Comparison

Malang vs Tellbook

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

Head to head
About

Malang

This app helps users build and track habits with friends. It features a shared focus timer, customizable routines, and a virtual pet that grows as you complete tasks. Visualize progress with streaks, heatmaps, and calendar views.

Highlights
  • Shared focus timer with friends
  • Customizable routine types
  • Virtual pet growth system
  • Progress tracking (streaks, heatmaps)
  • Calendar and timeline views
  • Home screen widgets
  • Automatic health app integration
Features
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Habits don't stick alone. Malangchedule is a free routine app where a little pixel friend and your real friends keep you going. Your focus time becomes Mallang's meal, and the study room shows who studied how much today. ■ Hold 0.6s, done Hold a card to check it off; a tap just opens details. No accidental check-offs in your pocket. Every habit completes its own way: once, counted, timed, or resisted. Steps, exercise, and sleep fill in automatically from the Health app. ■ Mallangotchi grows with you A pixel Mallang lives in a little device in the middle of your tab bar. Finishing routines earns dango to feed it, train it, and dress it up in outfits your friends can see too. It never dies when you are away. It grows exactly as much as you care. ■ Study side by side The study room tab shows who studied how much today, in running totals. Friends currently studying light up in color. The best study hall is a seat next to a hardworking friend. ■ A focus timer with friends 10, 15, 25, or 50-minute Pomodoro, with the study room right under the timer and your Mallang studying beside you. Records stack up in daily, weekly, and monthly stats. ■ A routine home friends drop by Connect as couple, friend, or family and visit each other's routine homes. Peek at a friend's Mallangotchi, and care for it when a heart runs empty. You choose which routines each person sees. Default is private. ■ For exam season D-day countdowns and one quote arriving every morning. Tomorrow, one more small thing. ― - Everything is free, themes and characters included - Health data is read only with your permission, and only to auto-complete routines - Works without an account (guests skip friend features) One small thing today, softly.

About

Tellbook

Features
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Speak your story. Tellbook makes it a book. Tellbook turns an interview with an AI writer into a real book of your own. No writing skills needed — the AI asks, you simply talk. ■ Three story packs - A Life in One Book: your journey as a memoir - My Pet: the years you shared, bound in one volume - Love Story: the two of you, on record ■ An interview you can speak Answer by voice, tap question chips when you are stuck, and attach one photo per chapter. ■ Written by an AI author — from your facts only When the interview ends, the AI writes a complete book: title, table of contents, chapters, and an epilogue. Nothing is invented — only what you actually said goes into the book, and each chapter opens with your own words. ■ Keep it, gift it Read the cover, table of contents, and the first chapter for free. Unlock the full book to read everything and download it as a PDF. Give your parents' life, your pet's years, or your love story as a book. ■ Perfect for - Preserving a parent's life story - Remembering the time with your pet - Gifting your relationship's story - Anyone who can't keep a diary but can talk ※ HeartBlending has become Tellbook. ■ Terms & Policies - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Terms of Service: https://api.heartblending.com/legal/terms.html - Privacy Policy: https://api.heartblending.com/legal/privacy.html

Screenshots

Malang4 screens
Tellbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Malang at none against Tellbook's 5. Tellbook's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Tellbook sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Malang asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Malang ships an update every 4 days, Tellbook every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Malang versus Tellbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMalangTellbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSPROUTGROWLABSjunhyeong kim

In-app purchases

None

Malang

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Tellbook

Subscriptions1
  • 하트블렌딩 플러스$5.991 Month
One-time4
  • 하트 5개$1.99
  • 하트 15개$5.99
  • 하트 40개$11.99
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  • Keep This Book$12.99

Questions

Is Malang free?
Malang is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tellbook free?
Tellbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Malang or Tellbook have ads?
Neither Malang nor Tellbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Malang or Tellbook?
Malang ships an update every 4 days, and Tellbook every 3 days. Most recently, Malang was updated on October 31, 2026 and Tellbook on October 31, 2026.

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