Comparison

Writer Assistant (Wassi) 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

Writer Assistant (Wassi)

This app helps writers develop characters, locations, and entire story worlds. It provides guided questions for in-depth creation and allows for outlining plots and scenes. Export your developed worlds and stories to PDF.

Highlights
  • Create separate projects for story universes
  • Develop characters and locations with guided questions
  • Add photos to characters and locations
  • Describe worlds with races, flora, and fauna
  • Outline stories, plots, and scenes
  • Export projects to PDF
Features
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Writer Assistant (Wassi) is an application created specifically for inventors! We all constantly invent new characters for our stories, be it a comic, a novel, a script, a play, or a game. And so that our characters are alive and riveted the attention, they need to be developed a lot! That is what the Writer Assistant was created for! Plus, with Wassi you can easily outline your stories on the go. Let's check it! With Wassi support, you can: - create separate projects for each of your universes - create characters and locations - develop characters and locations using leading questions in the program - add photos to the characters and locations - create worlds where your story happen - describe every millimeter of the world by filling races, flora, animals of the world and more - create stories with your characters - outline stories - create stories plots and scenes and connect them - export created projects to PDF-documents Free version limitations: - 3 projects - 3 characters, 3 locations, 3 stories, 3 worlds per project - 3 plots, 3 scenes per story - watermark and link to the app's AppStore webpage in the exported document - saving and restoring backups not available To remove all limitations you can upgrade to the Pro version by clicking the "Upgrade to Pro" menu item and purchasing Pro version license. You can share one license between all your iOS devices. In the next update: - ability to add items - more details about constituents of the world - ability to add connections between characters - ability to set up characters and location of the scene - export to the DOCX format

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

Writer Assistant (Wassi)4 screens
Story Plotter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Story Plotter at 4.4 against Writer Assistant (Wassi)'s 3.9. Story Plotter also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and review sentiment (80% vs 72%). Writer Assistant (Wassi)'s advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Writer Assistant (Wassi) 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 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 80 and 193 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Writer Assistant (Wassi)'s written reviews are positive against 80% of Story Plotter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Writer Assistant (Wassi) ships an update monthly, Story Plotter every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Writer Assistant (Wassi) versus Story Plotter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriter Assistant (Wassi)Story Plotter
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (80 ratings)4.4 (193 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.6% of reviews80.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings80193 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB193 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmitry NovikovHajime Hata

Customer experience

Writer Assistant (Wassi)

All ratings80 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive71.6%
Neutral11.9%
Negative16.4%

Story Plotter

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

User reviews

Writer Assistant (Wassi)

From 80 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for character building
  • 👍 Excellent for world building
  • 👍 Helpful for in-depth backstories
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 👍 Affordable pro version

Room to improve

  • 💰 Strict character limit on free version
  • 💰 Paywall for adding more than 3 characters
  • 💰 Deleted characters still count towards limit
  • 💰 Limited free features
  • 💰 Blurry character images

Story Plotter

From 193 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Helpful for writing and planning
  • 🚀 Great organizational tools
  • 💡 Detailed character profiles
  • 🔒 Secure and password protected
  • 👍 Clean and easy to navigate

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or performance issues
  • 🔍 Confusing or unclear interface in places
  • 🔒 Limited free features, need to pay for syncing
  • 🐛 Bugs with Bluetooth keyboards
  • 🐛 Data loss issues, stories deleted without warning

Bugs and requests

Writer Assistant (Wassi)

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Notes not saved after iCloud sign-in on new phone
  • Pictures assigned to wrong characters across projects
  • Pictures assigned to new characters in different projects
  • Duplicate photos when changing profile pictures
  • Typing cursor jumps randomly
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  • Blurry character images
  • Airdrop issue for saving/backing up
  • App not accessible with Apple Voiceover

Requested features

20 requests
  • Unlimited characters for free
  • Ability to delete projects
  • Copy/paste support
  • Desktop or web version
  • Customizable fields for prompts
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  • Examples for character attributes
  • Revert profile picture to default
  • Remove photo button
  • Ability to write the actual story
  • Folders for organizing characters/locations
  • Better subsections for world/culture
  • More in-depth story planning (connections)
  • Ability to discriminate between major/minor characters
  • Residents tab for locations
  • Option to add own tabs/text boxes
  • Ability to tag characters
  • Towns/cities tab
  • Dark mode option
  • Family account sharing for pro
  • Syncing across devices

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

Writer Assistant (Wassi)

One-time1
  • Unlock of the pro version$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 Writer Assistant (Wassi) free?
Writer Assistant (Wassi) 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, Writer Assistant (Wassi) or Story Plotter?
Story Plotter is rated higher. Writer Assistant (Wassi) averages 3.9 out of 5 from 80 ratings, while Story Plotter averages 4.4 from 193 ratings.
Do Writer Assistant (Wassi) or Story Plotter have ads?
Neither Writer Assistant (Wassi) nor Story Plotter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Writer Assistant (Wassi) or Story Plotter?
Writer Assistant (Wassi) ships an update monthly, and Story Plotter every 2 weeks. Most recently, Writer Assistant (Wassi) was updated on September 30, 2026 and Story Plotter on September 23, 2026.

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