Comparison

Story Roster vs Glyph

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

Head to head
About

Story Roster

Access character guides for books to enhance your reading experience. Download printable versions to use as quick references within your physical books.

Highlights
  • Book character guides
  • Searchable book database
  • Printable character references
  • In-book quick guides
  • Reading enhancement tool
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Just search a book and find a helpful character guide for your reading enjoyment. Download printable versions to paste into your physical books as a quick guide while reading.

About

Glyph

This reading app offers an AI-powered companion to help you understand books better. It can summarize chapters, explain passages, answer questions about text and visuals, and provide recaps. Customize your reading experience with adjustable settings and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • AI-powered summarization of chapters and books
  • Ask questions about passages and visuals
  • Spoiler-aware recaps for series
  • Customizable reading experience (font, themes)
  • Highlight, bookmark, and take notes
  • Import EPUB, PDF, and CBZ files
  • iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad
Features
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Turn any book into a conversation. Glyph is a reader with a companion built in. Whenever a chapter loses you, a passage tangles you up, or a question pops into your head, the companion is right there on the page, ready to summarize, explain, or answer, so you keep moving instead of putting the book down. A companion that reads along with you • Summarize a chapter or a whole book in seconds, so you can catch up or decide what to read next. • Highlight any passage and ask what it means. The companion keeps the surrounding text in context, so follow-up questions actually track what you're reading. • Stuck on a chart, diagram, or panel? Ask about the visuals on the page and get a plain answer. • Coming back to a series after a while? Get a spoiler-aware recap of where the story left off. A reader worth staying in • Adjust font size, line spacing, margins, text alignment, and brightness until the page feels right. • Read paged or in a continuous scroll, with light, dark, and warm themes. • Highlight, bookmark, and take notes, then jump back to any of them instantly. • Search the full text of a book to find that one line you remember. Bring the books you already have • Open EPUBs, PDFs, and CBZ comics from Files, email, or any app that can share them. • Scanned PDFs are read on device so you can search and summarize them like any other book. • Comics get their own reader: page spreads or vertical scroll, pinch to zoom, and right-to-left support. Picks up wherever you are • Your reading spot, bookmarks, highlights, and the companion's summaries and chats sync across your iPhone and iPad with just your iCloud account. • Switch devices mid-chapter and continue at the same spot. • Delete and reinstall, or re-add a book you had before, and everything comes back with it. Private by design • Your library stays in your own iCloud account. We don't sell your data and we don't use third-party trackers or advertising. Glyph Pro Glyph's reading companion is available with Glyph Pro: • Glyph Pro: $4.99 per month, with a 7-day free trial. • Generous daily limits, about 33× the free daily allowance, plus save and share every conversation. Your free trial converts to a paid monthly subscription unless you cancel at least 24 hours before it ends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically each month unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://glyphreader.app/privacy/ Download Glyph and never read alone again.

Screenshots

Story Roster4 screens
Glyph4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Story Roster at none against Glyph's 1. Story Roster also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Glyph's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Glyph sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Story Roster asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Story Roster against 5.0 for Glyph. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Story Roster ships an update daily, Glyph every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Story Roster versus Glyph: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStory RosterGlyph
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB15 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKathryn MgrdichianGlyph LLC

In-app purchases

None

Story Roster

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Glyph

Subscriptions1
  • Glyph Pro$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Story Roster free?
Story Roster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Glyph free?
Glyph is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Story Roster or Glyph?
Story Roster and Glyph are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Story Roster or Glyph have ads?
Story Roster shows ads; Glyph does not.
Which is updated more often, Story Roster or Glyph?
Story Roster ships an update daily, and Glyph every 2 weeks. Most recently, Story Roster was updated on October 17, 2026 and Glyph on October 28, 2026.

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