Comparison

Lore Machine vs OpenStory

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

Head to head
About

Lore Machine

Create and experience interactive animated graphic novels. Upload books or write prompts to generate unique stories with visuals, voice, music, and choices. Explore thousands of user-created LOREs from top storytellers.

Highlights
  • Create animated graphic novels
  • Generate stories from text prompts
  • Transform books into interactive LOREs
  • Explore user-created stories
  • Add imagery, voice, and music
  • Incorporate reader choices
Features
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Meet the LORE: An animated comic you can play! Jump into thousands of LOREs from the best storytellers on the web. Or make your own LORE! It's easy: write a prompt or upload an entire book, and Lore Machine transforms it into imagery, voice, music, motion, and choices your readers make as they go. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://wiki.loremachine.world/the-lore-machine-user-manual/privacy-policy

About

OpenStory

Connect with fellow fans of your favorite stories, share your creative works like fanfiction and fan art, and discover official and fan-led projects. Discuss plot points, create polls, and express your passion for beloved titles in dedicated community spaces.

Highlights
  • Story-specific fan communities ('Islands')
  • Discussion forums with spoiler protection
  • Fanfiction and fan art sharing
  • Official and fan collaboration projects
  • Poll creation for community decisions
  • Merchandise and print edition notifications
Features
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"Lout of Count's Family" Island Now Open • Part 1, Act 2 print edition first drop & limited merch project held. • The official 8th-anniversary fan art event & fan collab edition merch project held. "My S-Class Hunters" Island Now Open • Print volumes 11–15 first drop & limited merch project held. Even after the official run ends, our stories continues as long as fans keep the passion alive. Share the thoughts left unsaid in platform comments, and express your love through fanfiction, fan art, and other fan creations. Islands • An Island is a place where fans of the same story come together and their shared stories grow. • Become a fan on your favorite title's Island to post in Community and Fanworks, receive project launch notifications, and more. • If your favorite title doesn't have an Island yet, request one with fellow fans. Community • A space within each Island to freely discuss the story you love. • Use the spoiler protection feature when sharing posts that contain spoilers. • Create polls to gather opinions on birthday hashtags for your favorite character, merch you'd love to get, and anything else you'd like to decide together. Fanworks • A space to share and enjoy fan creations inspired by your favorite stories. • Share your work under Illustration (Fan Art), Fiction (Fanfiction), Comics, or Other. Text, images, video, and more are supported. • Feel free to share work you've created yourself, as long as it follows the Fanworks Guidelines. • Show your appreciation for great Fanworks with likes and comments. Projects • Discover official projects and fan collaboration projects for your favorite titles. • All pre-order projects feature only official print editions from publishers or merchandise officially authorized by the IP holders. • Official fan collaboration projects, created jointly by IP holders and fans, are also held. • Interested in a project? Sign up to be notified when it launches. · Terms of Use (EULA): https://openstory.me/terms · Privacy Policy: https://openstory.me/privacy

Screenshots

Lore Machine4 screens
OpenStory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OpenStory at none against Lore Machine's 13. OpenStory also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Lore Machine's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, monetization model and iOS requirement 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. Lore Machine sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. OpenStory asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lore Machine ships an update fortnightly, OpenStory every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lore Machine versus OpenStory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLore MachineOpenStory
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB151 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperExo UnlimitedOpenstory Inc.

Customer experience

Lore Machine

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

OpenStory

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Lore Machine

Subscriptions11
  • Lore Machine Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Archive in Between World Pass2 variants$5.001 Month
  • Well of Fables World Pass$5.001 Month
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  • Explorer (monthly)$8.991 Month
  • Lore Machine Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Creator (monthly)$19.001 Month
  • Pro (monthly)$49.001 Month
  • Explorer (yearly)$84.001 Year
  • Lore Machine Yearly$99.991 Year
  • Creator (yearly)$179.991 Year
  • Pro (yearly)$469.001 Year
One-time1
  • 100 Token Pack$4.99
None

OpenStory

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lore Machine free?
Lore Machine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OpenStory free?
OpenStory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lore Machine or OpenStory have ads?
Lore Machine shows ads; OpenStory does not.
Which is updated more often, Lore Machine or OpenStory?
Lore Machine ships an update fortnightly, and OpenStory every 11 days. Most recently, Lore Machine was updated on October 30, 2026 and OpenStory on October 31, 2026.

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