Type Book vs zWrite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Type Book
Explore a collection of fonts and practice typography with interactive worksheets. This app provides a resource for understanding typeface design and its features.
- Typography worksheets
- Font collection
- Typeface exploration
- Glyph design features
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Type Book * Typography Worksheets with Font Collection * In typography, a typeface (also known as font family) is a set of one or more fonts each composed of glyphs that share common design features.
zWrite
A straightforward word processor that handles rich text and plain text files. It allows for multiple documents to be open simultaneously, supports various text formatting options, and includes printing capabilities.
- Import/export RTF files
- Import plain text files
- Import plain HTML files
- Multiple documents open
- Supports printing
- Font and size selection
- Text formatting (bold, italic, underline, strikethrough)
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zWrite is a simple word processor. It can import and export RTF (rich text) files. It can import plain text files. It can import plain HTML files. You can have multiple documents open at once. It supports printing. Many fonts and font sizes are supported. Text can be bold, italic, underlined, and/or struck-through.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Type Book at 5.0 against zWrite's 3.0. Type Book also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). zWrite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Type Book sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. zWrite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Type Book holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
Type Book ships an update weekly, zWrite monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Type Book | zWrite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | NO WOO KYOUNG | Zack Smith |
Customer experience
Type Book
zWrite
In-app purchases
Type Book
- Upgrade to disable Ads$6.99
zWrite
No in-app purchases
