Старые Сказки vs ShortBook²
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Старые Сказки
Explore a collection of 252 Russian folk tales from the 19th century, compiled by Afanasyev. This app offers customizable reading options like font size, background color, and text style, along with convenient navigation and reading progress saving.
- 252 Russian folk tales
- Customizable font size and style
- Background color options
- Easy navigation
- Reading progress saving
- Includes scary tales and anecdotes
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Русские народные сказки в обработке Афанасьева А.Н. 1873 г. 252 сказки. Представляем вашему вниманию приложение Старые Сказки. Это 252 русские народные сказки первой половины 19 века, систематизированные Афанасьевым Александром Николаевичем и снабженные им обширными научными комментариями. Казалось бы, на первый взгляд сказки - это придуманные рассказы для развлечения, но старые сказки хранят в себе великую народную мудрость в зашифрованном "сказочном" виде для передачи этих знаний потомкам. Есть несколько смысловых рядов, которые раскрываются при вникании в сказку. Важно и воспитательное значение сказок для детей. Как писал сам Афанасьев: "Дети слушают их охотнее всех нравственных рассказов и повестей". Кроме того, присутствуют страшные сказки, народные анекдоты, прибаутки и докучные сказки. В приложении удобное управление и меню. Есть возможность выбрать цвет фона, изменить размер шрифта, вид шрифта, а также перелистывать сказки. Можно включить вывод полосы с названием сказки вверху. Кроме того, запоминается последнее место чтения при закрытии приложения. Можно открыть приложение и продолжить чтение. Все ваши пожелания будут приняты во внимание. Не забудьте посмотреть другие мои приложения. Приятного пользования!
ShortBook²
This reader app offers a unique approach to text display on smaller screens, optimizing comfort and reducing eye strain. It allows extensive customization of text layout and includes decorative elements to enhance the reading experience. Supports FB2 format and provides reading statistics.
- Optimized text layout for small screens
- Customizable text placement options
- Decorative elements for atmosphere
- FB2 format support (contents, footnotes, figures)
- Rich settings with dozens of parameters
- Reading statistics and monitoring
- Quick restart after breaks
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Reading books on portable devices is always a compromise between comfort of reading and text availability. ShortBook² offers an original way of solving this problem with its careful approach to text makeup on the limited screen area of iPhone or iPad. A lot of experiments with various text compositions and interface layouts have jelled the unique match for convenient reading. If you need to read for a long time, with comfort and without any considerable damage to the sight take advantage of the ShortBook² program — a high-end reader. ShortBook² focuses on the layout process, allowing the user to control virtually all text placement options. Moreover, the program analyzes the text and places decorative elements in various places, which not only decorate the book and bring their atmosphere into it, but also simplify the reading process. Thus, in ShortBook², even "picture-free" books look attractive and do not tire with the external monotony while reading, which not only increases reader comfort, but also reduces eye fatigue from the reading process. The program fully supports FB2 electronic books format including contents, footnotes and figures. Any electronic book can be easily converted to this format with free utilities though using a variety of web libraries with books already in this format is much more simple. To meet personal preferences, the application has rich settings, including several dozens of customizable parameters. The book index has several sorting modes allowing to find a required writing easily. Reading can be quickly restarted after a break with one touch of the screen. The reader keeps reading statistics and offers developed means of monitoring the reading process. The application was developed using the latest technologies, therefore it is not available for users of iOS 12 and below. These users can use the classic ShortBook application. ShortBook² is available by subscription. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscribers gain access to all Short Review materials that will be published during the subscription period. Short Review materials contain reviews of the book market of electronic publications in Russia, book ratings and recommendations for organizing reading. Terms of use of the subscription: http://www.shortki.com/ShortBook/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Старые Сказки at 100% against ShortBook²'s 40%. Старые Сказки also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). ShortBook²'s advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). On 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
ShortBook² is free to download; Старые Сказки costs $0.99 up front. ShortBook² sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Старые Сказки asks for nothing beyond the download.
Старые Сказки ships an update every 7 months, ShortBook² every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Старые Сказки | ShortBook² |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 39.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Vladimir Bovykin | Jury Shortki |
Customer experience
Старые Сказки
ShortBook²
In-app purchases
Старые Сказки
No in-app purchases
ShortBook²
- Annual1 Month trial$9.991 Year
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