StoryBook Studio vs Brick Forge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StoryBook Studio
This app empowers children to create and animate their own stories with a variety of backgrounds, characters, and design elements. Users can record narration, add sound effects, and direct animated scenes to bring their imaginative tales to life. Projects can be saved and shared, offering a fun way for kids to express their creativity.
- 21 diverse backgrounds with sound
- Extensive library of building parts and characters
- Customizable clothing and accessories
- Shape manipulation tools
- Record narration and sound effects
- Interactive tutorials for directing
- Save and share projects
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Once upon a time kids used their imagination to venture to far off lands full of castles, dragons, princesses and brave knights. Fast forward to today and youngsters are dreaming of epic battles aboard spaceships, the impending zombie apocalypse and magical realms populated by fantastical beings. Now they can harness all that creative energy and bring their favorite sagas to life with StoryBook Studio – Create > Animate > Record. No matter the genre, StoryBook provides the platform kids need to set their imagination free. Choose a setting from the 21 backgrounds and add details using the design elements in your tool box. Build a castle, raise a barn or design a city of the future. Everything is resizable and can be personalized using the virtually unlimited combinations of color choices, clothing, accessories and shapes. Whether your child favors classic fairy tales set in idyllic, flower-strewn meadows or the gritty edge of a barren dystopian world, StoryBook provides everything kids need for enhanced storytelling. Elaborate book trailers with live action and narration, stylized, animated cartoons and modern fairy tales with a happily ever after ending are just a few of the projects kids can develop and share. Features: • Multiple backgrounds with site specific environmental sounds • Scrolling library of building parts and vegetation to add to scenes • Complete line up of fairy tale characters • Mix and match clothing and accessories • Dozens of shapes to combine into unique objects • Editing tools including flipping, copying, resizing and mirroring elements • Record original narration and custom sound effects • Direct live action stories with animated characters and objects • Save and share projects using email • Learn to direct through interactive tutorials Whether they’re making dolphins flip or battling an ogre, every child is a star with Storybook Studio. If you enjoy StoryBook Studio, try more of our fun learning apps for kids: •Build and Play 3D - Planes, Trains, Robots and More •Build and Play - Rockets, Helicopters, Submarines and More •Build and Play 3D - Planes Special Edition •3D Sketch and Stretch Studio •Play and Discover - Shapes, Numbers, Music and More •Shape Sorter - Early Learning Blocks •Sort and Stack - Play Smart and Learn •Kids' First Cube Puzzle - Parrot the Pirate, Doctor Fox, Detective Squirrel and Friends •Fairytale Sort and Stack - Princesses, Knights, Dragons and More •Design and Play - Monster Cute Jewels About Croco Studio: Croco Studio is an award-winning team of parent developers intent on creating apps that kids adore and parents trust. Our apps provide a safe playing environment without ads or unprotected external links. At Croco Studio we create apps that encourage kids to learn the fun way. Please contact us with feedback at WeListen@crocostudio.com. We’d love to hear from you.
Brick Forge
Create anything imaginable in a 3D brick-building sandbox, then explore your creations in first-person Walk Mode. Features hundreds of pieces, themed collections, and adjustable glowing parts. Offers creative freedom with no timers or pressure.
- 3D brick-building sandbox
- First-person Walk Mode exploration
- Hundreds of building pieces
- Themed collections
- Adjustable glowing parts
- Philips Hue smart light integration
- Unlimited creation saving
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Brick Forge — build it, then walk inside it. Brick Forge is a 3D brick-building sandbox where you create anything you can imagine, brick by brick — from cozy houses and city streets to floating castles, race cars, neon-lit diners, and tiny dioramas. Then step into your build in first-person Walk Mode and explore it like a real space. NEW IN 1.2.6 • 75+ NEW pieces across every category • Animals: dogs, cats, rabbits, deer • Glowing parts: neon signs, disco balls, lighthouses, marquee lights, candles, paper lanterns • Kitchen, modern decor, vehicles, domes, and more • Walk through doors, arches, and gates in Walk Mode • Customizable light colors for lamps, signs, sirens, and bonfires WALK MODE — STEP INTO YOUR BUILD Switch from build view to first-person Walk Mode and explore your creation as if you were really there. Walk down city streets, climb ramps, open doors, and watch how light, scale, and detail come alive. Build a town, then take a stroll through it. HUNDREDS OF BRICKS, INFINITE POSSIBILITIES • Hundreds of pieces: bricks, plates, slopes, wedges, curves, tiles, doors, windows, vehicles, animals, plants, decor, electronics, and lights • Themed collections: city, building, vehicles, nature, decor, robotics, electronics • Glowing parts with adjustable colors — paint your night • Realistic shadows, dynamic lighting, smooth physics • Free placement, snap-to-grid, color picker, mirror tools CREATIVE FREEDOM, ZERO PRESSURE • No timers, no quests, no forced tutorials • Save unlimited creations to your gallery • Share screenshots in seconds • Family-friendly — no violence, no scary content • Perfect 5-minute breaks or hours-long deep builds PERFECT FOR • Creative builders of all ages • Fans of construction toys, brick-building games, voxel sandboxes, and dollhouses • Diorama makers, miniature city builders, and architects-in-training • Solo creators or families building together INTUITIVE 3D CONTROLS Designed for touch from day one. Pinch to rotate, drag to place, tap to paint. No menus to wrestle with — just build. FREE TO PLAY Brick Forge is free to download and play. Optional brick packs unlock premium themed collections to expand your creative possibilities. PRIVACY-FIRST No sign-up, no personal accounts, no nonsense. Manage all preferences in Settings → Ad Privacy Settings. Build your world. Walk into it. One brick at a time. PHILIPS HUE SYNC — LIGHT UP YOUR ROOM Bring your builds into the real world. Connect Philips Hue smart lights through your Hue Bridge on the same Wi-Fi network, then turn on Hue Sync from the home screen. Your room follows the action — brick colors as you place pieces, scene ambience in Walk Mode, soft celebration lighting when you finish a chapter, and animated effects for glowing signs, traffic lights, and weather builds. Pause or remove Hue Sync anytime. — Need help? Visit forgeharborstudios.com or email forgeharborstudios@gmail.com Follow Brick Forge: • Website: forgeharborstudios.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Brick Forge at 100% against StoryBook Studio's 0%. Brick Forge also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). StoryBook Studio's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. StoryBook Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Brick Forge sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Brick Forge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of StoryBook Studio's written reviews are positive against 100% of Brick Forge's.
StoryBook Studio ships an update every 5 months, Brick Forge weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StoryBook Studio | Brick Forge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 189 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Croco Studio | Erhan Kuzey |
Customer experience
StoryBook Studio
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In-app purchases
StoryBook Studio
- Full Version: Over 240 shapes and pieces!$1.99
Brick Forge
- City Pack$0.49
- Vehicle Pack$0.49
- Nature Pack$0.49
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- Building Pack$0.49
- Decor Pack$0.49
- Bundle All Themes$1.95
Questions
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