Comparison

Oribi Writer Edu vs WellSpell

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

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Oribi Writer Edu

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The app that helps you get your spelling right! This version of Oribi Writer is intended for schools and other educational institutions. Do you need spelling and language support while writing or after you have finished, or both? Then the Oribi Writer Edu app is the ultimate writing tool for you. It works as a stand-alone word processor, and its spell checker and grammar checker are quite unique. Oribi Writer Edu is specially designed for people with reading and writing difficulties and dyslexia, but it can be useful to anyone who needs a bit of spelling assistance and language support from time to time. SPELLING SUPPORT Use Oribi Writer Edu to correct or check: - serious spelling mistakes like ”citon" (kitten) or ”sositch” (sausage) - easily confusable words like ”fillings/feelings” or ”meat/meet” - grammar mistakes like ”The cats is hungry” - one word wrongly written as two words, like ”boy friend” - two words wrongly written as one word, like ”Losangeles” - punctuation and spaces. LETTER SOUNDING Oribi Writer Edu can sound out individual letters as you write them. This gives you immediate feedback on the letters that you write. TEXT-TO-SPEECH Oribi Writer Edu can use the synthetic voice included in iOS to read out words or sentences as you write them and/or read out the entire text afterwards. This will often allow you to hear the writing mistakes that you may have made. The settings include: - read out selected text - read out from the cursor onwards - read out each word after it is finished - read out each sentence after it is finished - have the cursor move through the text as it is being read out - adjust the reading pace - on/off. DICTIONARY Oribi Writer Edu has a new English-English dictionary built in. EASILY ADJUSTED TO EACH USER’S NEEDS Personal settings enable you to: - add your own words to the wordlists - decide whether Oribi Writer Edu should warn you about certain easily confusable words or not - use a large wordlist or a small one. KEYBOARD FORMATTING Oribi Writer Edu offers several formatting options: - font - font size - bold, italic, underline - text alignment (flush left, flush right, justified, centred). SHARING TEXTS Texts in Oribi Writer Edu can be shared to other apps, including Mail, Notes, Message, Twitter and Facebook. It is also possible to copy a text, print it, save it to Dropbox, etc. DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT Under ‘Documents’, you can create documents directly under ‘On my iPad’. It is also possible to create subfolders and place documents directly in them. This may come in handy if you need to structure your documents or if several people use the same iPad. In-app purchase Annual Subscriptions: Title: OribiLanguages Duration: Annual Subscription (12 months) Price: 999.00 SEK per year Includes: Access to the app with all four languages Terms and conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of use: https://www.oribi.se/policy/tos/

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WellSpell

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Improve your spelling of common English and Swedish words in an innovative and fun way using Siri. The words are categorized in different word lists, such as common words, often misspelled words, the sj-sound, tj-sound etc. The app is perfect for school children as well as adults who want to improve their spelling of English and Swedish words. Follow up with the statistics function. WellSpell – Free version WellSpell can be downloaded for free giving you access to many word of the wordlists. For full access to all words, you can subscribe to WellSpell Plus. WellSpell Plus Access to all word lists with hundreds of words for one month without ads. - First month is free of charge for new users, after that 0.99 USD/month - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off or the subscription is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account. - You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of use: http://www.wellspell.durion.se/eula

Screenshots

Oribi Writer Edu3 screens
WellSpell2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: WellSpell at 8.0 against Oribi Writer Edu's 15.0. On price, update cadence, 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. Oribi Writer Edu sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $21.99 per year and WellSpell sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Oribi Writer Edu ships an update every 2 months, WellSpell every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Oribi Writer Edu versus WellSpell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOribi Writer EduWellSpell
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOribi ABDurion AB

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Oribi Writer Edu

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Subscription$21.991 Year
One-time1
  • Språk för rättstavning$79.99
2 purchases

WellSpell

Subscriptions2
  • All word lists for one month1 Month trial$0.991 Month
  • All word lists for one month$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Oribi Writer Edu free?
Oribi Writer Edu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WellSpell free?
WellSpell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Oribi Writer Edu or WellSpell have ads?
Neither Oribi Writer Edu nor WellSpell shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Oribi Writer Edu or WellSpell?
Oribi Writer Edu ships an update every 2 months, and WellSpell every 6 weeks. Most recently, Oribi Writer Edu was updated on November 2, 2026 and WellSpell on October 26, 2026.

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