Novel Effect Downloads & RevenueNovel Effect: Read Aloud Books · App Store & Google Play
Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books by Novel Effect Inc is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books update history & changes
Last change · 33 events since 3 Sep 2016Full timeline ↓⭐iOSPassed 10K ratings📦AndroidUpdated to version 4.2.9✏️iOSAdded hidden keywords: noble📈iOSEntered the top 100📈iOSCharting in a new country📈AndroidEntered the top 100📈AndroidEntered the top 100⭐AndroidPassed 1K ratings🆕iOSFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider📦AndroidVersion 4.2.7📦iOSVersion 3.11.1🆕AndroidReleased on Google Play🆕iOSReleased on the App Store
Full timeline · 33 events
- 📦Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books updated to version 4.2.9AndroidUI and performance improvements, along with some bug fixes.
We're always looking to improve. If you have feedback or suggestions send an email to [email protected] - ✏️Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books added hidden keywords: nobleiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Books · KR
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books charting in a new countryiOSSouth Korea
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Education · US
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Books · BR
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books charting in a new countryiOSBrazil
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Books · AE
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books charting in a new countryiOSUnited Arab Emirates
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Books · DE
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books charting in a new countryiOSGermany
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Family · TR
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books charting in a new countryAndroidTurkey
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Books · AU
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books charting in a new countryiOSAustralia
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Family · MX
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books charting in a new countryAndroidMexico
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Books · IT
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books charting in a new countryiOSItaly
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books entered the top 100 in 3 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · Family · NL · Top Grossing · Family · TH · Top Grossing · Family · VN
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books charting in a new country in 3 chartsAndroidNetherlands · Thailand · Vietnam
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Books · IN
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books charting in a new countryiOSIndia
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Books · SA
- 📈Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books charting in a new countryiOSSaudi Arabia
- 🆕Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books first spotted by AppInsideriOS#38 in Top Grossing · Books · Canada
- 🆕Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited States
- 📦Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books version 4.2.7AndroidLandscape mode is finally here along with a new UI, performance improvements, and some bug fixes.
Novel Effect for Chromebook is changing. We are no longer supporting Chromebook devices through the Google Play Store. We invite all existing or new Chromebook customers to transition to Novel Effect Web. We will continue to support Novel Effect on mobile devices and tablets through the Play Store.… more - 📦Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books version 3.11.1iOS• Performance improvements and bug fixes
We're always looking to improve. If you have feedback or suggestions send an email to [email protected] - 🆕Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.8 ★
11k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#27
App Store · 
Books Grossing
Books GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
28
▲ +22% vs the 2 weeks before (App Store)
Measured
App Store
App details
App ID
1057374139
Publisher
Novel Effect Inc
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Sep 2016
10 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 13.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
223 MB
Also listed in
Books, Education
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.noveleffect.book
Publisher
NOVEL EFFECT, INC.
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone
Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 100+ | 500k+ |
| Google Play | 50+ | 100k+ Measured |
| Total | 100+ Confidence | 500k+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Subscription-led
How Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchases
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Monthly Premium Access subscription | |
| 2 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 3 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 4 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 5 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 6 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 7 | Monthly Premium Access subscription | |
| 8 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 9 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 10 | Annual Premium Access subscription |
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #27 Books Grossing | 4 of 30 countries | – | #27 |
| Google Play | #44 Family Grossing | 10 of 23 countries | – | #44 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
27
▲ +22% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
US App Store
Lifetime rating
4.9★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
78/100
faster than 91% of Books apps
New ratings by country (2)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 96% | ▲ +18% |
 Canada | 1 | 4% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Google Play
New ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.0★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
23/100
faster than 5% of Education apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.9 ★ | 9.9k |
| Google Play | 4.0 ★ | 1k 230 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.8 ★ weighted by ratings | 11k |
What users say about Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books
From the 55 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mostly positive (75% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Fun: “My grandkids love it and I enjoy reading”
- Features & content: “Wish the selection in Spanish was larger”
- Price & subscription: “Bad to many books in premium”
- Useful: “I recommend this app for all classrooms and home with little readers!”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Has denied my refund request twice”
- Features & content: “Cool tool but lacking good books”
About Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books
Welcome to Novel Effect — an award-winning app that follows your voice as you read out loud from a children’s story book and responds at just the right moment with interactive music, sound effects, and character voices. Bring the story to life, promote literacy, imagination, and fun for kids 12 & under!
In the classroom or at home, see why parents and teachers alike say Novel Effect “…turns reading time into a magical experience." - App Store Review.
There are 3 versions of the Novel Effect service accessible through the app. New books are added weekly.
FREE
Free Novel Effect offers hundreds of soundscapes for a library of children’s books curated for teachers, librarians, kids and families. Enjoy limited access to soundscapes for free when you bring your own copy of the print book or ebook!
PREMIUM
For families and individual educators, Novel Effect Premium offers unlimited access to a library of kid friendly content. Enjoy soundscapes for popular children’s books when you bring your own copy of the book, or read aloud from hundreds of in-app eBooks, including non-fiction and early reader chapter books, as well as exclusive members-only content.
CLASSROOM
For educators, Novel Effect Premium Classroom offers unlimited access to Premium features and content for one teacher and up to 30 students in a safe and secure environment. Overwhelmingly, educators say reading with Novel Effect is more engaging, creating motivated, confident, and empowered readers.
HOW IT WORKS
Novel Effect’s service follows along as you read out loud, playing interactive music, sound effects, and character voices in response to your voice. Our library includes a wide variety of high-quality soundscapes for carefully selected family friendly books to engage and promote imagination and learning, updated weekly with new titles! Hundreds of titles are available as in-app eBooks, some titles may require you to read aloud from your own copy.
FIND - Use search or browse our collections to find the book you want to read out loud.
PLAY - Tap the cover and then choose how you’ll be reading — with print or an eBook.
READ - When you hear the chime, start reading aloud!
LISTEN - Hear the music and sounds respond to your voice and change with the story.
Add a little magic to story time with Novel Effect.
PRESS AND EXPERT REVIEWS
Novel Effect was featured on Shark Tank, The TODAY Show, and in Forbes, Variety, Lifehacker, and more.
“I felt like a real audiobook narrator. My five-year-old tried reading a book on her own… and amazingly, the system picked up her little voice and played the effects at all the right moments.” - Michelle Woo, Lifehacker
"Not only did this tool help make poetry come alive for [my student], he asked me if he could try reading... I about fell out of my chair because he never wants to read aloud... and he has asked to go to the library to check out books that he can read along with the app." - Julie Smith, The Techie Teacher®
"I think this is cool as
In the classroom or at home, see why parents and teachers alike say Novel Effect “…turns reading time into a magical experience." - App Store Review.
There are 3 versions of the Novel Effect service accessible through the app. New books are added weekly.
FREE
Free Novel Effect offers hundreds of soundscapes for a library of children’s books curated for teachers, librarians, kids and families. Enjoy limited access to soundscapes for free when you bring your own copy of the print book or ebook!
PREMIUM
For families and individual educators, Novel Effect Premium offers unlimited access to a library of kid friendly content. Enjoy soundscapes for popular children’s books when you bring your own copy of the book, or read aloud from hundreds of in-app eBooks, including non-fiction and early reader chapter books, as well as exclusive members-only content.
CLASSROOM
For educators, Novel Effect Premium Classroom offers unlimited access to Premium features and content for one teacher and up to 30 students in a safe and secure environment. Overwhelmingly, educators say reading with Novel Effect is more engaging, creating motivated, confident, and empowered readers.
HOW IT WORKS
Novel Effect’s service follows along as you read out loud, playing interactive music, sound effects, and character voices in response to your voice. Our library includes a wide variety of high-quality soundscapes for carefully selected family friendly books to engage and promote imagination and learning, updated weekly with new titles! Hundreds of titles are available as in-app eBooks, some titles may require you to read aloud from your own copy.
FIND - Use search or browse our collections to find the book you want to read out loud.
PLAY - Tap the cover and then choose how you’ll be reading — with print or an eBook.
READ - When you hear the chime, start reading aloud!
LISTEN - Hear the music and sounds respond to your voice and change with the story.
Add a little magic to story time with Novel Effect.
PRESS AND EXPERT REVIEWS
Novel Effect was featured on Shark Tank, The TODAY Show, and in Forbes, Variety, Lifehacker, and more.
“I felt like a real audiobook narrator. My five-year-old tried reading a book on her own… and amazingly, the system picked up her little voice and played the effects at all the right moments.” - Michelle Woo, Lifehacker
"Not only did this tool help make poetry come alive for [my student], he asked me if he could try reading... I about fell out of my chair because he never wants to read aloud... and he has asked to go to the library to check out books that he can read along with the app." - Julie Smith, The Techie Teacher®
"I think this is cool as
Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books App Store
Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books is #27 in Books Grossing in United States and charting in 4 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperNovel Effect Inc
CategoryBooks
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.9 (9.9k)
Version3.11.1
Age rating4+
First seen by us 25 Sep 2026
25 Sep 2026Installs (est.)500k+ worldwide
Rating
4.9 ★
9.9k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#27
Books GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
27
▲ +22% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books on the App Store
App details
App ID
1057374139
Publisher
Novel Effect Inc
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Sep 2016
10 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 13.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
223 MB
Also listed in
Books, Education
Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Subscription-led
How Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchases
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Monthly Premium Access subscription | |
| 2 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 3 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 4 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 5 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 6 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 7 | Monthly Premium Access subscription | |
| 8 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 9 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 10 | Annual Premium Access subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | BooksGrossing | #27 |
 India | BooksGrossing | #84 |
 Australia | BooksGrossing | #93 |
 United Arab Emirates | BooksGrossing | #85 |
Apps near Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books on the chart
Books Grossing, around #27.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.9 ★
9.9k ratings
Measured
Ratings
9.9k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
27
▲ +22% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
US App Store
Lifetime rating
4.9★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
78/100
faster than 91% of Books apps
New ratings by country (2)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 96% | ▲ +18% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books
From the 55 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mostly positive (75% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Fun: “My grandkids love it and I enjoy reading”
- Features & content: “Wish the selection in Spanish was larger”
- Price & subscription: “Bad to many books in premium”
- Useful: “I recommend this app for all classrooms and home with little readers!”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Has denied my refund request twice”
- Features & content: “Cool tool but lacking good books”
About Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books
Welcome to Novel Effect — an award-winning app that follows your voice as you read out loud from a children’s story book and responds at just the right moment with interactive music, sound effects, and character voices. Bring the story to life, promote literacy, imagination, and fun for kids 12 & under!
In the classroom or at home, see why parents and teachers alike say Novel Effect “…turns reading time into a magical experience." - App Store Review.
There are 3 versions of the Novel Effect service accessible through the app. New books are added weekly.
FREE
Free Novel Effect offers hundreds of soundscapes for a library of children’s books curated for teachers, librarians, kids and families. Enjoy limited access to soundscapes for free when you bring your own copy of the print book or ebook!
PREMIUM
For families and individual educators, Novel Effect Premium offers unlimited access to a library of kid friendly content. Enjoy soundscapes for popular children’s books when you bring your own copy of the book, or read aloud from hundreds of in-app eBooks, including non-fiction and early reader chapter books, as well as exclusive members-only content.
CLASSROOM
For educators, Novel Effect Premium Classroom offers unlimited access to Premium features and content for one teacher and up to 30 students in a safe and secure environment. Overwhelmingly, educators say reading with Novel Effect is more engaging, creating motivated, confident, and empowered readers.
HOW IT WORKS
Novel Effect’s service follows along as you read out loud, playing interactive music, sound effects, and character voices in response to your voice. Our library includes a wide variety of high-quality soundscapes for carefully selected family friendly books to engage and promote imagination and learning, updated weekly with new titles! Hundreds of titles are available as in-app eBooks, some titles may require you to read aloud from your own copy.
FIND - Use search or browse our collections to find the book you want to read out loud.
PLAY - Tap the cover and then choose how you’ll be reading — with print or an eBook.
READ - When you hear the chime, start reading aloud!
LISTEN - Hear the music and sounds respond to your voice and change with the story.
Add a little magic to story time with Novel Effect.
PRESS AND EXPERT REVIEWS
Novel Effect was featured on Shark Tank, The TODAY Show, and in Forbes, Variety, Lifehacker, and more.
“I felt like a real audiobook narrator. My five-year-old tried reading a book on her own… and amazingly, the system picked up her little voice and played the effects at all the right moments.” - Michelle Woo, Lifehacker
"Not only did this tool help make poetry come alive for [my student], he asked me if he could try reading... I about fell out of my chair because he never wants to read aloud... and he has asked to go to the library to check out books that he can read along with the app." - Julie Smith, The Techie Teacher®
"I think this is cool as
In the classroom or at home, see why parents and teachers alike say Novel Effect “…turns reading time into a magical experience." - App Store Review.
There are 3 versions of the Novel Effect service accessible through the app. New books are added weekly.
FREE
Free Novel Effect offers hundreds of soundscapes for a library of children’s books curated for teachers, librarians, kids and families. Enjoy limited access to soundscapes for free when you bring your own copy of the print book or ebook!
PREMIUM
For families and individual educators, Novel Effect Premium offers unlimited access to a library of kid friendly content. Enjoy soundscapes for popular children’s books when you bring your own copy of the book, or read aloud from hundreds of in-app eBooks, including non-fiction and early reader chapter books, as well as exclusive members-only content.
CLASSROOM
For educators, Novel Effect Premium Classroom offers unlimited access to Premium features and content for one teacher and up to 30 students in a safe and secure environment. Overwhelmingly, educators say reading with Novel Effect is more engaging, creating motivated, confident, and empowered readers.
HOW IT WORKS
Novel Effect’s service follows along as you read out loud, playing interactive music, sound effects, and character voices in response to your voice. Our library includes a wide variety of high-quality soundscapes for carefully selected family friendly books to engage and promote imagination and learning, updated weekly with new titles! Hundreds of titles are available as in-app eBooks, some titles may require you to read aloud from your own copy.
FIND - Use search or browse our collections to find the book you want to read out loud.
PLAY - Tap the cover and then choose how you’ll be reading — with print or an eBook.
READ - When you hear the chime, start reading aloud!
LISTEN - Hear the music and sounds respond to your voice and change with the story.
Add a little magic to story time with Novel Effect.
PRESS AND EXPERT REVIEWS
Novel Effect was featured on Shark Tank, The TODAY Show, and in Forbes, Variety, Lifehacker, and more.
“I felt like a real audiobook narrator. My five-year-old tried reading a book on her own… and amazingly, the system picked up her little voice and played the effects at all the right moments.” - Michelle Woo, Lifehacker
"Not only did this tool help make poetry come alive for [my student], he asked me if he could try reading... I about fell out of my chair because he never wants to read aloud... and he has asked to go to the library to check out books that he can read along with the app." - Julie Smith, The Techie Teacher®
"I think this is cool as
Latest updates
3.11.1
• Performance improvements and bug fixes
We're always looking to improve. If you have feedback or suggestions send an email to [email protected]
Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books Android
Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books is #44 in Family Grossing on Google Play in United States and charting in 10 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperNovel Effect Inc.
CategoryEducation
PriceFree
Released
Installs100k+
Rating★ 4.0 (1k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
4.0 ★
1k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#44
Family GrossingMeasured
Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.noveleffect.book
Publisher
NOVEL EFFECT, INC.
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone
Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Subscription-led
How Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchases
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Monthly Premium Access subscription | |
| 2 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 3 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 4 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 5 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 6 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 7 | Monthly Premium Access subscription | |
| 8 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 9 | Annual Premium Access subscription | |
| 10 | Annual Premium Access subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | FamilyGrossing | #44 |
| United States | EducationGrossing | #147 |
| India | FamilyGrossing | #84 |
 Mexico | FamilyGrossing | #90 |
 Indonesia | FamilyGrossing | #89 |
 Saudi Arabia | FamilyGrossing | #90 |
 Turkey | FamilyGrossing | #88 |
 Netherlands | FamilyGrossing | #90 |
| United Arab Emirates | FamilyGrossing | #91 |
 Thailand | FamilyGrossing | #87 |
 Vietnam | FamilyGrossing | #79 |
Apps near Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books on the chart
Family Grossing, around #44.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.0 ★
1k ratings
Measured
Ratings
1k
Measured
Written reviews
230
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.0★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
23/100
faster than 5% of Education apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books
From the 103 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (60% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Fun: “This makes it fun to read!”
- Features & content: “This is a fantastic tool for the classroom”
- Price & subscription: “worth the subscription as a school librarian!”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Do not waste your money!!!”
- Crashes & bugs: “The app doesn't work very well”
- Updates: “Update: app has only gotten worse”
About Novel Effect: Read Aloud Books
Welcome to Novel Effect — an award-winning app that follows your voice as you read out loud from a children’s story book and responds at just the right moment with interactive music, sound effects, and character voices. Bring the story to life, promote literacy, imagination, and fun for kids 12 & under!
There are two versions of the Novel Effect service accessible through the app. New books are added weekly.
FREE
Free Novel Effect offers hundreds of soundscapes for a library of children’s books curated for teachers, librarians, kids and families. Enjoy limited access to soundscapes for free when you bring your own copy of the print book or ebook!
PREMIUM
For families and individual educators, Novel Effect Premium offers unlimited access to a library of kid friendly content. Enjoy soundscapes for popular children’s books when you bring your own copy of the book, or read aloud from hundreds of in-app eBooks, including non-fiction and early reader chapter books, as well as exclusive members-only content.
HOW IT WORKS
Novel Effect’s service follows along as you read out loud, playing interactive music, sound effects, and character voices in response to your voice. Our library includes a wide variety of high-quality soundscapes for carefully selected family friendly books to engage and promote imagination and learning, updated weekly with new titles! Hundreds of titles are available as in-app eBooks, some titles may require you to read aloud from your own copy.
FIND - Use search or browse our collections to find the book you want to read out loud.
PLAY - Tap the cover and then choose how you’ll be reading — with print or an eBook.
READ - When you hear the chime, start reading aloud!
LISTEN - Hear the music and sounds respond to your voice and change with the story.
Add a little magic to story time with Novel Effect.
OUR LIBRARY
Our growing in-app library is curated for teachers, librarians, kids and families. New titles are added regularly - including classics, bestsellers, new releases, hidden gems, and more. Discover your next great story time read aloud here!
Find hundreds of family and classroom favorites covering themes and topics perfect for learning, teaching, and enjoying again and again. Free in-app ebooks and poetry are also included.
KEY FEATURES
• Hundreds of books with more added weekly
• Also includes Spanish books
• Online and offline reading
• A reading log tracks books you’ve read with the app
• Access Novel Effect’s digital library and soundscapes on almost any device
SAFETY, PRIVACY, AND SUPPORT
- Novel Effect requires access to the device's microphone to perform voice-recognition.
- The privacy of kids and their grown-ups is our top priority. Voice-recognition is performed on your device, no voice data is saved without express consent.
- Please go to http://www.noveleffect.com/privacy-policy or www.noveleffect.com/classroom-privacy-policy to learn more.
Novel Effect was featured on Shark Tank, The TODAY Show, and in For
There are two versions of the Novel Effect service accessible through the app. New books are added weekly.
FREE
Free Novel Effect offers hundreds of soundscapes for a library of children’s books curated for teachers, librarians, kids and families. Enjoy limited access to soundscapes for free when you bring your own copy of the print book or ebook!
PREMIUM
For families and individual educators, Novel Effect Premium offers unlimited access to a library of kid friendly content. Enjoy soundscapes for popular children’s books when you bring your own copy of the book, or read aloud from hundreds of in-app eBooks, including non-fiction and early reader chapter books, as well as exclusive members-only content.
HOW IT WORKS
Novel Effect’s service follows along as you read out loud, playing interactive music, sound effects, and character voices in response to your voice. Our library includes a wide variety of high-quality soundscapes for carefully selected family friendly books to engage and promote imagination and learning, updated weekly with new titles! Hundreds of titles are available as in-app eBooks, some titles may require you to read aloud from your own copy.
FIND - Use search or browse our collections to find the book you want to read out loud.
PLAY - Tap the cover and then choose how you’ll be reading — with print or an eBook.
READ - When you hear the chime, start reading aloud!
LISTEN - Hear the music and sounds respond to your voice and change with the story.
Add a little magic to story time with Novel Effect.
OUR LIBRARY
Our growing in-app library is curated for teachers, librarians, kids and families. New titles are added regularly - including classics, bestsellers, new releases, hidden gems, and more. Discover your next great story time read aloud here!
Find hundreds of family and classroom favorites covering themes and topics perfect for learning, teaching, and enjoying again and again. Free in-app ebooks and poetry are also included.
KEY FEATURES
• Hundreds of books with more added weekly
• Also includes Spanish books
• Online and offline reading
• A reading log tracks books you’ve read with the app
• Access Novel Effect’s digital library and soundscapes on almost any device
SAFETY, PRIVACY, AND SUPPORT
- Novel Effect requires access to the device's microphone to perform voice-recognition.
- The privacy of kids and their grown-ups is our top priority. Voice-recognition is performed on your device, no voice data is saved without express consent.
- Please go to http://www.noveleffect.com/privacy-policy or www.noveleffect.com/classroom-privacy-policy to learn more.
Novel Effect was featured on Shark Tank, The TODAY Show, and in For
What's new in 4.2.9
UI and performance improvements, along with some bug fixes.
We're always looking to improve. If you have feedback or suggestions send an email to [email protected]
We're always looking to improve. If you have feedback or suggestions send an email to [email protected]