Comparison

zWrite vs UPAD V

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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.

About

UPAD V

This app transforms your device into a powerful digital notebook. It offers a realistic handwriting experience for notes, diaries, and planners, along with robust PDF editing capabilities. Easily insert images, type text, draw shapes, and share your creations.

Highlights
  • Realistic handwriting feel
  • PDF file editing
  • Image insertion and editing
  • Text typing with formatting
  • Shape and table creation
  • Document sharing and printing
  • Variety of templates
Features
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Finally, UPAD has re-arrived! When downloading UPAD, your iPad becomes more of a worthy instrument. UPAD is the best application for handwriting. Write on it, just like you would on a sheet of paper. You can use this for a diary, planner, lecture note, conference note, letters, Calligraphy, etc. Create documents with easier-than-ever-to-use interface and a variety of features [The best feel of writing] - Write fast and easy—like when you handwrite on a sheet of paper. - When you’re listening to a lecture or at a conference, you can draw, modify, and write fast. - You may rest your palm on the screen. It is made to recognize just the touch-pen. - No other application allows the feeling of writing like UPAD. - It allows the “real” feeling of handwriting. [PDF Editing] - Read and edit PDF files with UPAD. - Edit PDF files with add/copy/delete functions. - Add handwriting, texts, pictures, etc. to PDF files. - Manage theses, lecture notes, manuals, musical notes, etc. in PDF format effectively. [Easier-than-ever-to-use image insertion] - Save multiple pictures in a form of documents easily. - You can capture a part of a map or web page and save it to a file. - This provides you with special effects and frames that will enhance images. - You no longer need to move back and forth from one application to another. [Typing] - You can enter words by using a keyboard. - This includes various fonts, sizes, backgrounds, and alignments that are in Microsoft Word. [Shapes] - You can put in callouts, rectangles, arrows, circles, etc. easily. - You’ll be able to draw a table easily. [Sharing documents] - You’ll be able to share not only emails, but SMS such as Facebook and Tweeter through iMessage. - You can print out documents immediately through Air Printer. - You can send UPAD documents to all applications that can read images and PDF’s. [A variety of easy templates] - Set up schedules monthly/weekly/daily. - This provides various templates you need when you create a document. - You may use the image of your choice as the background. [Safe backing-up] - You can now back-up not only as a whole, but partially—one document at a time. - It’s possible to back-up and restore quickly and stably. This app is not support iCloud sync.

Screenshots

zWrite1 screens
UPAD V4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: zWrite at Free against UPAD V's $9.99. UPAD V's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (24 vs 4). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

zWrite is free to download; UPAD V costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

UPAD V holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UPAD V has 24 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of zWrite's written reviews are positive against 43% of UPAD V's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
zWrite versus UPAD V: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterzWriteUPAD V
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating3.0 (4 ratings)4.2 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better43.2% of reviews
Number of ratings424 — better
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB37 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperZack SmithTaeJin Kim

Customer experience

zWrite

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

UPAD V

All ratings24 ratings
Positive79.2%
Neutral12.5%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive43.2%
Neutral5.4%
Negative51.4%

In-app purchases

None

zWrite

No in-app purchases

None

UPAD V

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is zWrite free?
zWrite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UPAD V free?
UPAD V costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, zWrite or UPAD V?
UPAD V is rated higher. zWrite averages 3.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while UPAD V averages 4.2 from 24 ratings.
Do zWrite or UPAD V have ads?
Neither zWrite nor UPAD V shows ads.

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