Daily Writing Prompts vs Float
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Writing Prompts
This app encourages daily writing with a focus on consistency and progress. It offers daily prompts, a distraction-free writing environment, and gamified elements like points, streaks, and leaderboards to motivate users.
- Daily writing prompts
- Progress tracking
- Streak building
- Global leaderboards
- Distraction-free writing space
- Word count goals
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Write 500 words every day. That's the challenge. Show up, and watch consistency do its thing. No pressure, no perfection. Just progress, one session at a time. Write, earn points, build streaks, and climb the global leaderboards alongside writers from around the world. Get daily prompts when inspiration runs dry and enjoy a clean, distraction-free space made for one thing: putting words on the page. Terms (EULA): https://dailywriting.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://dailywriting.app/privacy.html Email: scriptahelp@gmail.com
Float
This app helps students manage essay writing by breaking down word count goals into daily targets. It also supports book reading goals, providing daily page targets. An "Essay Tennis" feature allows friends to challenge each other with word counts.
- Daily word count targets for essays
- Daily page targets for reading
- Essay title, word count, and deadline input
- Essay Tennis word count challenges
- Time management for students
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-App of the Day- Float helps students break down deadlines and stay focused together. Whether you’re writing an essay, finishing an assignment, or trying to get through a book before a deadline, Float helps you turn big tasks into smaller daily goals. Add what you’re working on, enter your word count or page count, choose your deadline, and Float will calculate how much you need to complete each day. No more guessing, panicking, or leaving everything until the night before. With our new feature Out of Sight, you can put your phone away at the same time as friends, join focus sessions, and stay accountable while you study. Choose a time, see who else is focusing, and make phone-free study feel more social and easier to stick to. Float is built for students who want to feel more in control of their workload, reduce last-minute stress, and build better study habits one day at a time. Key Features BREAK DOWN ESSAYS Enter your essay word count and deadline, and Float will create a simple daily writing target. TRACK READING GOALS Add a book, page count and deadline, and know exactly how many pages to read each day. STAY FOCUSED WITH OUT OF SIGHT Put your phone away, join friends in focus sessions, and stay committed while you study. FOCUS TOGETHER See when friends are going Out of Sight and join the same study time. STAY ACCOUNTABLE Nudge friends to focus with you and build a better study routine together. MAKE DEADLINES FEEL SMALLER Turn big assignments into manageable daily progress. https://www.thefloatapp.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Float at 95% against Daily Writing Prompts's 50%. Float also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Daily Writing Prompts's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (29 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Daily Writing Prompts sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Float sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Float holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daily Writing Prompts has 29 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Daily Writing Prompts's written reviews are positive against 95% of Float's.
Daily Writing Prompts ships an update every 3 weeks, Float every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Writing Prompts | Float |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 95.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christian Nkinsi | Mylo Creative Limited |
Customer experience
Daily Writing Prompts
Float
In-app purchases
Daily Writing Prompts
- Scripta Plus (Unlimited)$5.997 Days
- Scripta Plus (Monthly)$5.991 Month
- Scripta Plus$19.991 Year
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- Scripta Plus (Yearly)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Scripta Plus (Unlimited)$29.991 Year
- Scripta Plus (Lifetime)$59.99
Float
- Out of Sight Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Out of Sight Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
