Comparison

Octocon vs Pluralis

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

Head to head
About

Octocon

This app provides a comprehensive toolkit for managing dissociative identity disorder (DID) and other specified dissociative disorder (OSDD). It allows users to create detailed profiles for alters, track fronting history, maintain encrypted journals, and share system information with others. Real-time syncing with a Discord bot enables instant communication.

Highlights
  • Alter profiles with custom information
  • Detailed fronting history analysis
  • End-to-end encrypted system journal
  • Private alter journals
  • Granular system sharing with friends
  • Real-time Discord bot sync
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Octocon is the modern, all-in-one toolkit for systems (such as those with DID and OSDD) to manage their disorder and express themselves. Manage a list of your alters complete with a name, profile picture, pronouns, and any custom information you can imagine! Analyze your front history in complete detail, going back to the day you installed the app. Keep a system-wide end-to-end encrypted journal to note down any important information. Alters each have their own private journal, too! Share aspects of your system with friends with fine-grained control, and let them receive push notifications for front changes. Octocon is built to be privacy-first; all data must be explicitly shared! All of your data syncs in real-time with the Octocon Discord bot, so you can start sending messages on Discord as your alters instantly. Have any issues, suggestions, or thoughts? Our community is happy to help on Discord! https://octocon.app/discord

About

Pluralis

This app provides a private and simple way to track shifts within a plural system. It allows users to log switches, capture notes, and identify patterns over time. Designed for ease of use, it helps systems maintain shared context and build awareness.

Highlights
  • Front tracking
  • Switch logging
  • Capture notes
  • Notice patterns
  • Shared context
  • PluralKit integration
Features
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Pluralis is a private, accessible home for plural systems: one calm place to track fronting, communicate, reflect, and stay connected. No account required. Your data is encrypted end to end when it syncs, and it stays yours. FRONTING, WITHOUT THE FRICTION • See who is fronting and how long they have been present • Switch in a tap, or add co-fronters as the front shifts • Attach notes and tags to a session • Review and edit a full front history • Check or change the current front from your Apple Watch A PLACE FOR EVERY MEMBER • Profiles with names, pronouns, roles, colors, pictures, and descriptions • Groups, favorites, and custom fields to keep everyone organized • Custom fronts for states that are not individual members • Per-member control over what friends can see COMMUNICATE YOUR WAY • System chat, with photos and voice notes • Mail for individual members • A daily journal with member attribution • Polls for system decisions • A private support conversation, right inside the app UNDERSTAND YOUR PATTERNS • Fronting analytics: time, frequency, switching, and co-fronting patterns • Symptom tracking with presence, count, or severity scales • Log the same symptom as often as you need; earlier entries are never overwritten • A therapist-ready PDF report, generated only when you ask for it CONNECT ON YOUR TERMS • Share selected profiles and your fronting status with trusted friends • Unshared profiles stay private • Chat with friends using text, photos, voice notes, and reactions • Decide whether newly added members are shared by default • Symptom information is never shared with friends YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS • No account is required to get started • System data is encrypted end to end when synced • The relay stores encrypted data it cannot read • Create encrypted backups you control • Restore from supported plurality services and common export formats • No advertising, and no sale of your personal data BUILT WITH ACCESSIBILITY IN MIND Pluralis includes VoiceOver-friendly labels, accessible list actions, clear status announcements, and controls designed to work without relying on sight alone. Your system is personal. Pluralis is built to respect that. Pluralis is a self-organization and communication tool. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or emergency services.

Screenshots

Octocon4 screens
Pluralis4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Octocon at 4.5 against Pluralis's 3.9. Octocon also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). Pluralis's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 11 months). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pluralis sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Octocon asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Octocon holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 57 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Octocon's written reviews are positive against 58% of Pluralis's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Octocon ships an update every 11 months, Pluralis daily. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Octocon versus Pluralis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOctoconPluralis
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (57 ratings) — better3.9 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews64.4% of reviews — better57.7% of reviews
Number of ratings57 — better28
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.617.6
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB27 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperOctocon, LLCJESSICA MORNINGSTAR DELANO

Customer experience

Octocon

All ratings48 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive64.4%
Neutral18.6%
Negative16.9%

Pluralis

All ratings28 ratings
Positive67.9%
Neutral10.7%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive57.7%
Neutral19.2%
Negative23.1%

Bugs and requests

Octocon

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Some initial launch day server issues

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add advanced analytics and front history tracking
  • Implement search functionality for alters

Pluralis

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Octocon

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Pluralis

One-time4
  • Small tip$0.99
  • Supporter$4.99
  • Big Supporter$9.99
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  • Major supporter$19.99

Questions

Is Octocon free?
Octocon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pluralis free?
Pluralis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Octocon or Pluralis?
Octocon is rated higher. Octocon averages 4.5 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while Pluralis averages 3.9 from 28 ratings.
Do Octocon or Pluralis have ads?
Neither Octocon nor Pluralis shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Octocon or Pluralis?
Octocon ships an update every 11 months, and Pluralis daily. Most recently, Octocon was updated on September 20, 2026 and Pluralis on September 3, 2026.

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