Comparison

OutlineProcessor vs Story Plotter

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

Head to head
About

OutlineProcessor

This app helps you organize thoughts and ideas with a simple yet powerful outliner. Create nested lists, manage multiple projects, and use intuitive controls to structure essays, novels, or tasks. Its clean interface minimizes distractions for focused thinking.

Highlights
  • Infinite hierarchy for nested lists
  • Intuitive controls for reordering items
  • Multiple document management
  • Focus-oriented minimalist interface
  • Idea capture and development
Features
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Bring structure to your thoughts. This app is a simple yet powerful outliner designed to help you capture, organize, and develop your ideas. Whether you're plotting a novel, structuring an essay, planning a project, or managing daily tasks, it's the perfect tool to bring clarity to your thinking. Key Features: Infinite Hierarchy: Create deeply nested lists to explore your ideas in as much detail as you need. Intuitive Controls: Effortlessly move, indent, and reorder items with a single tap, allowing you to restructure your thoughts on the fly. Multiple Documents: Keep your work organized by managing different projects in separate files. Focus-Oriented Design: A clean, minimalist interface frees you from distractions, letting you concentrate on what truly matters—your ideas. Transform scattered thoughts into a coherent plan. Download now and start organizing your mind with ease and clarity.

About

Story Plotter

This app helps you craft compelling stories for novels, comics, movies, and more. It offers tools for organizing ideas, developing characters and their relationships, and structuring plot points. AI-powered brainstorming and time-series visualization assist in overcoming writer's block.

Highlights
  • Idea Note
  • Plot Note
  • Plot creation function
  • AI Brainstorming
  • Character Correlation & Family Tree
  • Time series with World Setting
  • Theme Setting
Features
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This is strong plot creation app that support - Novel - Manga - Movie - Drama - Secondary creation - TRPG Scenario - Script If you are worried about the following, we will suggest to use this App. - I don't know what the plot looks like - I can't organize the flow of the story and get confused - I want to create attractive characters, want to organize relationships - Lots of incidents, but unmanageable. This app is fully packed with the essences of more than 15 script reference books, including "Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting" and “save the cat”, called the scripture Bible. This app will lead you to an interesting screenplay !!! ** Features ** This app have - Idea Note - Plot Note and - Plot creation function So, You can easily create plot using stored idea!! In addition, functions also available to support you. - Brainstorming with AI - Correlation & Family Tree with Character setting - Time series with World Setting - Theme Setting By deepening these, you can escape from stack writing plot ** Postscript ** Unless you have permission, this App does not send any creative data to the internet, so you can use it safe. ** SubScribe ** For $4/month, we offer automatic data synchronization across multiple devices. All features other than automatic data synchronization will continue to be available free of charge. ** Terms and Conditions ** Please see this link for the Terms and Conditions By installing the application, you agree to the Terms and Conditions. Terms and Conditions : https://storyplotter.net/term/pc/en.html Privacy Policy : https://storyplotter.net/privacypolicy/pc/en.html

Screenshots

OutlineProcessor3 screens
Story Plotter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Story Plotter at 80% against OutlineProcessor's 20%. Story Plotter also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 59 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. OutlineProcessor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Story Plotter sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Story Plotter holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Story Plotter has 193 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of OutlineProcessor's written reviews are positive against 80% of Story Plotter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OutlineProcessor ships an update every 59 months, Story Plotter every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
OutlineProcessor versus Story Plotter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOutlineProcessorStory Plotter
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (4 ratings)4.4 (193 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews80.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4193 — better
Update frequencyEvery 59 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB193 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerhirokazu murabeHajime Hata

Customer experience

OutlineProcessor

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

Story Plotter

All ratings193 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral7.3%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews126 reviews
Positive80.2%
Neutral10.3%
Negative9.5%

Bugs and requests

OutlineProcessor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Story Plotter

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Deleting previous work without warning
  • Crashing when trying to edit thumbnails or move characters
  • Syncing and data transfer issues between devices
  • Bluetooth keyboard compatibility problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to pull photos from external sources
  • Implement a collaborative feature for co-writing
  • Add more customization options for character profiles
  • Improve the character relationship diagram functionality
  • Expand timeline options beyond just years/months/days

In-app purchases

1 purchases

OutlineProcessor

One-time1
  • Hide Advertisement$2.99
4 purchases

Story Plotter

Subscriptions2
  • Data Sync(half price)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Device Synchronize7 Days trial$3.491 Month
One-time2
  • Number of Image Generations$0.49
  • Releasing AI Limitations$2.99

Questions

Is OutlineProcessor free?
OutlineProcessor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Story Plotter free?
Story Plotter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, OutlineProcessor or Story Plotter?
Story Plotter is rated higher. OutlineProcessor averages 3.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Story Plotter averages 4.4 from 193 ratings.
Do OutlineProcessor or Story Plotter have ads?
Neither OutlineProcessor nor Story Plotter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OutlineProcessor or Story Plotter?
OutlineProcessor ships an update every 59 months, and Story Plotter every 2 weeks. Most recently, OutlineProcessor was updated on September 3, 2026 and Story Plotter on September 23, 2026.

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