Comparison

VIVID Kids vs Slively

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

Head to head
About

VIVID Kids

Features
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Turn your child into the hero of their own story. With VIVID Kids, you can create fully personalized, interactive audiobooks featuring your child and their friends as brave adventurers, clever detectives, magical beings—or even dinosaurs! How It Works: • Choose your child’s name, friends, roles, and favorite themes • Take a short personality quiz to shape the character’s traits • Let your child decide how the story continues—just like a role-playing game • Receive a high-quality audio version, ready to download and enjoy Features: • Personalized Storytelling: Every story is uniquely generated based on your child’s input. • Interactive Adventures: Like a Pen & Paper game—your child chooses the path! • Offline Playback: Download stories as MP3s—perfect for bedtime or road trips. • No Subscriptions: Pay once per story. $4.99. • Sequels can be purchased for $4.99, but this purchase option is only displayed in parent accounts. • Child-Safe: No ads, no hidden costs, no dark patterns. • Parental Control: Set up a parent profile, manage what each child can access and purchase. • Age Check by a second AI: Every story is reviewed by an independent AI to ensure age-appropriateness before being displayed. Made by Parents, for Families We’re parents ourselves—and we know what matters. Vivid Kids promotes imagination, reduces screen time, and encourages mindful storytelling. Children can always end a story with a peaceful happy ending, ensuring flexibility for parents during busy days, long drives, or bedtime. What Makes Vivid Kids Different? • Designed to stimulate imagination, not passive screen consumption • Built on cutting-edge AI storytelling (OpenAI + Anthropic Claude) • Your child’s data is protected—GDPR-compliant, privacy-first design • No subscriptions. Just joyful stories. Whether you’re looking for a thoughtful birthday gift, a road trip companion, or a creative bedtime ritual—Vivid Kids brings your child’s imagination to life.

About

Slively

A tactile digital toy for pressing, rubbing, and stretching soft materials on your screen. Enjoy a quiet moment focused on sensory feedback with various materials like slime, squishies, and clickers. Works offline with no ads or sign-up required.

Highlights
  • Press, rub, and stretch digital materials
  • Variety of material types (slime, squishy, wax, clicker)
  • Satisfying haptics and sound feedback
  • Offline functionality
  • No ads or sign-up required
  • Light and dark mode
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Slively is a tactile digital toy for pressing, rubbing, and stretching soft materials right on your screen. There is no goal and no score, just a quiet moment focused on how things feel under your fingertips. Four families of materials are included. - Slime: glassy clear, crunchy bead, creamy butter, jelly, juicy, and avalanche, each with its own stretch and viscosity - Squishy: cheese, apple, crunch ball, and butter-stick squishies that press in and slowly rise back - Wax ball: a wax-cracking ball you press and crush - Clicker: keycaps modeled on blue, brown, red, Topre, and silent switches, each with its own press and sound Your pressure and drag create dents, stretch, shine, and a slow, satisfying recovery, with haptics and sound adding to the feel. - Works fully offline, no connection needed - No ads and no sign-up - Light and dark mode, Korean and English - Start free, and optionally unlock new materials with coins Slively is made for short breaks, idle fidgeting, and quiet focus.

Screenshots

VIVID Kids3 screens
Slively4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: VIVID Kids at none against Slively's shown. Slively's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. VIVID Kids sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Slively sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VIVID Kids ships an update every 2 weeks, Slively every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
VIVID Kids versus Slively: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVIVID KidsSlively
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.4 (73 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—73.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—73 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB11 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperHemmert UG (haftungsbeschränkt)Kunha Baek

In-app purchases

1 purchases

VIVID Kids

One-time1
  • VIVID Kids Audiobook$4.99
5 purchases

Slively

One-time5
  • 500 Coins$1.99
  • Starter Pack (700 Coins)$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
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  • 1,200 Coins$3.99
  • 3,000 Coins$9.99

Questions

Is VIVID Kids free?
VIVID Kids is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Slively free?
Slively is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do VIVID Kids or Slively have ads?
Slively shows ads; VIVID Kids does not.
Which is updated more often, VIVID Kids or Slively?
VIVID Kids ships an update every 2 weeks, and Slively every 5 days. Most recently, VIVID Kids was updated on October 28, 2026 and Slively on November 5, 2026.

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