NoctMuse vs Plotscribe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NoctMuse
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NoctMuse is a writer-first platform for creating, publishing, discovering, and reading original stories. Built for authors who want a focused place to write and readers who want to discover new fiction, NoctMuse keeps the experience centered on stories rather than social-media noise. WRITE YOUR STORIES Create works and organize them into chapters with a long-form writing experience designed for both iPhone and iPad. Your drafts are saved locally and synchronized securely, so you can focus on writing without constantly thinking about saving. PUBLISH ON YOUR TERMS Publish complete stories or ongoing works chapter by chapter. Choose your story category, language, content rating, warnings, cover image, and publication status before sharing your work with readers. DISCOVER NEW FICTION Explore published stories through Discover, browse by category, search for works and authors, and find new or recently updated stories in the languages you choose to read. BUILD YOUR LIBRARY Save stories to your private Library and return to them whenever you want. READ COMFORTABLY NoctMuse includes a dedicated reading experience with: • Adjustable font size • Serif and sans-serif typefaces • Multiple line-spacing options • Light, sepia, and dark reading themes • Reading progress remembered between sessions • Easy chapter navigation RATE STORIES Readers can rate eligible works using a 1-to-5-star system with half-star ratings. WRITER PRO Writer Pro is an optional yearly subscription for authors who want deeper insights into the performance of their published works. Writer Pro includes: • Meaningful read analytics • 7-day, 30-day, and 90-day reading trends • Rating distribution insights • Library save and rating overview metrics Core writing, publishing, reading, discovery, search, Library, and rating features remain free. CONTENT AND SAFETY NoctMuse is available to users aged 16 and over. Content marked as Mature is restricted to users aged 18 and over. Age restrictions are enforced across discovery and content-access surfaces. Authors can provide content warnings for published works. COPYRIGHT AND AUTHOR RIGHTS Authors confirm that they have the necessary rights to publish their work. NoctMuse includes copyright reporting, review, takedown, and appeal processes, along with publication records designed to help document publication history. ACCOUNT AND PRIVACY Your Library is private. Private account information such as your email address and date of birth is not displayed on your public author profile. You can delete your NoctMuse account directly from the app. NoctMuse is designed around a simple idea: Write. Publish. Discover. Read. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Plotscribe at every 2 days against NoctMuse's weekly. Plotscribe also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. NoctMuse sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year 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.
NoctMuse ships an update weekly, Plotscribe every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NoctMuse | Plotscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ismail Hakkı KILIC | Robert Boyd |
In-app purchases
NoctMuse
- Writer Pro$9.991 Year
Plotscribe
- Plotscribe Sync7 Days trial$6.001 Month
- Plotscribe Sync Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year







