaev

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Storybase

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

ScrollWave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Storybase free?
Storybase is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScrollWave free?
ScrollWave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Storybase or ScrollWave have ads?
Neither Storybase nor ScrollWave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Storybase or ScrollWave?
Storybase ships an update every 3 days, and ScrollWave fortnightly. Most recently, Storybase was updated on September 28, 2026 and ScrollWave on September 20, 2026.

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