Comparison

Scroll Books vs Murmur

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

Head to head
About

Scroll Books

Features
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Read books in your library, one scroll at a time. Scroll Books breaks books into short reading sessions so you can build a lasting reading habit, even on your busiest days. Pick up a novel over morning coffee, dive into a thriller on your commute, or unwind with a classic before bed. Explore a curated catalogue spanning classics, fiction, and more. Every book is split into bite sized chunks designed to fit into your day. Stay motivated with streaks that track your reading consistency. Read every day and watch your streak grow. Save your streak with a Bookmark. Miss a day? Pick back up and start building again. Earn achievements as you read, from your first chapter to your longest streak. Collect badges that celebrate your reading journey and show how far you've come. Found a line that resonates? Save it. Build a personal collection of your favourite quotes and passages from every book you read. Generate beautiful, shareable cards showing your reading streaks, profile stats, and favourite passages. Perfect for BookTok, Bookstagram, or sharing with friends. Choose how you read! Either swipe through pages horizontally, scroll vertically, and preview chapters before diving in. Customise the reading experience to suit you. Scroll Books is designed for readers who love great books but struggle to find the time. Whether you're discovering something new or revisiting a favourite, we make it easy to read a little every day. Start reading today, it only takes a few minutes.

About

Murmur

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Turn the books and documents you already own into audiobooks. Murmur reads EPUBs and PDFs aloud with natural neural voices that run entirely on your iPhone. Import a book, choose a narrator, press play, and keep listening while you commute, exercise, cook, clean, or simply give your eyes a break. NO AUDIOBOOK? NO PROBLEM. Most books will never receive a professionally produced audiobook. Your textbooks, PDFs, self-published books, research material, old EPUBs, and personal documents may never have one at all. Murmur lets you listen to the files you already have instead of buying another copy. READ EPUB & PDF ALOUD Import EPUB and PDF files directly into your library. Murmur organizes books into chapters and paragraphs and keeps your reading and listening position together. Follow the text while the narrator speaks, or put your phone away and keep listening in the background. 23 NEURAL VOICES Choose from 23 bundled narrators across 10 languages. Set a default narrator for each language or choose a different voice for an individual book. Adjust playback speed whenever you want. PRIVATE AND OFFLINE Your books stay on your iPhone. Speech is generated on-device, so Murmur doesn't need to upload your EPUBs, PDFs, textbooks, or personal documents to a text-to-speech server. • No account • No document uploads • No cloud processing • No internet connection required for narration • Background playback BUILT FOR BOOKS, NOT JUST TEXT Murmur combines an EPUB reader, PDF reader, text-to-speech engine, audiobook player, and follow-along reader in one library. Use it for: • EPUB books • PDF books and documents • Textbooks and course material • Research and professional reading • Independent and self-published books • Out-of-print titles • Long reading backlogs • Hands-free reading • Read-aloud and accessibility workflows LISTEN YOUR WAY Murmur remembers your position, playback speed, and narrator settings for every book. Switch between reading and listening without losing your place. FREE TO START Import as many books as you want. Free includes 60 minutes of listening every 30 days and access to one English and one Polish narrator. Murmur Premium unlocks unlimited listening and all 23 voices. Your books already contain the words. Murmur gives them a voice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://readbuildship.com/apps/murmur/privacy

Screenshots

Scroll Books4 screens
Murmur4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scroll Books at none against Murmur's 3. Scroll Books also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Murmur's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Murmur sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Scroll Books asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scroll Books ships an update every 3 weeks, Murmur every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Scroll Books versus Murmur: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScroll BooksMurmur
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB2.2 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJessica MumbyJan Piotrzkowski

In-app purchases

None

Scroll Books

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Murmur

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Scroll Books free?
Scroll Books is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Murmur free?
Murmur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Scroll Books or Murmur have ads?
Neither Scroll Books nor Murmur shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scroll Books or Murmur?
Scroll Books ships an update every 3 weeks, and Murmur every 9 days. Most recently, Scroll Books was updated on October 24, 2026 and Murmur on October 24, 2026.

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