C2Story goes far beyond bedtime stories — create professional illustrated picture books with 50+ art styles, persistent characters, story continuation, and multi-language support.

50,000+
Stories Created
10,000+
Active Creators
50+
Art Styles
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User Rating
See how C2Story compares to Storybooks.app across every important feature for creating illustrated stories.
| Feature | C2Story | Storybooks.app |
|---|---|---|
| Art Styles Available | 50+ styles | ~10 styles |
| Character Library | ||
| Character Consistency Across Stories | ||
| Story Continuation / Sequels | ||
| Rewrite Specific Pages | ||
| Multi-Language Support | EN, ZH, JA + more | Limited languages |
| PDF Export | ||
| Community Explore Page | ||
| Custom Page Count (4-24) | Fixed lengths | |
| Free Tier | ||
| Bedtime Story Focus | All story types | Primarily bedtime |
C2Story wins in 8 out of 11 feature categories
Discover why thousands of creators choose C2Story over Storybooks.app for illustrated story creation.
From watercolor and cartoon to anime, cinematic 3D, oil painting, pixel art, and more. Storybooks.app offers around 10 styles — C2Story gives you five times as many for complete creative freedom.
Create characters once, reuse them across unlimited stories with consistent appearance. Your child can star in every story. Storybooks.app generates new characters each time with no consistency.
Love a story? Continue it with a sequel. Don't like a page? Rewrite just that page. C2Story gives you creative control that Storybooks.app doesn't offer.
Create stories in English, Chinese, Japanese, and more. Build bilingual books for language learning. Far more language options than Storybooks.app provides.
While Storybooks.app focuses mainly on bedtime stories, C2Story handles any story type — adventures, educational, comics, birthday books, family memories, and more.
Export stories as high-quality PDFs optimized for printing. Create physical picture books as gifts. Publish to Amazon KDP. Your stories aren't locked in the app.
These illustrations were created with C2Story. Professional quality across dozens of art styles.
Create your free C2Story account in seconds. No credit card required. You'll get free credits to start creating professional stories immediately.
Create a character library with persistent characters. Unlike Storybooks.app, your characters will look consistent across every story you create.
Go beyond bedtime stories with 50+ professional art styles, story continuation, multi-language support, and features Storybooks.app doesn't offer.
If you're searching for the best Storybooks.app alternative, C2Story is the professional upgrade you've been looking for. While Storybooks.app focuses primarily on bedtime stories with around 10 art style options, C2Story is a full-featured platform for creating stunning illustrated picture books of any type with 50+ professionally tuned art styles, a persistent character library, and unique story continuation features.
What makes C2Story the top Storybooks alternative? The breadth and depth of creative options set it apart. C2Story offers over 50 illustration styles — from watercolor and cartoon to anime, cinematic 3D, oil painting, pixel art, manga, pop art, and dozens more. Every style is carefully optimized to produce cohesive, professional artwork throughout your entire story. Storybooks.app's limited style selection simply can't compete.
C2Story's character library is another major advantage over Storybooks.app. Create characters with specific appearances and personality traits, then reuse them across unlimited stories with consistent visual appearance. Your child can be the hero of every bedtime story, adventure tale, and birthday book while always looking like themselves. Storybooks.app generates new characters each time with no way to maintain this consistency.
Beyond characters, C2Story offers story continuation for creating sequels, the ability to rewrite specific pages, full multi-language support including English, Chinese, and Japanese, bilingual book creation for language learning, customizable page counts from 4-24 pages, and print-ready PDF export for creating physical picture books. Whether you want bedtime stories, adventure tales, educational content, birthday books, family memory stories, or professional comics, C2Story delivers the quality and versatility that Storybooks.app cannot match. Try C2Story free today and discover the difference.