Long Lines CommandIQ vs 4i Author
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Long Lines CommandIQ
Manage your home Wi-Fi network with this app. It allows Long Lines Broadband customers to configure network security, parental controls, and manage connected devices. Easily set up guest networks and gain control over your home internet.
- Network security setup
- Parental controls
- Device management
- Guest network creation
- Easy-to-use interface
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Take control of your home Wi-Fi network with Long Lines CommandIQ. Long Lines Broadband customers are able to set up network security, parental controls, device management, guest networks and more with this easy-to-use mobile application.
4i Author
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Story Writer writes long fiction with you, one prompt at a time. You say what happens next; it writes the chapter — and it keeps writing, chapter after chapter, without losing track of who your characters are or what has already happened. HOW IT WORKS Set up a story with a background and a style guide. Past tense, close third, no em-dashes — whatever you want held to. Both are sent with every turn, so a change is felt from the next prompt onwards. Then write a prompt. The chapter arrives a paragraph at a time as it is written, so you can read it as it lands or put the phone down and come back to it finished. WHILE IT IS WRITING • Steer — add an instruction to the turn already running. • Stop — everything written so far is kept. • Queue — write your next prompts without waiting. They run in the order you put them in, you can reorder them, and nothing is ever discarded on your behalf. KEEPING A LONG STORY STRAIGHT • Facts — names, places and what is already true, carried into every turn. • Review — a pass that reads the whole story and reports contradictions in names, timeline and detail, then rewrites the parts you approve. • Chapters — jump anywhere in the story, with a running word count. ALSO • Attach photos to a prompt and have them placed in the story. • Brainstorm — give it a handful of words and it sketches three ways in. • Share the whole story as a text file whenever you want it out of the app. • A warm paper theme and a dark one, or follow the system. WHAT IT COSTS Five turns every day are free. After that a turn costs 0.001 credits and a whole-story review costs 0.02, so the smallest credit pack — 3.5 credits, about 3,500 turns — is probably enough for at least ten full stories of fifty chapters each, including the reviews and rewrites along the way. Credits never expire and there is no subscription. They belong to your 4i account rather than to this app, so they also work in the other 4i apps, and credits bought elsewhere are already here. THE ACCOUNT The writing runs on 4i's servers, so a free 4i account is needed and your stories live on it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Long Lines CommandIQ at none against 4i Author's 3. On price, ads, device support 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. 4i Author sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Long Lines CommandIQ asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Long Lines CommandIQ | 4i Author |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Long Lines Broadband | Niels Brinch |
In-app purchases
Long Lines CommandIQ
No in-app purchases
4i Author
- 3.5 credits$4.99
- 12 credits$14.99
- 26 credits$29.99








