Story Tracker vs Event Logger 3.0
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Story Tracker
Easily manage your submitted creative works, from short stories to scripts. Track submissions to various markets, store details about your writing and potential publishers, and monitor your income. Never lose track of where your work is or when to expect a response.
- Track submissions of all writing types
- Store market and submission details
- Add story information (title, word-count, genre)
- View income earned per story/submission
- Monitor submission status and deadlines
- Passcode protection and data backup/export
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Story Tracker makes keeping track of your submitted stories, novels, poems, scripts, and articles easy. Never wonder again where or when you submitted your work. The information is all right there on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch! Whether you're a working freelance writer, a hobbyist, or something in-between, Story Tracker is a valuable addition to your writing toolbox. Many magazines, journals, or other markets for your work don't allow simultaneous submissions. When you're juggling dozens or even hundreds of stories, it's easy to make an embarrassing mistake. Keeping track of it all can soon become a nightmare. Here's what you can do with Story Tracker: * Track submissions of all your writing: stories, poetry, novels, articles, scripts, screenplays, and more. * Store details and guidelines for any market accepting written submissions: magazines, book publishers, journals, agencies, websites, movie studios, or even one-off writing competitions or anthologies. * Add details for each story, including title, word-count, genre, and notes. * View total income earned for each story. * 'Trunk' stories to hide them from the story list when creating submissions. * View the submission history for each story, sorted by date. * Displays story status icons. * Add details for each market, including title, genre, editor, deadline and more. * Launch email or phonecalls directly from market details. * Highlights approaching market deadlines on the market list. * Hides closed markets from the market list when creating submissions. * View submission history for each market, sorted by date. * View response times for each submission. * Add details for each submission, including story, market, sent/response due/response dates, withdrawn status, and notes. * Response due dates are calculated automatically based on market response time and submission sent date, or can be overridden. * Past due submissions are flagged with an exclamation mark on the story and submission screens. * Past due submissions are highlighted on the submission list. * Store income earned for each submission. * Database statistics. * Protect your data with a passcode lock. * Database backup, restore, import and export over WiFi to your computer's web browser, Story Tracker for Mac, and Story Tracker for PC. - Transfer the complete database between devices (iPad / iPhone / iPod) over WiFi via Story Tracker SDBI-format support and AirDrop. - Supports iTunes file-sharing to transfer the database between device and computer. * CSV format support to import/export your Story Tracker database to and from desktop spreadsheet applications. * iPad support at no extra charge! Please visit http://andrewnicolle.com/storytracker for more information on Story Tracker, including contact details to ask questions, request features, or report any issues. Join the Facebook page to discuss Story Tracker with other fans.
Event Logger 3.0
Log, recall, and analyze the frequency and patterns of any type of event. Track occurrences, attach notes and numerical data, and visualize trends with detailed statistics. Protect your data with passwords and export logs in CSV format.
- Define unlimited events
- Classify events into groups
- Attach notes and numerical data
- Filter occurrences by keywords
- Password protection for events
- Plot trend lines and summaries
- Export logs in CSV format
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Easily log, recall and get stats for your events Events can be anything: Something that you experience Something that you do Something that you observe Learn about: The frequency of event occurrences. The daily, weekly and monthly number of occurrences. The shortest, longest and mean time between occurrences. FEATURES - Define any number of events. - Classify events into Groups. - Log any number of event occurrences. - Attach notes to occurrences. - Attach numerical data to occurrences. - Log occurrences as they happen. - Easily enter past occurrences. - Filter occurrences by keywords. - Protect events with passwords. - Plot trend lines. - Plot daily, weekly and monthly summaries - Get frequency of occurrences stats. - Get data stats. - Backup / restore to Dropbox - Email event logs. - Export logs in CSV format - Dark Mode support - works offline and offline
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Event Logger 3.0 at Free against Story Tracker's $7.99. Event Logger 3.0 also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 5 months). Story Tracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Event Logger 3.0 is free to download; Story Tracker costs $7.99 up front. Event Logger 3.0 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Story Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Story Tracker against 4.3 for Event Logger 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 14 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Story Tracker's written reviews are positive against 90% of Event Logger 3.0's.
Story Tracker ships an update every 5 months, Event Logger 3.0 every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Story Tracker | Event Logger 3.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (24 ratings) — better | 4.3 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better | 90.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Nicolle | SmartUtils |
Customer experience
Story Tracker
Event Logger 3.0
In-app purchases
Story Tracker
No in-app purchases
Event Logger 3.0
- One Time Purchase$2.99
