SetFri vs ScrollWave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
SetFri
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SetFri is a home for stories. Read original short stories, serials and literary classics, listen to them as audiobooks, and now step inside them with Bex, an adventure where your choices decide what happens next. NEW: BEX, PART OF SETFRI PLUS Pick a book and play it. Bex turns a story into an adventure you choose your way through, from psychological drama to horror to classic tales. Every choice changes where the story goes, and a book can keep you company over several nights. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF Home keeps the story you are reading at the top, alongside the Story of the Day and new picks, so getting back to your book takes one glance. READ Clean, comfortable pages with text you can resize. Single stories, multi-chapter serials and timeless classics, across romance, horror, gothic, crime, dystopian, fairy tale, magical realism, literary fiction and more. LISTEN Play the audiobook or have a story read aloud while you read along. The player has speed control, a sleep timer and chapter navigation, and keeps playing when you leave the app. BROWSE AND SAVE Search by title, author or genre, and save the stories you love to your Library to come back to any time. WORD SALAD A daily word puzzle made from the stories themselves. Privacy Policy: https://www.setfri.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.setfri.com/terms
ScrollWave
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScrollWave at none against SetFri's 1. SetFri's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. SetFri sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. ScrollWave asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SetFri | ScrollWave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 ā better | 18.6 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Owen Cole | Alexander Biskaev |
In-app purchases
SetFri
- SetFri Premium$4.991 Month
ScrollWave
No in-app purchases








