Comparison

Book & Story Writing vs Turnscript

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

Head to head
About

Book & Story Writing

This app helps writers organize their story ideas into a structured novel. It allows for character development, scene planning, and world-building, keeping all your creative elements accessible even offline.

Highlights
  • Character creation and development
  • Scene-by-scene story shaping
  • World-building tools
  • Offline access
  • Idea organization
Features
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Fabula is a writer's app designed to help you weave your initial concept into a complete, cohesive narrative. It’s where ideas evolve into a clear structure—a place for every character, scene, and plot twist to come together. Fabula is for those who don’t just want to jot down ideas, but to build their story with intention. FROM CHARACTERS TO LIVELY PERSONAS Fabula makes it easy to compile everything that gives a character depth: — Personality, motivations, and inner conflicts — Backstory, habits, and key details — Relationships and ties to other characters When all these elements are gathered in one place, your characters become more vivid, and your story gains credibility. FROM SCENES TO PLOT Plan your story scene by scene to watch it unfold. This approach helps you: — Maintain narrative logic — Control pacing and dramatic tension — Identify gaps and strengthen key moments Your story becomes more than just scattered ideas—it transforms into a thoughtfully structured work. FROM DETAILS TO A LIVING WORLD If your story requires a richly built world, Fabula keeps everything important in one location: — The universe’s framework — World rules and limitations — Culture, traditions, and atmosphere — Magic, lore, and significant details This is especially valuable for fantasy, sci-fi, fanfiction, and any story where the world is as essential as the plot. FROM NOTES TO A UNIFIED STRUCTURE Fabula brings together everything an author needs: characters, scenes, plotlines, worldbuilding, and book structure. All your materials are organized so your story remains cohesive, and your writing process stays smooth and inspiring. Offline access lets you return to your work even without an internet connection. FROM CHAOS TO CLARITY When your story is collected and structured, writing becomes more fluid. Fabula helps you: — Move from scattered ideas to a clear outline — Preserve key plot elements — Keep track of characters and worldbuilding — Focus on what truly matters—crafting a compelling story Start with one idea, one character, or one scene—then step by step, build a world worth returning to again and again. Privacy Policy: https://fabula.site/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Turnscript

Features
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Turnscript turns a meeting recording into a transcript that says who spoke, when, and in the language they actually spoke. It runs on your device. Record in the app or import a file you already have, and the transcription, the speaker separation and the timestamps all happen locally. No audio leaves your Mac, iPhone or iPad. There is no account to make and nothing to sign in to. WHO SAID WHAT Speakers are separated as part of transcription rather than guessed at afterwards, so each passage arrives already attributed. Rename Speaker 1 to a real name and every line updates at once. FIFTEEN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING MIXED ONES German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Thai, Vietnamese, Turkish, Urdu and Tagalog. You do not pick a language beforehand. A meeting where someone answers a German question in English stays exactly that way; nothing is translated or tidied into one language. BUILT AROUND THE RECORDING Tap a timestamp to jump there. The current passage highlights as the audio plays, at speeds from 0.75x to 2x. Search across every transcript you have, in any script. Fix a word without losing what the model originally wrote, and reset it whenever you like. EXPORT Markdown, plain text, JSON, SRT and WebVTT, plus the recording itself. OFFLINE FROM THE FIRST LAUNCH The speech model, about 1 GB of it, ships inside the app. There is nothing to download: recording, transcription, playback, search and export all work with no network at all. SUPPORTED DEVICES iPhone 15 Pro or newer, iPad with M1 or later, iPad mini (A17 Pro), and any Mac with Apple silicon. How much of a meeting fits in one pass depends on how much memory the device has, so the app works it out and tells you the figure in minutes before it starts. Longer recordings are split into parts, and a speaker keeps one name across all of them. The Apple Watch companion needs watchOS 26.4. For a good experience the device needs 8 GB of memory or more. With less, Turnscript works in shorter blocks and says so on launch. ON THE WRIST Record a meeting on Apple Watch for up to 90 minutes, in five-minute parts. Each part goes to the iPhone as it finishes and arrives as one meeting, ready to transcribe. If the watch stops recording, it taps you firmly so you can continue with one tap. SYNC WITHOUT GIVING ANYTHING AWAY Transcripts sync through your own private iCloud database, and recordings through iCloud Drive, so your library follows you between devices without passing through anyone else's server. Turnscript uses MOSS-Transcribe-Diarize 0.9B, an open speech model from the OpenMOSS Team at Fudan University, under the Apache 2.0 license. Requires Apple Silicon.

Screenshots

Book & Story Writing4 screens
Turnscript4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Book & Story Writing at Free against Turnscript's $7.99. Book & Story Writing also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.4). Turnscript's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Book & Story Writing is free to download; Turnscript costs $7.99 up front. Book & Story Writing sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Turnscript asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Book & Story Writing versus Turnscript: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook & Story WritingTurnscript
PriceFree — better$7.99
Rating4.6 (55 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings55 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB1.2 GB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNatalia BosyakovaJonathan Vogelbusch

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Book & Story Writing

Subscriptions2
  • Fabula Pro – Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Fabula Pro – Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
None

Turnscript

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Book & Story Writing free?
Book & Story Writing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Turnscript free?
Turnscript costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Book & Story Writing or Turnscript have ads?
Book & Story Writing shows ads; Turnscript does not.

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