# Book Dash: African Storybooks

> Book Dash creates beautiful African children's books for anyone to enjoy!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/org.bookdash.android](https://chrome-stats.com/d/org.bookdash.android)

## Overview

- **ID:** `org.bookdash.android`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Book Dash
- **Category:** EDUCATION
- **Downloads:** 210,322
- **Rating:** 3.95 / 5 (1,004 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.9.4
- **Last updated:** 2025-02-12
- **First published:** 2015-12-01
- **Publisher country:** ZA
- **Size:** 5.43 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.bookdash.android)
- **Website:** [http://bookdash.org/](http://bookdash.org/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://bookdash.org/app/privacy-policy/](https://bookdash.org/app/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Book Dash offers a vast catalog of over 200 free children's storybooks, available in multiple languages including all 11 official South African languages such as English, isiZulu, Afrikaans, and more. These beautifully illustrated storybooks capture uniquely African tales, designed to inspire and educate young readers. The easy-to-use app lets you select your preferred language, download your favorite stories for offline reading, and even enjoy special Android Wear watch faces.

Book Dash is a volunteer-driven initiative addressing the need for affordable children's books in South Africa. By bringing creative professionals together to create and distribute books freely, Book Dash aims to empower children with literacy and the joy of reading, promoting the vision that every child should own a hundred books by age five. Join the mission and explore diverse, culturally rich African stories today!

## Rankings

- #155,643 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES`
- `org.bookdash.android.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `org.bookdash.android.permission.C2D_MESSAGE`

## Review summary

Overall, users praise Book Dash for kid-friendly, engaging, multilingual stories with high-quality content that supports reading confidence and bedtime routines. Many highlight the app’s positive impact and mission, noting it’s a valuable, easy-to-use learning tool. The main recurring drawback is a smaller library compared with the website, with some requests for more Sepedi content and additional titles or levels as the library grows. Despite this, it’s widely regarded as a meaningful literacy resource for families.

### Pros

- Helps kids learn to read and enhances bonding time with family
- High-quality, well-written, educational books
- Multilingual support across many languages, including Afrikaans
- Kid-friendly and interactive stories
- Positive social impact and literacy-focused mission

### Cons

- Limited content / small library compared to the website

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/org.bookdash.android)