Lore Machine vs OpenStory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
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
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.
Lore Machine ships an update fortnightly, OpenStory every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lore Machine | OpenStory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 151 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Exo Unlimited | Openstory Inc. |
Customer experience
Lore Machine
OpenStory
In-app purchases
Lore Machine
- 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
- 100 Token Pack$4.99
OpenStory
No in-app purchases









