Comparison

Noir Pages™ vs Blackauthored

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

Head to head
About

Noir Pages™

Discover and enjoy romance, romantasy, and fantasy stories exclusively by Black authors. This app amplifies diverse narratives with Black female characters as lead love interests, offering both ebooks and audiobooks. Support authors directly while exploring curated content.

Highlights
  • Exclusive Black-authored romance content
  • Romantasy and fantasy genres
  • Ebooks and audiobooks available
  • Features Black female lead characters
  • Curated content, not algorithm-driven
  • Supports authors with fair royalties
Features
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Noir Pages™ is a reading app built exclusively for Black authored romance, romantasy, and fantasy authors and the readers who enjoy the beautiful worlds they create. Black readers no longer have to search for romance stories where black female characters are the lead love interest across all pairings and subgenres. on Noir Pages we curate our content to celebrate and amplify these stories so they're always front and center no longer buried in the algorithm while also making sure authors are paid fairly in royalties We offer ebooks and audiobooks come and explore these amazing stories written by us, for us!.

About

Blackauthored

Discover and organize books by Black authors with this app. Filter by genre, trope, and spice level, track your reading progress, and explore community-curated lists. Connect with other readers and manage your reading goals.

Highlights
  • Filter by genre, trope, spice level
  • Track reading status (want to read, reading, read,DNF)
  • Explore community-made lists
  • Discover author's full catalogs
  • Rate reads with decimal precision
  • Track reading goals and streaks
  • Connect with other readers
Features
Currently charting
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Finding books by Black authors shouldn’t be a challenge. So we built Blackauthored—a space designed to help you discover, track, and obsess over your next read. Because finding one good Black-authored read often leads to needing ten more, Blackauthored helps you: - Filter by genres, tropes, spice level and more to find exactly the kind of mess you’re craving - Track books by Black authors that you want to read, are currently reading, have read, or did not finish. - Explore community-made lists with oddly-specific recommendations that hit the spot - Discover authors’ catalogs in their recommended reading order because accidentally starting with book 4 is stressful enough - Rate your reads with decimal precision because sometimes a book is a 4.5, not a 5 - Stay on top of your reading goals and streaks while pretending you’ve got your TBR under control. - Become mutuals with readers who put you onto hidden gems before the hype catches on.

Screenshots

Noir Pages™4 screens
Blackauthored4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Noir Pages™ at 5.0 against Blackauthored's 4.5. Noir Pages™ also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Blackauthored's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 weeks) and chart position (#183 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Noir Pages™ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blackauthored has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Noir Pages™ ships an update every 4 weeks, Blackauthored every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Noir Pages™ versus Blackauthored: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoir Pages™Blackauthored
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.5 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews—80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings315 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#183 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB55 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperNoir Pages LLCBlackauthored

In-app purchases

None

Noir Pages™

No in-app purchases

None

Blackauthored

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Noir Pages™ free?
Noir Pages™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blackauthored free?
Blackauthored is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Noir Pages™ or Blackauthored?
Noir Pages™ is rated higher. Noir Pages™ averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Blackauthored averages 4.5 from 15 ratings.
Do Noir Pages™ or Blackauthored have ads?
Neither Noir Pages™ nor Blackauthored shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Noir Pages™ or Blackauthored?
Noir Pages™ ships an update every 4 weeks, and Blackauthored every 3 days. Most recently, Noir Pages™ was updated on October 31, 2026 and Blackauthored on November 6, 2026.

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