Comparison

Loreum vs Scribble Hub

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

Head to head
About

Loreum

Explore and create interactive stories with multimedia elements. Engage with a community of readers and writers across various genres. Offers a unique reading experience with choices and immersive content.

Highlights
  • Discover original fiction across genres
  • Experience stories with multimedia
  • Create interactive stories with choices
  • Publish stories chapter by chapter
  • Build and engage with an audience
  • Save favorite stories and collections
  • Follow creators and get notifications
Features
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Read, play, create, and share stories made for the digital age. Loreum is a social storytelling app for short drama, romance, mystery, true crime, horror, fantasy, fanfiction-inspired stories, investigations, escape games, and interactive fiction. Stories can have text, images, videos, sounds, messages, clues, codes, secrets, questions, choices, and multiple endings. Read and watch, send stories to friends, react together, follow creators, and discover what’s going viral. FOR READERS: • Read short, addictive stories and serialized novels • Make choices that change what happens next • Solve mysteries, investigations, codes, clues, and escape-game-style stories • Discover romance, drama, thriller, horror, fantasy, true crime, and more • Experience sounds, images, videos, messages, and interactive moments • Send stories to friends and talk about what you’re reading • Follow writers and get notified about new chapters • Find trending, viral, and editor-picked stories • Filter stories by trope, genre, or mood, and choose whether to include AI generated content FOR WRITERS & CREATORS • Write and publish stories directly from your phone • Create short chapters, interactive fiction, branching stories, and multiple endings • Add choices, questions, sounds, images, videos, clues, and secrets • Build an audience and grow your community • Share your stories on social media • Monetize eligible stories in one click • Earn money from completed chapter reads every month • Experiment with new formats without needing to code Write a romance where readers choose who to kiss. Create a true crime investigation with clues and suspects. Build a horror story with sounds triggered at the perfect moment. Make an escape game full of codes, secrets, and wrong turns... Or just write. Human-made stories. No AI. No Ads. Loreum is where stories become something you can read, play, share, and create. ---- Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://loreum.co/privacy

About

Scribble Hub

Discover and read thousands of original web fiction series across various genres. Customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts and themes. Follow your favorite stories and get notified of new chapters.

Highlights
  • Browse thousands of original web fiction series
  • Search by title, author, genre, or tag
  • Filter by status, rating, chapter count, or length
  • Customizable reader (font size, spacing, themes)
  • Automatic reading progress saving
  • Notifications for new chapters
  • Community features (comments, reviews, lounge)
Features
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Discover your next favorite story on Scribble Hub. Explore over 45,000 novels. Read Fantasy, Romance, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, LitRPG, Isekai, Progression Fantasy and Cultivation stories. • Find stories with trending lists and advanced genre and tag filters • Customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts, text sizes and light or dark themes • Save your place, organize reading lists and get notified about new chapters • Read Aloud (TTS) - Let TTS read your chapters for you • Build daily reading streaks and earn milestone badges • Join weekly and monthly reading leaderboards • Share chapter comments, write reviews and connect with readers in the Lounge Scribble Hub Plus - Optional subscription: • Chapter downloads for offline reading • Hands-free reading with adjustable auto scrolling • Exclusive app color themes • Detailed reading stats, including streak records, reading pace and top genres Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.scribblehub.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Service: https://www.scribblehub.com/terms-of-service/

Screenshots

Loreum4 screens
Scribble Hub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Loreum at 100% against Scribble Hub's 58%. Loreum also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Scribble Hub's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and ratings volume (69 vs 18). 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. Loreum sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Scribble Hub sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Loreum holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 69 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Loreum's written reviews are positive against 58% of Scribble Hub's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loreum ships an update weekly, Scribble Hub every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Loreum versus Scribble Hub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoreumScribble Hub
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (18 ratings) — better4.7 (69 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better58.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1869 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB64 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperPooki, Inc.MyStoryList LLC

Customer experience

Loreum

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Scribble Hub

All ratings69 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral4.3%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral25.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Loreum

Subscriptions4
  • Loreum Unlimited3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Loreum Unlimited$12.991 Month
  • Loreum Unlimited$49.991 Year
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  • Loreum Unlimited3 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time2
  • One Chapter$0.99
  • 7-Day Story Boost$19.99
2 purchases

Scribble Hub

Subscriptions2
  • Scribble Hub Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Scribble Hub Plus Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Loreum free?
Loreum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scribble Hub free?
Scribble Hub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Loreum or Scribble Hub?
Loreum is rated higher. Loreum averages 5.0 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Scribble Hub averages 4.7 from 69 ratings.
Do Loreum or Scribble Hub have ads?
Neither Loreum nor Scribble Hub shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loreum or Scribble Hub?
Loreum ships an update weekly, and Scribble Hub every 2 weeks. Most recently, Loreum was updated on October 24, 2026 and Scribble Hub on October 25, 2026.

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