Comparison

Archives Fanfic Reader vs Plotscribe

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

Head to head
About

Archives Fanfic Reader

A fanfiction reader that allows you to discover, organize, and customize your reading experience. Save favorites, track progress, and explore stories from around the internet. Offers a clean interface for immersive reading.

Highlights
  • Discover fanfiction stories
  • Organize reading lists and favorites
  • Track reading progress
  • Customize reader themes and fonts
  • Browse full-work comments
  • Search by works, tags, authors, and fandoms
Features
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Archives is a calm, native fanfiction reader built for people who live in stories. Find fics, save your favorites, organize your library, and settle into a cleaner reading experience on iPhone. Use Archives to: • Read fan fiction stories from around the world and internet • Search works, tags, people, fandoms, and authors • Explore fandoms and open author profiles • Save stories to Reading list, Currently reading, Read, Favorites, and custom folders • Resume exactly where you left off with reading progress • Customize the reader with themes, fonts, line height, tint, and preferred language • Browse full-work comments and jump between overview, chapters, and discussion Archives does not host fanfiction. It is independently built and is not affiliated with any story platform. A premium subscription is needed to access certain features such as: - unlimited audio mode - offline downloads - custom themes — Terms of Service: https://harmless-alibi-eda.notion.site/archives-tos Privacy Policy: https://harmless-alibi-eda.notion.site/archives-privacy-policy Contact: support@readarchives.com

About

Plotscribe

This app helps you plan, write, and organize your novel. It keeps all your story elements, like characters and locations, linked together in a dedicated world. You can write offline and export your work in various formats.

Highlights
  • Offline writing and planning
  • Linked character and place records
  • Customizable fields for details
  • Visual planning board
  • Mood boards and world maps
  • Optional cloud sync for collaboration
  • Multiple export formats
Features
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Plan, write and finish your novel in one place. Plotscribe keeps your chapters, characters, places and lore together in a World, and every name you write links back to its record. You write every word. FREE, AND IT WORKS OFFLINE • No account and no sign-in: open the app and start writing • Write anywhere, with or without a signal. Nothing waits on the internet • Your Worlds are files on your iPhone or iPad, in the Files app under On My iPhone › Plotscribe EXPORT ANY TIME • Export from the dock on iPhone or the sidebar on iPad • Standard manuscript (.docx), styled Word, Print PDF, EPUB, a submission package or Markdown • Exports are always free and save to Files, ready to share KNOW YOUR WORLD • Tap a character's name in your prose to open their record • Keep the details you need: your own fields, notes, aliases and relationships • Plot every thread on the planning board, chapter by chapter • Mood boards of images, colors, quotes and notes, linked to chapters and characters • Maps of your world, with your characters and places pinned on them ADD SYNC WHEN YOU WANT IT • Sync carries your Worlds between your iPhone, iPad, computers and the web • Pick up the chapter you left on your computer, right where you stopped • Invite co-authors to write in the same World, live; readers you invite don't need a subscription • Try Sync free for 7 days YOUR BOOK STAYS YOURS • Your writing is private and never used to train AI • The desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux is free too, with no account Terms of Service: https://plotscribe.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://plotscribe.app/privacy

Screenshots

Archives Fanfic Reader4 screens
Plotscribe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Plotscribe at 5.0 against Archives Fanfic Reader's 4.0. On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Archives Fanfic Reader sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Plotscribe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plotscribe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Archives Fanfic Reader versus Plotscribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArchives Fanfic ReaderPlotscribe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings22
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB12 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMeow Meow LabsRobert Boyd

Customer experience

Archives Fanfic Reader

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Plotscribe

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Archives Fanfic Reader

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly Subscription to Archives$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription to Archives$9.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription to Archives$29.991 Year
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  • Annual Subscription to Archives$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Plotscribe

Subscriptions2
  • Plotscribe Sync7 Days trial$6.001 Month
  • Plotscribe Sync Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Archives Fanfic Reader free?
Archives Fanfic Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Plotscribe free?
Plotscribe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Archives Fanfic Reader or Plotscribe?
Plotscribe is rated higher. Archives Fanfic Reader averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Plotscribe averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Archives Fanfic Reader or Plotscribe have ads?
Neither Archives Fanfic Reader nor Plotscribe shows ads.

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