Byline vs CollaboWrite
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!
CollaboWrite
Collaborate with friends or strangers to write stories remotely. Players take turns adding to a narrative, starting with a prompt and passing it on until the story is complete. Save and share your creations.
- Remote story collaboration
- Turn-based writing
- Story prompts and genre selection
- Add media to stories
- Save stories as PDF
- Share stories online
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Write stories together remotely using your phone or mobile device. Similar to the classic game “pass the story”, up to six collaborators take turns writing parts of a story. The player that starts is given a story prompt such as “Once Upon a Time…” they write their portion of the story which can be as long or as short as they like. When their story entry is complete, they then pass the story to the next player who continues the story and the cycle repeats until all the writers feel the story is finished. CollaborWrite can be used for both serious writers looking to create a masterpiece or even a group of friends looking for a fun party game! Features: - Choose the genre of your story using prompt bundles - Write stories with friends or ask to join other users online - Send pictures or short videos to add to the story during your turn - Save your finished story as a PDF - Share your story to the online catalog so other users can read your work
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Byline at none against CollaboWrite's 5. Byline also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). CollaboWrite's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.0). On price and device support 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. CollaboWrite sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Byline asks for nothing beyond the download.
Byline holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Byline has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Byline's written reviews are positive against 100% of CollaboWrite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Byline | CollaboWrite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (14 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sam Becker | CollaboWrite Inc |
Customer experience
Byline
CollaboWrite
In-app purchases
Byline
No in-app purchases
CollaboWrite
- Fantasy Prompts Bundle$0.99
- Drama Prompts Bundle$0.99
- Fairy Tale Prompts Bundle$0.99
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- Horror Prompts Bundle$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99









