Comparison

Anyway vs SpellyBee

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

Head to head
About

Anyway

Read full description

Your kid picks the path. You do the voices. Anyway is an interactive storybook app for kids aged 6 to 12. You read the story out loud, and at every crossroad your child decides what happens next. Help the stranger, or keep walking? Take the tunnel, or the long way over the ridge? The story bends around whatever they choose, and it ends somewhere different depending on how they got there. Read the same story twice and you will not get the same book. Built for reading together, not instead of you Most kids' apps are designed to hold a child's attention while the adult does something else. This one isn't. Anyway assumes a kid in your lap and a parent doing the reading, because that's the part that actually builds vocabulary and reading comprehension. The choosing is what keeps a five year old from wandering off halfway through chapter one. Choices with consequences attached Every branch leads somewhere real. If your child talks their way past the gate instead of sneaking, the rest of the story remembers it. Kids figure out cause and effect much faster when they're the one who caused it, and the safest place to learn that a shortcut can backfire is inside a story about a floating village. Written for the age it says on the box Stories are grouped by age band, 6-8 through 10-12, and the language actually changes with them. Sentence length, vocabulary, how many decisions a story asks for, how much moral grey it's willing to sit in. A story for a six year old and a story for an eleven year old are different pieces of writing here, not the same one with harder words swapped in. You get to see how they think This is the part parents tend to bring up. Watching which path your child picks, and hearing why, tells you a surprising amount about how they weigh risk, whether they default to helping, what they do when there's no obviously right answer. The best conversations usually happen right after the story ends. "Why did you go back for her?" No ads, no autoplay, nothing waiting to grab them Every story is written and curated for this app. There are no ads, no video, no infinite feed, nothing that starts playing on its own when the last page ends. When the story's done, it's done, and you can put the tablet down. Bedtime stories, car rides, quiet Sunday mornings, or a kid reading on their own once they're old enough.

About

SpellyBee

Features
Read full description

SpellyBee makes learning to spell feel like play - for the whole family. From the very first letters to spelling whole words out loud, SpellyBee guides each learner with playful, bite-sized games. A Child profile brings BeeBi the bee, tracing and school word lists; an Adult profile brings a clean look and grown-up lists. WHAT'S INSIDE - PreBee - trace letters with a magic crayon and learn first words - Spell letter by letter - hear a word and spell it out loud; the bee listens - Complete the word - fill in the missing letters - Put the letters in order - unscramble and sort - Say the whole word - spell it all at once, like in a spelling bee - Whack-a-letter - a fun game to spot letters fast - Adventure map and daily challenge to keep the streak going PLAY TOGETHER - 1 vs 1 Duel - two players, one phone, split screen. Each player picks their own list, so a beginner and an expert can play fair - Teacher Challenge - each one types a few words for the other to spell - Guided mode - the bee says the next letter out loud for beginners YOUR WEEKLY WORDS Type or paste this week's spelling words, keep the list one tap away on the home screen, fix a word any time, and let gentle spaced repetition bring each word back at just the right moment. ALSO FOR GROWN-UPS Tricky words, homophones, work vocabulary and English for Spanish speakers - with letter names you can say in your own language. MADE FOR FAMILIES - 100% offline - perfect for the car, planes, or anywhere - No ads, ever - No account and no login - Private by design - progress syncs through your own iCloud, and we never collect your data - English and Spanish PREMIUM (optional) Unlock all word lists, create and edit your own lists, and the full avatar collection with a SpellyBee subscription. The starter list, every game mode and the Duel are free. Start your family's spelling adventure today. Privacy Policy: https://spellybee.app/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Anyway4 screens
SpellyBee4 screens

Verdict

The call

Anyway and SpellyBee are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Anyway sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and SpellyBee sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anyway ships an update every 3 weeks, SpellyBee monthly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Anyway versus SpellyBee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnywaySpellyBee
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks β€” betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS18.618.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size70 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStefano KlibaBarlow Prester, Inc.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Anyway

One-time10
  • Story Unlock$1.99
  • Story Unlock$2.99
  • Story Unlock$3.99
Show 7 more
  • Story Unlock$4.99
  • Story Unlock$6.99
  • Story Unlock$9.99
  • Story unlock$12.99
  • Story Unlock$14.99
  • Story Unlock$19.99
  • Story Unlock$29.99
2 purchases

SpellyBee

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Anyway free?
Anyway is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SpellyBee free?
SpellyBee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Anyway or SpellyBee have ads?
Neither Anyway nor SpellyBee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anyway or SpellyBee?
Anyway ships an update every 3 weeks, and SpellyBee monthly. Most recently, Anyway was updated on October 31, 2026 and SpellyBee on October 31, 2026.

Other comparisons