Comparison

Fast Notes vs PureWrite

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

Head to head
About

Fast Notes

Features
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Most quick notes, creating a single swipe. Share notes in social networks

About

PureWrite

Features
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PureWrite is a writing app that gets out of the way. Open a folder of Markdown files you already keep, open a document, and start typing. The file sidebar and the table of contents fade out completely โ€” not dimmed, gone โ€” until only the page is left. Move the pointer back and they return. Nothing else is on screen. No tabs, no split panes, no graph, no badges, no notifications, no sync spinner. One document at a time, by design. That is the whole idea. Everything else is there to serve it. โ€ข A folder you already have. No import step, no vault format, no database. The same folder can stay an Obsidian vault or a git repository โ€” keep using them. PureWrite is simply the window you open when the task is to write. โ€ข Formatted text, plain files. You edit the document as it looks, and the file on disk stays ordinary Markdown โ€” tables and links included. โ€ข Search the whole folder for the moment you do need to leave the page, with the context around every match. โ€ข A toolbar you can pare down to nothing. Keep as many of the 18 buttons as you want, or none. โ€ข Hebrew and English in one document, each paragraph facing the direction its own words ask for, with nothing written into your file to make it work. โ€ข Autosave a second after you stop typing. There is no save button to remember. Nothing leaves the device: no network, no account, no telemetry. macOS, iPhone and iPad. Free, with no in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Fast Notes1 screens
PureWrite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: PureWrite at 4 against Fast Notes's 2. Fast Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (8.2 vs 15.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Fast Notes versus PureWrite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFast NotesPureWrite
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS8.2 โ€” better15.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrii BuchkivskyiYechiel Ben David

In-app purchases

None

Fast Notes

No in-app purchases

None

PureWrite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fast Notes free?
Fast Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PureWrite free?
PureWrite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fast Notes or PureWrite have ads?
Neither Fast Notes nor PureWrite shows ads.

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