Comparison

Strive Planner vs Storyse

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

Head to head
About

Strive Planner

This app helps you connect your daily tasks and events to your overarching goals. It focuses on the 'why' behind your productivity, ensuring your actions align with your aspirations.

Highlights
  • Goal connection to daily events
  • Weekly planning
  • Task management
  • Productivity focus on 'why'
Features
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What exactly do most calendar, task list, and productivity apps get wrong? They either focus on the *when* or the *how*, but they never focus on the *why* Strive fixes that. With Strive, you're able to connect the goals you work on to the events in your day. Enjoy! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Storyse

This AI-powered tool helps you summarize your achievements and track your personal growth. Input your accomplishments via microphone and receive AI-generated summaries of your strengths and progression. Archive and edit your entries to maintain a comprehensive record of your journey.

Highlights
  • AI accomplishment summarization
  • Voice input for accomplishments
  • Strengths identification
  • Progression and growth tracking
  • Accomplishment archiving and editing
Features
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Storyse is an AI accomplishment summarizer that lets you summarize your accomplishments with AI, and input your accomplishments with microphone. Summarization methods: - Summary: Get a one sentence summary of your strengths - Story: See your progression and growth - Strengths: See your core strengths, you can also do a focus by keyword Archive: See your accomplishments and edit them Note: There is a 30 minute cooldown for AI use, but you can see your most recent update

Screenshots

Strive Planner3 screens
Storyse3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Storyse at none against Strive Planner's 3. Storyse also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). Strive Planner's advantage is ratings volume (60 vs 1) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Strive Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Storyse asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Storyse holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strive Planner has 60 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strive Planner ships an update every 9 days, Storyse monthly. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Strive Planner versus Storyse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrive PlannerStoryse
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (60 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews95.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings60 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWeiss Solutions LLCNova Organization LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Strive Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Annual3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$64.99
None

Storyse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Strive Planner free?
Strive Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Storyse free?
Storyse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Strive Planner or Storyse?
Storyse is rated higher. Strive Planner averages 4.8 out of 5 from 60 ratings, while Storyse averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Strive Planner or Storyse have ads?
Neither Strive Planner nor Storyse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strive Planner or Storyse?
Strive Planner ships an update every 9 days, and Storyse monthly. Most recently, Strive Planner was updated on October 30, 2026 and Storyse on October 30, 2026.

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