Byline vs Postplane
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Byline
Collaborate with others to create unique stories, one line at a time. Each participant only sees the previous line, fostering surprising and creative narratives. Share your finished tales with friends or the wider community.
- Collaborative story creation
- Line-by-line writing
- Public story posting
- Private group invitations
- Story titling and sharing
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Byline is a modern take on exquisite corpse. Serendipitous stories come together one line at a time, with each writer only seeing one line before theirs. Create the weirdest, funniest, spookiest, strangest story you can. POST DIRECTLY TO BYLINE Write the first line to your story and post on the site for strangers to finish. INVITE YOUR FRIENDS Write the first line to your story and then send it to a specific group of people you know. Once finished, you decide who can view. Once everyone has written their line, it's your turn to title and share the result in all its glory!
Postplane
A digital canvas for collaborative expression and communication. Share your creations instantly with others viewing your postplanes for synchronized interaction.
- Digital canvas for self-expression
- Collaborative content creation
- Instantly synchronized communication
- Shareable postplanes
- Cross-device compatibility
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Postplane is a digital canvas that you can use to express yourself and collaborate with others. The contents you create are visible to anyone viewing your postplanes to facilitate instantly synchronized collaborative communication.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Byline at 4.9 against Postplane's 4.6. Postplane's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Byline holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Byline's written reviews are positive against 80% of Postplane's.
Byline ships an update every 2 weeks, Postplane every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Byline | Postplane |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (16 ratings) — better | 4.6 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | App't | Postplane LLC |
Customer experience
Byline
Postplane
In-app purchases
Byline
No in-app purchases
Postplane
No in-app purchases
