Story Plotter vs Motif
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Idea Note
- Plot Note
- Plot creation function
- AI Brainstorming
- Character Correlation & Family Tree
- Time series with World Setting
- Theme Setting
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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
Motif
Express your thoughts and feelings through writing prompts. Discover new daily themes and engage with a community of writers by reading and sharing your entries. Curated notable entries highlight popular content.
- Daily writing prompts
- Community writing and reading
- Notable entries curation
- Optional notification permissions
- Privacy-focused permissions
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Motif - a space where you can freely express your thoughts and feelings in writing. - New daily motifs Motif informs you of new motif every morning and evening at 7. Freely write down your thoughts on motifs such as “Tone”, “Summer”, “Longing”, “Love”. - Read and write together Others can read and engage with entries you choose to publish, and you can follow entries of those you like. Also, through the 'notable entries' feature, you can selectively read entries from Motif that have resonated with many people. We only request the necessary permissions [Optional access permissions] - Notifications: to receive push messages from Motif *Service can be used without granting optional permissions, but some features may be limited. Privacy policy: https://motif.tenb.team/en/agreements/privacy/ Terms of use: https://motif.tenb.team/en/agreements/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Motif at 5.0 against Story Plotter's 4.4. Story Plotter's advantage is ratings volume (193 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Story Plotter sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Motif sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Motif holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Story Plotter has 193 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 79% and 78% positive.
Story Plotter ships an update every 2 weeks, Motif every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Story Plotter | Motif |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (193 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better | 77.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 193 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 193 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hajime Hata | 10B Inc. |
Customer experience
Story Plotter
Motif
Bugs and 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
Motif
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Story Plotter
- Data Sync(half price)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Device Synchronize7 Days trial$3.491 Month
- Number of Image Generations$0.49
- Releasing AI Limitations$2.99
Motif
- monthly plan$2.491 Month
- annual plan$19.901 Year








