Comparison

Bruno by ablemagic vs Nextory

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

Head to head
About

Bruno by ablemagic

This interactive storybook features a playful narrative about a boy seeking inspiration for his grandfather. It includes beautiful hand-drawn graphics, soothing music, and unique animations. An added coloring activity and jigsaw puzzle enhance the experience.

Highlights
  • Interactive picture book
  • Rhyming narrative
  • Origami animations
  • Coloring activity
  • Jigsaw puzzle
  • English and Norwegian language options
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DIGITAL EHON AWARD WINNER 2015! Beautiful picture book in English and Norwegian. "Bruno is a carefully crafted storybook filled with soothing music, superb hand-drawn graphics, wonderful animation, and an enchanting story written in rhymes. It is a storybook experience quite unlike any other. If you or your kids want to read a great story tonight, be sure to pick up Bruno!" AppSaga Playful and exciting picture book about the little boy Bruno and his grandfather, the painter, and what we do to make the people we love happy. When Bruno's grandpa loses inspiration and refuses to paint, Bruno travels the town in search of a new color. Will he find it among bright blue cars, red parrots and green melons? Bruno is a book written in rhyme for all children – also the ones that have grown up! The new version contains also a coloring activity that captures the water-color feel of the illustrations of the story, and a jigsaw puzzle. Features • Beautiful graphics and design • Playful and poetic narrative • Unique origami animations • Coloring activity with water-color feel • Jigsaw puzzle Appropriate for children: no in-app purchases

About

Nextory

Access an unlimited library of audiobooks and eBooks on your iPhone or iPad. Stream or download content to enjoy online or offline. Discover personalized recommendations and customize your reading experience.

Highlights
  • Unlimited audiobook and eBook streaming
  • Offline reading and listening
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Customizable eBook reader
  • Adjustable audiobook playback speed
  • Sleep timer
Features
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Step into the wonderful world of books with Nextory. Now you can listen to audiobooks and read eBooks without any limit. It’s very simple to stream books in the app directly on your iPhone or iPad. Nextory is always available. At any time - online and offline - as long and as often as you want. Sign up today and enjoy 14 days or even more of free unlimited reading and listening with Nextory. You will get access to over 1.4 million books right away. No matter what kind of books you are looking for - bestsellers, crime novels, thrillers, non-fiction, or feelgood. You will always find the stories that you like in our huge library. Your advantages with Nextory: Read eBooks comfortably and anywhere - at home or on the road. Listen to audiobooks anytime you want: on vacation, while commuting, to relax and in between. Read and listen online or offline by downloading audiobooks and eBooks directly to your iPhone or iPad. Huge library of excellent audiobooks and eBooks with over 1 million titles in total from the genres such as non-fiction, novels, thrillers, children's books, fantasy, and many other categories. Discover new audiobooks and eBooks that you like. Based on your reading history, we create individual reading and listening tips tailored to your needs. With our eBook reader it is possible to... ... place an automatic bookmark. You can mark a place in a book and easily go back or start in the exact same place where you paused before. … adjust the font size, screen brightness and background color individually to your liking or depending on your reading environment. … turn pages or jump back and forth between chapters and books in a trouble-free and easy way. … get an even better reading experience with the double-page view in iPad, which delivers a feeling close to a physical book. … save your favorite locations using markers and bookmarks. With our audiobook player it is possible to: ...increase or decrease the reading speed in different steps to individually choose your desired speed. … simply use our navigation bar to fast-forward or rewind if you want to go back to a specific place in the book you would like to listen to. … set a sleep timer that will automatically stop the player after a specific amount of time. … use the bookmark function to mark out a good part of the book or to continue to listen exactly where you last stopped or paused. ... keep track of how much of you have left of the book you are listening to. … continue to listen even in energy-saving mode and enjoy your favorite audiobooks anytime you want. Sign up today and enjoy the benefits with Nextory! With Nextory you can enjoy unlimited reading and listening anytime, anywhere. You will always have your favorite audiobooks and eBooks with you no matter where you are - in your smartphone or iPad. You can easily access them online or download books in advance to read and listen offline. Even audiobooks for the little ones. Read and listen for free for 14 days and up - start your trial today! Benefit from the eBook reader developed specifically for Nextory, which will take your reading experience to a whole new level. Even reading PDF files run flawlessly. It has numerous settings so that you can customize your reading experience to suit your every need. In-App Subscription Unlimited - price- and payment terms: A subscription gives you access to our growing library, consisting of tens of thousands of books at a fixed monthly cost. The amount will be charged automatically each month via your iTunes account. The subscription is automatically renewed each month, as long sd the feature "automatic renewal" is not deactivated via the iTunes settings on your device, no later than 24 hours before your subscription period runs out. You can read more about our terms and conditions on our website. Our terms and conditions can be found here: https://www.nextory.se/medlemsvillkor

Screenshots

Bruno by ablemagic4 screens
Nextory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bruno by ablemagic at 100% against Nextory's 54%. Bruno by ablemagic also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Nextory's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and update cadence (weekly vs every 9 months). On 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

Nextory is free to download; Bruno by ablemagic costs $2.99 up front. Nextory sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $16.99 per month. Bruno by ablemagic asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bruno by ablemagic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nextory has 642 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Bruno by ablemagic's written reviews are positive against 54% of Nextory's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bruno by ablemagic ships an update every 9 months, Nextory weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Bruno by ablemagic versus Nextory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBruno by ablemagicNextory
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (642 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better54.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1642 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size285 MB92 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperablemagicNextory AB

Customer experience

Bruno by ablemagic

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Nextory

All ratings642 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews252 reviews
Positive54.0%
Neutral13.5%
Negative32.5%

Bugs and requests

Bruno by ablemagic

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Nextory

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App crashes and freezes regularly
  • Audio skipping 5-10 seconds every minute
  • Download functionality unreliable
  • Playback stops randomly during reading
  • Landscape mode not marking books as finished
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  • Unable to activate paid subscription during trial
  • Time tracking significantly inaccurate
  • Inconsistent chapter availability across titles
  • Offline mode lacks proper organization
  • Page display issues with images spanning multiple pages
  • Metallic background noise in audio quality

Requested features

14 requests
  • Apple CarPlay support for car listening
  • Larger skip button (30+ seconds instead of 15)
  • Chapter markers within audiobooks
  • Simultaneous reading and listening capability
  • Follow favorite authors and narrators
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  • Reading statistics and tracking
  • Dark mode support
  • More Spanish language audiobooks
  • Automatic download deletion after book completion
  • Ability to mark books as finished in offline mode
  • Increased playback speed options (beyond 2x)
  • eBook compatibility with e-readers
  • Better offline mode functionality
  • Progress percentage indicator for audiobooks

In-app purchases

None

Bruno by ablemagic

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Nextory

Subscriptions1
  • Guld1 Month trial$16.991 Month

Questions

Is Bruno by ablemagic free?
Bruno by ablemagic costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nextory free?
Nextory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bruno by ablemagic or Nextory?
Bruno by ablemagic is rated higher. Bruno by ablemagic averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Nextory averages 4.8 from 642 ratings.
Do Bruno by ablemagic or Nextory have ads?
Nextory shows ads; Bruno by ablemagic does not.
Which is updated more often, Bruno by ablemagic or Nextory?
Bruno by ablemagic ships an update every 9 months, and Nextory weekly. Most recently, Bruno by ablemagic was updated on November 1, 2026 and Nextory on November 6, 2026.

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