Storyplace vs Gain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Storyplace
This social journaling app provides a secure environment for self-expression and connection. It aims to improve emotional well-being by encouraging vulnerability and processing life events through community interaction and creative prompts.
- Social journaling
- Emotional well-being enhancement
- Daily writing prompts
- Writing challenges
- Community circles
- Searchable stories
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Storyplace is a social journaling app that offers a safe space for you to express yourself while connecting with a community of people around the world. Our goal is to help enhance your emotional wellbeing, embrace vulnerability, and help you process whatever is going on in your life. Self expression in community: Share anything you want! You don't need to be a professional writer or blogger to journal on Storyplace, it's all welcome and appreciated. Express your thoughts, feelings, and reflections: If you need some inspiration use our daily prompts and join our writing challenges. Read other people's journals and learn from their stories: Search stories by title, tags, username, or keywords. Join circles and find your community: Find circles and topics that interest you. Share for you: this is not a popularity game, so there is no "likes" or "followers" visibility for other users.
Gain
Connect with contacts, explore career opportunities, and discover services. Engage in profit-sharing through an affiliate program and shop for unique items. Access fitness and scheduling tools to achieve your goals.
- Seamless messaging
- Affiliate profit-sharing
- Career exploration
- Services marketplace
- Online shop
- Fitness and scheduling tools
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gain at none against Storyplace's 10. Gain also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Storyplace's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (119 vs 4). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Storyplace sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month. Gain asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Storyplace has 119 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Storyplace ships an update every 2 weeks, Gain every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Storyplace | Gain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (119 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 119 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | StoryPlace Inc. | GAIN-TRAIN.COM LLC |
Customer experience
Storyplace
Gain
Bugs and requests
Storyplace
Reported bugs
4 issues- Next button loads and does nothing during account creation
- Translation option causes text to squeeze together and display special characters
- Cannot complete registration after adding photo, name, phone, and story
- Cannot proceed to the next section during registration
Requested features
7 requests- Bigger community
- More detailed manual/instructions
- Option to edit published stories
- Option to delete published stories
- Ability to continue drafts
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- Ability to create series
- Support icon within the app
Gain
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Storyplace
- Storyplace Member (Monthly 1)$1.001 Month
- Storyplace Member (Monthly 5)$5.001 Month
- Storyplace Member (Monthly 10)$10.001 Month
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- Storyplace Member (Monthly 15)$15.001 Month
- Storyplace Member (Monthly 20)$20.001 Month
- Storyplace Member (1)$1.00
- Storyplace Member (5)$5.00
- Storyplace Member (10)$10.00
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- Storyplace Member (15)$15.00
- Storyplace Member (20)$20.00
Gain
No in-app purchases









