Comparison

Fearless Change vs plappa

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

Head to head
About

Fearless Change

Access concise summaries of change leadership patterns from popular books. Organize strategies, mark favorites, and take notes to support your change initiatives.

Highlights
  • Summaries of 60+ change leadership patterns
  • Mark favorite strategies
  • Take personal notes
  • Group strategies for organization
  • Companion to "Fearless Change" books
Features
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Fearless Change is your go-to mobile companion to the insightful "Fearless Change" and "More Fearless Change" books by esteemed authors Mary Lynn Manns and Linda Rising. The app offers concise summaries for each of the 60+ change leadership patterns in the books. Additional functionality allows you to mark favorites, take notes, and group the strategies, making it the ideal companion during your change journey.

About

plappa

This app is a client for self-hosted media servers like Jellyfin and AudioBookShelf, designed specifically for playing audiobooks. It supports common audio formats, reads metadata, and allows for offline listening with optional in-app purchases for advanced features.

Highlights
  • Jellyfin, Emby, AudioBookShelf client
  • Supports common audio formats
  • Saves and syncs playback states
  • Reads audiobook metadata
  • Offline listening (via IAP)
  • Podcast and collection support (AudioBookShelf)
Features
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Disclaimer: plappa only works in connection with a Jellyfin or AudioBookShelf media server! plappa is an audiobook player/client for Jellyfin, Emby and AudioBookShelf, the popular self-hosted media server. Features: - Support for most common audio formats - Purpose built for audiobooks - Save and sync playback states via iCloud or your AudioBookShelf server - Reads metadata like author, narrator and others - Download audiobooks and podcast episodes for offline listening* - Support for podcasts, collections and series with AudioBookShelf * plappa allows you to unlock additional features like downloads and customization options through optional in-app purchases: You can choose between a one-time purchase or an auto-renewing subscription (1 month free trial included). The one-time purchase unlocks all current and future updates. With the subscription, all features are available for the duration of your subscription. Both the subscription and one-time purchase can be shared with your family. plappa is licensed under the Apple standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Fearless Change3 screens
plappa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: plappa at 331 against Fearless Change's 1. Fearless Change's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On price, update cadence, 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. Fearless Change sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and plappa sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fearless Change holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: plappa has 331 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Fearless Change's written reviews are positive against 86% of plappa's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fearless Change ships an update every 2 months, plappa every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fearless Change versus plappa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFearless Changeplappa
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (331 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better86.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1331 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid BestLeo Wehrfritz

Customer experience

Fearless Change

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

plappa

All ratings331 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews286 reviews
Positive86.4%
Neutral6.3%
Negative7.3%

Bugs and requests

Fearless Change

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

plappa

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Can't login Audiobookshelf
  • Podcasts library not listing all podcasts

Requested features

9 requests
  • Auto download when start playing book
  • Auto delete when finished book
  • Option to add multiple servers
  • More sorting and filtering options in the library section
  • Refresh button for libraries
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  • Easy way to change server address without logging out
  • Sync the unplayed/unlistened flags with AudiobookShelf
  • Shortcut to bookmarks from within the player
  • Slider for fine-tuned control of playback speed

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Fearless Change

One-time1
  • All Patterns$4.99
2 purchases

plappa

Subscriptions1
  • Subscription (1 Year)1 Month trial$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • Full Version (Lifetime)$4.99

Questions

Is Fearless Change free?
Fearless Change is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is plappa free?
plappa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fearless Change or plappa?
Fearless Change is rated higher. Fearless Change averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while plappa averages 4.7 from 331 ratings.
Do Fearless Change or plappa have ads?
Neither Fearless Change nor plappa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fearless Change or plappa?
Fearless Change ships an update every 2 months, and plappa every 5 weeks. Most recently, Fearless Change was updated on September 7, 2026 and plappa on September 30, 2026.

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