Comparison

BookYearn vs Inkbranch

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

Head to head
About

BookYearn

Immerse yourself in a personalized fantasy romance where you are the heroine. Each day, a new page of your story unfolds, featuring brooding love interests and gothic settings. Enjoy audio narration and optional illustrated scenes.

Highlights
  • Personalized heroine avatar
  • Daily story page unlocks
  • Listen mode with synced narration
  • Illustrated scenes (Pro+)
  • Closed-door romance
  • Multiple subscription tiers
Features
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BookYearn is a candlelit fantasy-romance you don't just read — you live. You're the heroine, and every story is written around you. Begin with a few questions and a single selfie. We craft a stylized, painterly avatar of you — an artistic interpretation, never a photo, never shared — and weave you into a gothic world of slow-burn longing, brooding love interests, and rain-streaked manor halls. A NEW PAGE EVERY DAY One page unlocks each day — a ritual, not a binge. Savour the tension, then come back tomorrow for more. HEAR IT, SEE IT • Listen mode reads every page aloud with a synced golden highlight. • Pro+ brings each scene to life with illustrated art that drifts behind the words. TASTEFUL BY DESIGN Swoony, sensual, and unapologetically romantic — but always closed-door. Intended for readers 18 and older. MEMBERSHIP • Free — read your personalised story, one page a day. • Plus — write your own new stories, with every page narrated aloud. • Pro+ — everything in Plus, plus an illustrated scene on every page. Plus and Pro+ are auto-renewable subscriptions, available monthly or annually. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://bookyearnapi.trystintapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://bookyearnapi.trystintapp.com/privacy Your story is waiting, love.

About

Inkbranch

Create and read interactive branching stories directly on your device. Design your own narratives with characters, scenes, and choices, then visualize your story's structure with a node map. Share your creations easily with others.

Highlights
  • Read branching stories with choices
  • Write stories with script
  • Place characters in scenes
  • Visualize story as node map
  • Export and import projects
  • Tap-to-advance and backlog
Features
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Inkbranch is a visual novel maker and reader for branching visual novels, right on your device. Read a branching story where your choices matter, then become your own story creator with named characters, scenes, and forks in the path. - Read a branching story with tap-to-advance, a backlog, and story saves that never expire or corrupt - Write your own with a simple, readable script for scenes, dialogue, choices, and flags - Place characters into hand-drawn scenes and branch the story on the reader's decisions - See your whole branching story as a node map so every path is easy to follow - Export any project as a single shareable file and import it back No AI and no bundled outside stories. What you write stays exactly as you wrote it, on your device, and it is yours. Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTDX9pxPOlUJl_skVUHPi99mAw0y2B2BYd_v1mJkoF3xW3rlOcW5KlYd4t93MMbbGhctSTnBTy7d_l6/pub Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BookYearn3 screens
Inkbranch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BookYearn at 100% against Inkbranch's 0%. BookYearn also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). Inkbranch's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. BookYearn sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Inkbranch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BookYearn holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of BookYearn's written reviews are positive against 0% of Inkbranch's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BookYearn ships an update every 4 days, Inkbranch every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BookYearn versus Inkbranch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookYearnInkbranch
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB21 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPAUL CATALANOAndrii Bashta

Customer experience

BookYearn

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Inkbranch

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BookYearn

Subscriptions3
  • BookYearn Plus - Monthly$9.991 Month
  • BookYearn Plus - Yearly$79.991 Year
  • BookYearn Pro+ - Yearly$179.991 Year
1 purchases

Inkbranch

One-time1
  • Inkbranch Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is BookYearn free?
BookYearn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Inkbranch free?
Inkbranch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BookYearn or Inkbranch?
BookYearn is rated higher. BookYearn averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Inkbranch averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BookYearn or Inkbranch have ads?
BookYearn shows ads; Inkbranch does not.
Which is updated more often, BookYearn or Inkbranch?
BookYearn ships an update every 4 days, and Inkbranch every 3 weeks. Most recently, BookYearn was updated on October 14, 2026 and Inkbranch on October 28, 2026.

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