BookZeta has native apps for iPhone, iPad and Android, plus a separate BookZeta Kids app. They run the same account and the same projects as the website, so anything you start on one device continues on another.

• iOS: App Store
• Android: Google Play

What works on mobile

Effectively everything: creating stories, drafting chapters in Writer Mode, browsing and reading the library, and listening to audiobooks. Reading progress, favorites and projects all sync with the website.

Some things are simply better on a phone. Webtoons are built for vertical scrolling, so they read the way they were meant to. Audiobooks suit a commute. And reviewing generated illustrations on a phone screen is a fair test of how they will look to most readers.

Some things are better on a desktop. The Graphic Mode canvas and the Cover Editor involve precise dragging, layers and zoom, so a larger screen and a mouse make a real difference. Long drafting sessions are usually easier with a keyboard.

Signing in

The apps support the same sign-in options as the web: email and password, Google, Apple and Facebook, plus passwordless magic links sent to your email.

After your first sign-in the app offers biometric login, so Face ID or a fingerprint unlocks the app on later visits. Credentials are stored in the device keychain, not in the app itself. You can decline the prompt and keep using a password.

Subscriptions bought in the app

This is the part worth understanding before you buy.

Where you subscribe is where you manage it. A subscription purchased on the website is a Stripe subscription managed from your profile. A subscription purchased inside the iOS or Android app is an app-store purchase managed in your Apple or Google account settings, because Apple and Google do not allow apps to cancel or change their own in-app subscriptions.

So:

• Subscribed on the web? Cancel or change plan from your BookZeta profile.
• Subscribed on iPhone or iPad? Manage it under Subscriptions in your Apple ID settings.
• Subscribed on Android? Manage it under Subscriptions in the Google Play app.

In-app prices can be higher than web prices. Apple and Google take a substantial cut of every in-app purchase, and app-store pricing reflects that. Subscribing on the website is usually cheaper.

Whichever way you subscribe, the plan and its Creation Points apply to your account everywhere. See Account, plans and billing.

Notifications

Long-running jobs like a full book generation finish in the background and notify you by email when they are done, so you do not have to sit on the page watching a progress bar. What you receive is under notification settings in your profile, split by type (promotional, system, newsletter) and channel, with a single switch to turn everything off.

You can also just check the Creations In Progress panel on your profile whenever you come back. See When a generation fails or gets stuck.

BookZeta Kids

BookZeta Kids is a separate app for roughly ages 2 to 12, built around a permanently age-gated library rather than a filtered adult one. If you are handing a device to a child, start there rather than with parental controls on an adult account. See Parental controls.

If the app misbehaves

• A screen looks stale or a project is missing. Pull to refresh, then fully close and reopen the app. The apps cache aggressively for speed.
• Sign-in loops. Sign out completely, then sign back in with email and password rather than a social provider, which rules out a stale provider token.
• A purchase did not apply. Store purchases reconcile through the store, which can lag by a few minutes. If it has not applied after that, contact support from the help page with the store receipt.
• Still broken? Reinstalling is safe. Nothing is stored only on the device: your projects live on your account.