Comparison

Word Count Notes vs Documentally

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

Head to head
About

Word Count Notes

This simple note-taking app includes a word and character counter, making it ideal for drafting social media posts, reports, or speeches. It offers cloud import/export, PDF creation, printing, text-to-speech, and dark mode.

Highlights
  • Word and character counting
  • Cloud import/export (iCloud, Dropbox)
  • PDF creation
  • Printing functionality
  • Text-to-speech
  • Dark mode
  • Local backups
Features
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Write, count, and keep moving. Word Count Notes is a simple writing app that shows word and character counts as you type. Use it for essays, college applications, reports, stories, speeches, social media posts, captions, AI prompts, or any text with a length limit. WHAT YOU GET • Live word and character counts, with or without spaces • A simple, distraction-free editor • Multiple notes for different drafts • Fonts, text sizes, and color themes • Face ID and Touch ID app lock • Local backups and ZIP export of all your notes • PDF creation, saving pages as images, and printing • Text-to-speech playback • Dark mode Your notes are saved only on your device (there is no cloud sync). Local backups keep earlier versions you can look back at, and ZIP export lets you keep a copy elsewhere. Open the app and start writing in seconds. No account or setup is needed. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

About

Documentally

This app provides comprehensive text analysis, including word, character, sentence, line, paragraph, and byte counts. It offers advanced customization for counting, version history, document protection with a PIN, and various sorting and formatting options. Export your work in .txt format and work offline.

Highlights
  • Multiple text count metrics (words, characters, sentences, lines, paragraphs, bytes)
  • Customizable word count based on language and encoding
  • Unlimited version history with undo/redo
  • Secure Safe Folder with PIN protection
  • Document search and sorting options
  • Adjustable font size and text formatting
  • Offline functionality
Features
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In addition to "Word count", it also provides counts for "Characters", "Sentences", "Lines", "Paragraphs", and "Bytes". This app is especially handy when you need to adhere to specific word or character limits, such as for reports, essays, columns, speech scripts, novels, and more. SELECT WORD COUNT FEATURE You can customize the word count feature based on the text by switching languages. You can also configure text encoding, punctuation, and more. UNLIMITED VERSION HISTORY Track changes made to your documents and undo anything you choose. PROTECT YOUR DOCUMENTS WITH SAFE FOLDER You can hide documents in your Safe folder and control access with a PIN. Screenshots of the Safe folder can’t be taken. FIND YOUR DOCUMENTS Please enter keywords in the search bar to locate your documents. SORT OPTIONS You can sort your notes alphabetically, numerically, or by date. ADJUST FONT SIZE You have the option to change the font size for better visibility on your screen. Word Count: Counts the number of words as you type • Example 1: "Word Count in Documents" -> 4 • Example 2: "I'm you." -> 2 • Example 3: "Do you live in real-time???" -> 5 Character Count: Displays the total number of characters as you type • Example 1: "Green" -> 5 • Example 2: "Word Counter in Documents" -> 25 • Example 3: "I am a pencil." -> 14 Here are the main functions: • Count the "number of bytes" as you write. • Create new documents or edit existing files. • Working, with or without Internet. • Export your work in .txt format. • Undo / Redo your notes' input. • Delete your notes whenever you like. • You can print. However, your document may appear differently in the preview window. Instead, you can use "Print as Image". • The character limit for input is determined by your smartphone device; the app does not impose any limits. Settings: • Sort by: Name / Last modified / Last opened / Date trashed / Items / Characters / Words / Sentences / Lines / Paragraphs / Bytes • Font size: 12.0 - 40.0 • Font: Noto Sans / Open Sans / Roboto / Oswald / Courier Prime / Red Rose / M PLUS 1 / M PLUS 1p / M PLUS 1 Code / M PLUS 2 / M PLUS Rounded 1c / Sawarabi Gothic / Hina Mincho / Klee One / Kaisei HarunoUmi / Kaisei Tokumin / Kaisei Opti / Kaisei Decol / RocknRoll One / DotGothic16 / Zen Kurenaido / Zen Kaku Gothic New / Zen Maru Gothic / Zen Antique / Sunflower / Gothic A1 / Gowun Dodum / Gowun Batang / Song Myung / Poor Story / Hahmlet / IBM Plex Sans KR / Stylish • Bold text: ON / OFF • Italic text: ON / OFF • Underline: None / Solid / Double / Dotted / Dashed / Wavy • Letter spacing: -1.0 - 10.0 • Word spacing: -2.0 - 10.0 • Line spacing: 1.0 - 3.0 • Language: English / Japanese / Korean / Indonesian • Count line breaks: ON / OFF • Count spaces and tabs: ON / OFF • Punctuation marks • Text encoding: EUC-JP / ISO-2022-JP / ISO-2022-JP-1 / ISO-2022-JP-2 / Shift_JIS / ISO-8859-1 / ISO-8859-2 / ISO-8859-3 / ISO-8859-4 / ISO-8859-5 / ISO-8859-6 / ISO-8859-7 / ISO-8859-8 / ISO-8859-9 / ISO-8859-10 / ISO-8859-13 / ISO-8859-14 / ISO-8859-15 / UTF-7 / UTF-8 / UTF-16 / UTF-16BE / UTF-16LE / UTF-32 / UTF-32BE / UTF-32LE / US-ASCII / EUC-KR / ISO-2022-KR / windows-1250 / windows-1251 / windows-1252 / windows-1253 / windows-1254 / windows-1255 / windows-1256 / windows-1257 / windows-1258 Terms of Use: https://note.com/documentally/n/n0f4e75fd9170 Privacy Policy: https://note.com/documentally/n/n11df06d7073e

Screenshots

Word Count Notes4 screens
Documentally4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Word Count Notes at 4.8 against Documentally's 3.7. Word Count Notes also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 3) and device support (4 vs 2). Documentally's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Word Count Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Documentally sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Word Count Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Word Count Notes has 1.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Word Count Notes's written reviews are positive against 75% of Documentally's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Word Count Notes ships an update every 3 weeks, Documentally weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Word Count Notes versus Documentally: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWord Count NotesDocumentally
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.1K ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews82.5% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.1K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDRIP PRODUCTS LIMITED LIABILITY CO.Yoshinori Tsuchiya

Customer experience

Word Count Notes

All ratings1,094 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral2.0%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews171 reviews
Positive82.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative12.3%

Documentally

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%

Bugs and requests

Word Count Notes

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App freezing/crashing after iOS 14 update
  • Deleted notes not permanently removed
  • Imported fonts not displaying correctly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Folder/tagging system for notes
  • Sync across devices
  • Grammar/spell check
  • Highlight/select text for word count

Documentally

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Word Count Notes

One-time1
  • Premium Upgrade$7.99
5 purchases

Documentally

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Week Plan$0.997 Days
  • 1 Month Plan$1.991 Month
  • 6 Months Plan$9.996 Months
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  • Annual Plan$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Plan$29.99

Questions

Is Word Count Notes free?
Word Count Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Documentally free?
Documentally is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Word Count Notes or Documentally?
Word Count Notes is rated higher. Word Count Notes averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Documentally averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Word Count Notes or Documentally have ads?
Both Word Count Notes and Documentally show ads.
Which is updated more often, Word Count Notes or Documentally?
Word Count Notes ships an update every 3 weeks, and Documentally weekly. Most recently, Word Count Notes was updated on October 12, 2026 and Documentally on September 21, 2026.

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