Comparison

Storybase vs unQbd

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

unQbd

Access a vast library of classics, fiction, technical, and children's books, with options to read or listen. Features include cross-device syncing, note-taking, and guided learning paths for all ages. Earn badges and discover new authors.

Highlights
  • Extensive book library (classics, fiction, kids, technical)
  • Read-along books with synchronized narration
  • Guided Learning Journeys (phonics, coding)
  • Collectible stickers and badges for kids
  • Audiobook and ebook integration
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Note-taking and highlighting
Features
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Read. Listen. Watch. Connect. unQbd brings your favorite books to life. Read them, listen to them, and now watch select stories become animated shows, all in one library synced across your devices. One subscription for the whole family. Tech books and classics for you, story time for the kids, animated shows you can watch together. All of it for US$49 a year. What's inside: - Ebooks: fiction, classics, technical, and kids' titles, all in one library - Audiobooks paired with the books you're reading - unQbd Watch: animated shows that bring stories to the screen - For your kids: read-along books that read every word aloud, phonics Learning Journeys, and stickers and badges they collect as they go - Kids Mode: lock the app to kid-safe content behind a PIN you set - Learning Journeys for grown-ups too: guided coding trails with certificates - Connect: follow the indie authors you love and join the conversation - Cross-device sync, ratings and reviews, and new titles added every month Bring a book home, too. Eligible first-time annual Premium members can choose a complimentary paperback or five-book Kids starter set where available. The starter set ships within the U.S.; paperback availability and supported shipping countries vary. One welcome gift per eligible member after a qualifying payment. Pick up where you left off. Rate what you read. Back the authors you love. For readers who want range. For families who want more than words on a page. For authors who want a real home. Read. Listen. Watch. Connect. unQbd is an annual auto-renewing subscription (US$49/year). Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically for another year unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://unqbd.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://unqbd.com/privacy

Screenshots

Storybase4 screens
unQbd4 screens

Verdict

The call

Storybase and unQbd are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 and unQbd sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.00 per year. 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 — 5.0 for Storybase against 5.0 for unQbd. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Storybase versus unQbd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStorybaseunQbd
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB170 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperStoryline Creative, LLCunQbd

Customer experience

Storybase

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

unQbd

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Storybase

Subscriptions3
  • Reader Premium$17.991 Month
  • Author Plus$107.991 Month
  • Author Pro$214.991 Month
1 purchases

unQbd

Subscriptions1
  • unQbd Premium7 Days trial$49.001 Year

Questions

Is Storybase free?
Storybase is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is unQbd free?
unQbd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Storybase or unQbd?
Storybase and unQbd are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Storybase or unQbd have ads?
Neither Storybase nor unQbd shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Storybase or unQbd?
Storybase ships an update every 5 days, and unQbd every 5 days. Most recently, Storybase was updated on October 13, 2026 and unQbd on October 24, 2026.

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