Plotagon Story vs Itchy for Scratch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plotagon Story
Easily create animated movies by choosing scenes, designing actors, and writing your script. Turn your text into film with this award-winning storytelling tool, perfect for sharing your creations on social media.
- Create custom actors
- Choose from various scenes
- Write and animate stories
- Record voiceovers
- Add sound effects and music
- Share movies on social media
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Want to try the easiest and most fun way to create animated movies ever invented? This is how easy it is: 1 Choose a scene 2 Create your own actors 3 Write your story and let Plotagon make it come to life 4 Save your masterpiece and share it with the world! Please use #Plotagon when sharing. We’re always looking out for the next blockbuster! Get Plotagon Story and experience this award-winning storytelling tool! We literally TURN TEXT TO FILM! ● Create yourself, a celebrity or your friends to act in your movie ● Record your own voice, add sound effects and music ● Share your story on YouTube and other social media apps Plotagon is an award-winning storytelling tool for all ages. With this app, you essentially have an animation studio in the palm of your hand. What's on your mind? For Plotagon Terms of Use please refer to: https://www.plotagon.com/terms-of-use/
Itchy for Scratch
This app provides a streamlined way to access and interact with the Scratch platform. Users can read messages, engage with projects, leave comments, and search for content within a user-friendly interface. It offers a free, ad-free experience for Scratch enthusiasts.
- Read messages
- Interact with projects
- Leave comments
- Search content
- Beautiful interface
- Easy to use
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Itchy is a third-party client for Scratch. Read messages, interact with projects, leave comments, search content, and more, all in a beautiful and easy-to-use interface. And best of all, it's completely free and without ads! Open-sourced here: https://github.com/micahlt/itchy-native
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Itchy for Scratch at 4.1 against Plotagon Story's 3.5. Itchy for Scratch also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). Plotagon Story's advantage is ratings volume (3.9K vs 21) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price 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. Plotagon Story sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Itchy for Scratch asks for nothing beyond the download.
Itchy for Scratch holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plotagon Story has 3.9K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Plotagon Story's written reviews are positive against 79% of Itchy for Scratch's.
Plotagon Story ships an update every 5 weeks, Itchy for Scratch every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plotagon Story | Itchy for Scratch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (3.9K ratings) | 4.1 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.2% of reviews | 79.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.9K — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 349 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Plotagon | David Banziger |
Customer experience
Plotagon Story
Itchy for Scratch
Bugs and requests
Plotagon Story
Reported bugs
6 issues- Infinite loading issues
- Subscription/purchase restoration problems
- Disappearing content after updates
- Scenes not loading properly
- Dialogue not working as expected
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- Exporting/saving issues
Requested features
8 requests- Add more free voices
- Allow more than 2 characters in a scene
- Add ability to create own backgrounds
- Add more actions (walking, holding objects, etc.)
- Add character customization options (age, height, etc.)
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- Add ability to import custom audio/music
- Add pets and animals
- Improve voice acting and lip-syncing
Itchy for Scratch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Plotagon Story
- Bronze subscription3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Silver subscription3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Silver voice subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
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- Gold subscription3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Gold voice subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Red car (driving)$0.99
- Cute style$0.99
- School$3.99
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- Cars$3.99
- Golden ticket$49.99
Itchy for Scratch
No in-app purchases
Questions
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