Comparison

Plural Star vs Penveil

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

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About

Plural Star

A private, offline-first system management app designed for plural individuals. It offers detailed tracking of fronting, member profiles, and communication tools, with customizable language and an observatory mode for external support.

Highlights
  • Three-tier front tracking (Primary, Co-Front, Co-Conscious)
  • End-to-end encrypted optional syncing
  • Detailed member profiles with custom fields
  • Customizable system language
  • Observatory mode for non-plural support
  • Day planner and whiteboard
  • System map and polls
Features
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Plural Star is a private, offline-first system management app built for plural individuals, those with DID, OSDD, or any form of plurality. Made in part with AI assistance, which is one of the main reasons we went Open Source. So that anyone wishing to, or with concerns, can examine the code. Simply Plural and Octocon have been discontinued. Plural Star is the replacement you own entirely; your data stays on your device. Features Three-Tier Front Tracking Track Primary Front, Co-Front, and Co-Conscious. Each tier has its own member, mood, note, and energy (1–10); Primary also tracks location. Members are exclusive to one tier. A persistent notification keeps all tiers visible. Optional front-check reminders. Friends & Syncing Optional end-to-end encrypted networking, off by default; the relay sees only encrypted blobs. Add friends with short mutual codes and see their front live. Privacy Buckets set what each friend sees: members, groups, journal, history, profile, whiteboard, or planner. Link your own devices: pick which sends first, then everything syncs both ways, pictures included. Pin up to five friends into the notification, or the iOS Live Island. Member Profiles Profile pictures, 900×300 banners, names, pronouns, roles, colors, rich-text bios with full Markdown. Freeform tags and colored groups with multi-group membership. Facets and Custom Fronts for parts that aren't members. Filter, search, sort six ways. Tier badges when fronting. Archive dormant members: history preserved, restorable. Your Words Rename Headmate, Front, Facet, and more. The whole app follows your system's language. Observatory Mode Turns Plural Star into a manual status tracker and journaling app with a rebuilt UI for the Singlets in our lives, granting almost every feature. For non-plural friends, family, and caretakers. Day Planner Calendar of appointments and repeating reminders, each with its own mark color and alerts. Whiteboard Freeform canvas: pen, shapes, fill, and eraser. Custom Fields Define your own per-member fields, eight types from text to Markdown. Reorderable, renameable, exportable. Mailbox System-wide mail between headmates: per-member inboxes with unread badges, replies, and pinning. Syncs across devices. System Polls Polls the whole system can vote on. Vote tallies, voter tracking, optional closure. One vote per member; changeable until closed. System Map Chart relationships between headmates on an interactive force-directed graph. Members join as you create relationships. History & Insights Front History: timestamped log of every switch by day, with co-front and co-conscious tiers inline. Member History: every session, mood/location/note change, energy, and journal entry per headmate, with totals. Add retroactive entries with three-tier support and overlap detection. System Statistics Total fronting time, session and message counts, with time-range filtering. Leaderboards for fronters, co-fronters, co-conscious, chatters, moods, and locations. Peak Hours shows when your system is most active. System Chat Local-only IRC-style chat, up to 100 channels. Speaker is independent of who's fronting; chat doesn't affect front or history. Text, images, replies, emoji reactions. Archive channels to free storage. System Journal The same rich-text entries with full Markdown as member profiles. Tag by author and topic hashtag. Optionally lock individual entries or the whole journal with passwords. Import & Export Import full system data from Simply Plural, PluralKit, Octocon, Ampersand, Ourcana, HiveMind, Tupperbox, Parallax, PluralLog & PluralSpace. Export as .zip, HTML, or email summary with per-category toggles. Import .txt, .md, or .json directly as journal entries. Multilingual 24 languages: English, Español, Français, Deutsch, Português, Suomi, Norsk, Italiano, Türkçe, Bahasa Melayu, Tiếng Việt, ไทย, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, Русский, Українська, Nederlands, Íslenska, हिन्दी, Afrikaans, 한국어, Svenska, Polski. Auto-detects on first launch.

About

Penveil

Features
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Penveil is the writing system for finishing books — not just starting them. Tell Penveil what you're writing and it turns your idea into a usable chapter-by-chapter blueprint: premise, characters, locations, and a clear job for every chapter. Then write in focused chapters with tools that keep you moving and keep your story consistent. WRITE WITH MOMENTUM • Co-write continues your scene in your voice — accept with a tap, or ignore it and keep typing • Guided mode asks short questions and shapes your answers into prose • Voice capture turns spoken ideas into notes and chapters • A keyboard toolbar puts bold, italic, undo, and Continue right above your keys KEEP THE STORY CONSISTENT • Your Story Bible tracks characters, places, and details as you write • Chapter contracts give every chapter a purpose — and Penveil helps you keep it • The promise ledger remembers what you set up so nothing is left unresolved • Beta readers give you honest reactions before any human sees a word EVERY KIND OF BOOK Novels, memoirs, autobiographies, self-help, business books, children's books, picture books, academic writing, songwriting, and screenwriting — each with tools that speak its language, from industry-format screenplay exports to lyric sheets with chords to a companion workbook for practical books. FINISH AND SHIP • Export beautifully typeset PDF, Word, and ePub — plus Fountain for scripts • Generate query letters, synopses, and marketing copy when you're ready to pitch • Publish a public page for your book and send new chapters to followers by email Your writing stays yours. Offline drafts are always saved locally and sync when you reconnect. Start free — no payment required. When you're ready for more, upgrade to Basic or Pro, or make it yours forever with a one-time Lifetime purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://penveil.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://penveil.app/privacy

Screenshots

Plural Star4 screens
Penveil4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Penveil at 5.0 against Plural Star's 4.5. Plural Star's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (50 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Penveil sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month. Plural Star asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Penveil holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plural Star has 50 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

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Plural Star versus Penveil: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlural StarPenveil
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (50 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings50 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZachary BoyleChris Pratt

In-app purchases

None

Plural Star

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Penveil

Subscriptions4
  • Penveil Basic$5.001 Month
  • Penveil Pro$10.001 Month
  • Penveil Basic (Annual)$48.001 Year
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  • Penveil Pro (Annual)$96.001 Year
One-time1
  • Penveil Lifetime$199.00

Questions

Is Plural Star free?
Plural Star is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Penveil free?
Penveil is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plural Star or Penveil?
Penveil is rated higher. Plural Star averages 4.5 out of 5 from 50 ratings, while Penveil averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Plural Star or Penveil have ads?
Neither Plural Star nor Penveil shows ads.

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