Story Tracker Lite vs WritersDB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Story Tracker Lite
Easily track submissions for your writing projects like stories, novels, and articles. Store details for markets, view submission history, and monitor income earned. Protect your data with a passcode and back it up over WiFi.
- Track story submissions
- Store market details
- View submission history
- Monitor income earned
- Passcode lock for data protection
- Database backup and 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! ** Note: This is the free Lite version of Story Tracker. The Lite version is almost identical to the full version, but only allows you to store up to 5 stories, 5 markets, and 5 submissions. It also includes database backup and export over WiFi (but not restore/import), allowing easy upgrade to the full version. The full version has no such limitations. ** 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 & 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 & submission sent date, or can be overridden. * Past due submissions are flagged with an exclamation mark on the story & 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 & export over WiFi to your computer's web browser, Story Tracker for Mac, and Story Tracker for PC. * CSV format support to export your Story Tracker database to 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.
WritersDB
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WritersDB (The Writer’s Database) is a free web application designed to help writers manage the business of writing. You can keep track of the titles you’ve written, the markets to which you submit, and the status of each submission. With the web application can keep track of word counts for each title on an ongoing basis, and organize your titles into folders. You can search your markets based on a variety of factors, such as pay rate, typical response time, permitted word count, or custom tagging (for example, genres accepted). You can review your submission records to see which markets have already been tried for a particular manuscript, how long a market has taken to respond to you in the past, which manuscripts have sold, and more. The WritersDB mobile app is a companion to that web-based service. It provides convenient access to the functionality of the website, and the data you’ve stored there, on the go. Note that access via the mobile app, like the WritersDB API, is available to Pro-level users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Story Tracker Lite at 11.0 against WritersDB's 15.1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Story Tracker Lite | WritersDB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Nicolle | Charles Schoenfeld |
In-app purchases
Story Tracker Lite
No in-app purchases
WritersDB
No in-app purchases
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