Comparison

Story Plotter vs The Lore Book

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

Head to head
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

About

The Lore Book

Features
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Our lives our full of ideas, decisions, breakthroughs, and stories worth keeping. The Lore Book brings them together in a private, connected record; so you can learn from where you’ve been, shape where you’re going, and leverage your unique story across other tools. Capture life as it happens: Write a thought, record a voice note, or take a photo. Save the first rough idea, the everyday details, and the moments that change everything. Capture on iOS, even offline. Find meaning in your history: Turn a month that felt like a blur into a story you can see. AI recaps surface themes, decisions, and progress, with the original moments there to revisit. Use deep search to rediscover experiences and ideas from your book. Give your ambitions a direction: Create visions for the future you want, break them into missions, and capture the work along the way. Build a record of the steps, lessons, and moments that moved you forward. Shape stories worth keeping: Preserve memories and turn them into stories through guided conversations. Capture how a project began, what an experience taught you, or the chapter of your life you want to share. Every new chapter gives the next one more to build on. Bring your experience into your AI tools: Connect compatible AI tools through MCP. Let your agents search the material you permit, plan from past decisions, draft from real experiences, and save new progress back to your book. Turn the journey behind a project into a launch post, find the experiences behind an essay, or choose your next mission with your recent progress in view. Keep your history under your control: Your lore is private by default, encrypted at rest, and stored in your own database. Choose what connected agents can access and export your writing in Markdown. Keep a record you can carry forward as your tools change. Start with a single moment: Create a free account to start building your personal store with moments, memories, stories, and visions. AI usage and storage limits apply. View current pricing and subscription terms in the app. Connected tools require setup and may require separate subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ You’re already building a legacy. Keep what matters today.

Screenshots

Story Plotter4 screens
The Lore Book4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Story Plotter at every 2 weeks against The Lore Book's every 3 months. Story Plotter also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Story Plotter sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and The Lore Book sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Story Plotter ships an update every 2 weeks, The Lore Book every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Story Plotter versus The Lore Book: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStory PlotterThe Lore Book
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (193 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings193 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size193 MB82 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHajime HataThe Lore Book

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

The Lore Book

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

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
1 purchases

The Lore Book

Subscriptions1
  • Standard Access$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Story Plotter free?
Story Plotter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Lore Book free?
The Lore Book is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Story Plotter or The Lore Book have ads?
Neither Story Plotter nor The Lore Book shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Story Plotter or The Lore Book?
Story Plotter ships an update every 2 weeks, and The Lore Book every 3 months. Most recently, Story Plotter was updated on October 19, 2026 and The Lore Book on October 13, 2026.

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