Comparison

Live Note vs Writing

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

Head to head
About

Live Note

Transform plain text and images into dynamic animated videos and GIFs. Personalize your notes with custom fonts, colors, and effects, then share your creations easily across social media and messaging platforms.

Highlights
  • Create animated text videos
  • Generate GIFs from notes
  • Customize text color, font, and size
  • Add special effects and adjust writing speed
  • Select custom backgrounds or use your own images
  • Share creations via social media and email
Features
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Normal photos and text are getting boring. Create something fresh & original with Live Note. The app is a unique way to add text with writing effect over the pictures. Keep track of all the colorful notes you create. Use this incredible app to store you quotes, short diaries, or anything else you can think of. Create animation and gif art on your iPhone! CUSTOMIZE YOUR NOTES This note editing app is an awesome tool that lets you write out your text over the pictures with your own custom settings. Get ready for fun writing notes and enjoy fantastic animated writing! Just add a note and customize it with text color, text font, text size, special effect and writing speed. Select the background from a set of nice images, or your own pictures, adjust the background opacity and the note location by dragging it around in the edit page! SHARE YOUR ANIMATED WRITING NOTES With Live Note you can create beautiful notes and personalize them according to your own likings. You can easily generate MP4 file from the note, and share it with your family and friends via email, SMS, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and other apps that support this file format. Write it out and share your creations with your loved ones! GENERATE GIFS FROM YOUR NOTES What’s more amazing about this note editing app is that it allows you to generate GIFs. Generate GIF files from any note you write, and share it with your family and friends via email, SMS, Twitter and other apps that support the format. You can even display your notes in the order sorted by the note creation time. LIVE NOTE FEATURES - Customize your notes with text color, text font, text size, special effect and writing speed - Select the background from a set of nice images, or your own pictures - Adjust the background opacity - Adjust the note location by dragging it around in the edit page - Generate MP4 file from the note, and share it with your family and friends - Generate GIFs from your notes - Display your notes in the order sorted by the note creation time - More features are on development - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Whether writing notes is too boring for you or you just want to brighten up someone’s day, the Live Note app is perfect for you! Create and share drawing notes, enjoy a unique note editing app by downloading it for FREE!

About

Writing

Easily convert your thoughts into articles, letters, or diary entries. Organize your writing by style and develop a consistent habit. Share your creations or export them in various emotional formats.

Highlights
  • Convert writing to articles or letters
  • Classify writing styles (notes, essays, letters, diaries)
  • Export writing in emotional formats
  • Develop good writing habits
  • Share written content
Features
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Writing - Diary, Letter, Prose is the beautiful way to write letters, diary entries, and prose in vertical text format. Express your feelings and inner thoughts with elegant vertical layouts — perfect for traditional letters, journaling, and creative writing. NEW IN VERSION 4.0 • Redesigned UI for a smoother, more intuitive writing experience • Smarter controls — easier to organize and manage your writing • More precise position and text adjustment for perfect layouts WRITE WITH STYLE • Vertical Text Writing: Traditional vertical layout for letters and prose • Diary & Journal: Private space for your daily thoughts • Letter Writing: Beautiful templates for heartfelt letters • Prose & Creative Writing: Express your creativity BEAUTIFUL FEATURES • Multiple paper styles and backgrounds • Export as image, PDF, or share directly • Organize your writing by categories • Adjust text position, size, and spacing freely • Save drafts and come back anytime PERFECT FOR • Writing letters to loved ones in traditional format • Keeping a personal diary or journal • Creative writing and prose composition • Expressing emotions through beautiful text EASY TO USE • Intuitive interface redesigned for version 4.0 • Quick access to all your documents • Smooth scrolling and editing experience • No account needed — start writing immediately Download Writing - Diary, Letter, Prose and start expressing yourself beautifully today.

Screenshots

Live Note4 screens
Writing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Live Note at 4.7 against Writing's 2.4. Live Note also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 33%) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Live Note sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Writing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Live Note holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Live Note has 531 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Live Note's written reviews are positive against 33% of Writing's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Live Note ships an update every 5 weeks, Writing every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Live Note versus Writing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLive NoteWriting
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (531 ratings) — better2.4 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings531 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.2 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIPATH SYSTEM LLCCHI HAO CHIU

Customer experience

Live Note

All ratings527 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral5.1%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Writing

All ratings8 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

Live Note

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Text not posting to Instagram/Facebook, only static image
  • Cannot save posts for email or Facebook
  • Did not save to videotape
  • Glitches appear after purchase

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow usage before purchase
  • Show emojis
  • Multiple ways for text to appear (not just typing animation)
  • Troubleshooting help available through app

Writing

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Live Note

One-time3
  • Remove Watermark$0.99
  • Unlock Fonts$1.99
  • Unlock Effects$2.99
1 purchases

Writing

One-time1
  • Writing Unlock$0.99

Questions

Is Live Note free?
Live Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Writing free?
Writing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Live Note or Writing?
Live Note is rated higher. Live Note averages 4.7 out of 5 from 531 ratings, while Writing averages 2.4 from 8 ratings.
Do Live Note or Writing have ads?
Writing shows ads; Live Note does not.
Which is updated more often, Live Note or Writing?
Live Note ships an update every 5 weeks, and Writing every 12 months. Most recently, Live Note was updated on October 24, 2026 and Writing on October 23, 2026.

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