Comparison

SS Writer 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

SS Writer

This app simplifies writing dialogue-focused creative works by allowing you to select character names from a list for easy input. It also offers a chat-style bubble display to enhance the immersive reading experience of your creations.

Highlights
  • Name list for easy dialogue input
  • Chat-style bubble display
  • Focus on creative writing
  • Streamlined text input
  • Immersive reading experience
Features
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会話主体の創作に特化したメモアプリです。 ■名前リストでらくらく会話入力 名前リストから名前を選択するとそのまま続けて会話文が入力できます。通常のメモのように一行毎に名前、カギカッコ、改行などを逐一入力したりカーソル位置を合わせる手間が省けるので、創作そのものに集中しやすくなります。 ■チャット風吹き出し表示で臨場感アップ 作成したテキストからチャット風の吹き出し表示を自動生成して閲覧することができます。テキストのみの表示より読みやすく臨場感もアップします。 その他にも創作に便利な機能がいろいろありますのでぜひお試しください!

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

SS Writer3 screens
Story Plotter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Story Plotter at none against SS Writer's shown. Story Plotter also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, 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. SS Writer 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SS Writer ships an update every 3 months, Story Plotter every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SS Writer versus Story Plotter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSS WriterStory Plotter
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.4 (193 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews80.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—193 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB193 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShigenori KumagaiHajime Hata

Customer experience

SS Writer

Written reviews52 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral15.4%
Negative7.7%

Story Plotter

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

Bugs and requests

SS Writer

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

SS Writer

One-time1
  • アップグレード$3.99
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 SS Writer free?
SS Writer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Story Plotter free?
Story Plotter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SS Writer or Story Plotter have ads?
SS Writer shows ads; Story Plotter does not.
Which is updated more often, SS Writer or Story Plotter?
SS Writer ships an update every 3 months, and Story Plotter every 2 weeks. Most recently, SS Writer was updated on September 27, 2026 and Story Plotter on September 23, 2026.

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