Comparison

LumiTales vs Actually Read

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

Head to head
About

LumiTales

Features
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LumiTales: Daily Kids Stories Turn the bedtime routine into a magical experience with LumiTales, the children's storybook app designed by parents, for parents. WHAT MAKES LUMITALES SPECIAL? Every day, LumiTales delivers 5 fresh new stories, hand-illustrated and narrated with warm, expressive voices. The stories adapt to your little one's age and the time of day — more energetic for naptime, calmer for nighttime. But the most magical part is the INTERACTIVE NARRATION: as your child reads aloud, LumiTales listens and triggers ambient sounds at the perfect moment. When they say "the dragon roared," a roar is heard. When they say "the rain falls," it rains. Every story becomes unique. MAIN FEATURES - 5 new stories every day, illustrated and narrated - Magical narration with local voice recognition (the app DOES NOT record audio, everything is processed on-device) - Offline mode: download your favorites to read without an internet connection - Unlimited favorites and personal library - Reading history - Automatic light and dark mode - Localized in Spanish, English, and over 20 languages SAFETY AND PRIVACY FIRST LumiTales respects your family: - NO ads of any kind - NO child data collection - Microphone audio is processed ONLY on the device, never sent to servers - Designed under the Apple Made for Kids guidelines - Full compliance with GDPR and children's privacy regulations PERFECT FOR - Parents who want to shorten the "just one more story" routine - Kids who are learning to read and need motivation - Bilingual families looking for multi-language content - Classrooms and educators Download LumiTales and start your next adventure tonight. --- Terms: https://lumitales.net/en/terms Privacy:https://lumitales.net/en/privacy Support: lumitales.oficial@gmail.com

About

Actually Read

Enhance your reading experience by tracking books, blocking distractions, and engaging with content using AI. This app helps you focus on your current read, whether it's an EPUB, PDF, or physical book, and offers AI-powered summaries and context.

Highlights
  • Book tracking and progress logging
  • Deep Focus app and website blocking
  • EPUB and PDF import
  • AI-powered book engagement and summaries
  • Customizable reading space
  • On-device AI processing
Features
Currently charting
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Actually Read helps you track your books, protect your reading time, and actually read—whether you’re reading an EPUB, a PDF, or a physical book. • Focus on the book you chose. Start a reading session, set a timer, and use Deep Focus to block the apps, categories, and websites you choose with Screen Time. • See your reading add up. Track books and focus sessions, create custom reading lists, review your reading history, and return to a calm, customizable reading space built around your current book. • Read your way. Import EPUBs and PDFs, discover free public-domain books, search within books, save bookmarks, highlight passages, and pick up where you left off. • Ask better questions with grounded AI. Actually Read uses retrieval-based AI to help you engage with a book, not replace it with an AI digest. Ask about a theme, scene, or passage, get a Story So Far recap, or request a chapter summary when you’re ready. • Stay grounded in the text. Actually Read retrieves relevant passages from your book and uses them as context for each answer. Responses prioritize cited supporting passages you can open directly in the reader and can respect your reading progress to help avoid spoilers. • Keep your content close. Book indexing, embeddings, and retrieval happen on-device. On devices with Apple Intelligence enabled, on-device AI can answer questions without sending your questions or book content to the cloud. • Choose Advanced AI when you want it. Only your question and the relevant excerpts retrieved to answer it are sent to the cloud—never the full book. Actually Read is for reading with more attention, more context, and fewer distractions. Some features require compatible hardware, Apple Intelligence, Screen Time permission, or an internet connection. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

LumiTales4 screens
Actually Read3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Actually Read at #139 against LumiTales's unranked. LumiTales's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. LumiTales sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Actually Read sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
LumiTales versus Actually Read: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumiTalesActually Read
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (60 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—60 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
Best chart rank—#139 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeronimo Maria Repetto CirioPrism32 LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

LumiTales

Subscriptions2
  • LumiTales Premium · Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • LumiTales Premium · Yearly$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Actually Read

Subscriptions2
  • Actually Read Plus$3.997 Days
  • Actually Read Plus3 Days trial$9.991 Month

Questions

Is LumiTales free?
LumiTales is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Actually Read free?
Actually Read is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LumiTales or Actually Read have ads?
Neither LumiTales nor Actually Read shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LumiTales or Actually Read?
LumiTales ships an update every 2 days, and Actually Read every 2 days. Most recently, LumiTales was updated on November 5, 2026 and Actually Read on November 8, 2026.

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