SlowRead vs Storied
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SlowRead
This app helps you track your reading, manage your TBR list, and journal your reading experience with a visually appealing digital bookshelf. It also facilitates book club discussions and provides insightful reading statistics. Enjoy a free trial to explore all features before subscribing.
- Customizable digital bookshelf
- TBR list and reading journal
- Book club creation and discussion
- Monthly and yearly reading wrap-ups
- Reading streak and challenge tracking
- Import from other reading apps
- Library loan tracking
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SlowRead is the book tracker with a bookshelf you will want to show off. Every book you read stands on your own shelf, with its real spine and cover. Keep your TBR, your reading journal and your reading log in one place, and share your bookshelf on BookTok and Instagram. YOUR BOOKSHELF • Every book stands on the shelf as a spine or as a cover. • Photograph your own copy to show its real spine, cover and sprayed edges, or use a photo another reader already shared. • Arrange your books by hand, lay them flat in piles and keep a series together. • Decorate with plants, candles, lights and more, and pick a theme for the wall and the wood. • Share a picture of your bookcase to your Stories on TikTok or Instagram. • Get a public profile at slowreadapp.com/@you with the bookcases you choose to show. BOOK CLUBS • Create a club or join one and read the same book together. • Talk in a channel for each part of the book, so nobody spoils what comes next. • Hide the parts of a message that are spoilers. • Vote on the club's next book. YOUR READING YEAR • Monthly and yearly wrap ups: cards to swipe through and share. • Your reader type, worked out from the books you finish. • A yearly reading challenge, and your year next to the last one. • Stats for pages, time and books, your reading speed and your top genres. • A reading streak, with past days you can fill in by hand. TRACKING WITHOUT EFFORT • Search millions of books or scan the barcode to add one in seconds. • Import your library from Goodreads, The StoryGraph, Bookmory, Fable or Libib. • Paperback, ebook and audiobook, even for the same book. • Track library loans with the due date and a reminder the day before. • Series grouped together, with your progress through each one. • Notes, quotes scanned from the page with your camera, and characters with a portrait and their relationships. • Half star ratings, rereads and did not finish. WIDGETS • Your bookshelf, what you are reading, your streak, your challenge and a daily quote on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. READING SESSIONS • Start a timed session from any book and log the page where you stop. • If you want, block the apps that distract you while you read, with Screen Time. All features described above require a subscription. A free trial is included, so you can try everything before paying. TERMS: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Storied
Organize your reading life by tracking books, logging reading sessions, and setting personal goals. Save favorite quotes, write reviews, and share your reading progress with custom cards. Discover new books with spice levels and trope tags.
- Track reading sessions (time, pages, pace)
- Set daily reading goals
- Monitor reading streaks
- Organize books on custom shelves
- Save notes, quotes, and theories
- Create shareable reading cards
- Enable spice levels and trope tags
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A home for every book you've ever read, loved, or can't wait to start. Your books, organised Currently reading, want to read, finished, and custom shelves. Track physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks. Add books you read before joining and log past sessions too. Track every session Start a session, read, hit finish. Storied records your time, pages, and reading pace. Forgot to log it in the app? Add sessions retroactively — no read goes untracked. Goals & stats Set a daily reading goal by minutes, pages, or books — because reading 3 books isn't the same as reading 2,100 pages. Track your reading streak, see your stats by day, week, month, or year, and view your reading history in a beautiful calendar that shows how many minutes you read each day. Shareable reading cards Every session ends with a shareable reading card. Choose from 43 story frames, 13 colour schemes, and 13 background image - or add your own photo. Share straight to Instagram / Whatsapp / Facebook / TikTok in a card that looks like you made it yourself. Never forget a book again Save favourite quotes, write a review, and keep everything about a book in one place — your notes, your theories, your thoughts — organised by book, always ready when someone asks for a recommendation. Stay sequel-ready Add notes and theories as you read. Track your predictions and see how many you get right. View all your notes and theories for past books any time the sequel drops. Spice levels & tropes Enable adult content to add spice levels and trope tags to your books. Finally, a way to track what you actually need to know before recommending a read. Reading streaks Build a daily reading habit and watch your streak grow. See your current streak, your longest streak, and your full reading history in the calendar view. Set a daily reminder so nothing breaks your run. Features: - Reading sessions with time, pages & pace tracking - Reading streak tracking - Daily reading goals by minutes, pages, or books - Stats by day, week, month, and year - Calendar view of your reading history - Session history per book - Add sessions retroactively - Track physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks - Custom bookshelves - Notes, quotes, and theory tracking - Turn on adult mode to enable spice levels and trope tags - 43 story frames, 13 colour schemes, 13 background images - Barcode scanner to add books - DNF (Did Not Finish) tracking - Offline reading mode - Add books and sessions from before you joined - Beautiful shareable reading cards for Instagram & TikTok By using this app, you agree to Apple's Standard License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Storied at 100% against SlowRead's 22%. Storied also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). SlowRead's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and chart position (#30 vs unranked). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
Both are free to download. SlowRead sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.39 per 7 days and Storied sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SlowRead ships an update every 3 days, Storied fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SlowRead | Storied |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (810 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 21.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 810 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #30 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Adrian Martinez Moreno | StephMyLife |
Customer experience
SlowRead
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In-app purchases
SlowRead
- Premium Weekly$8.397 Days
- Premium Annual Offer$32.991 Year
- Premium Annual3 Days trial$44.991 Year
- Lifetime access to Slowread$149.99
Storied
- Storied Premium - Monthly$3.991 Month
- Storied Premium - Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year









