Comparison

Writemator vs Cadence

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

Head to head
About

Writemator

This app provides a distraction-free writing environment for iOS and iPadOS. It offers robust text editing features, extensive customization options, and seamless integration with cloud storage and system tools.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free writing interface
  • Built-in Files App Support
  • Multiple Window and Drag and Drop for iPadOS
  • Search, Replace, Synonyms, and Antonyms
  • Dropbox Sync and TextExpander Support
  • Customizable fonts, colors, and line spacing
  • Keyboard shortcuts and extended keyboard row
Features
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◉ "New Apps We Love" - Apple ◉ "A solid new alternative to text editors like iA Writer and 1Writer" - Federico Viticci ◉ "I like the program very much" - Michael D. Shear ◉ "Best New App for iPad and iPhone" - imore.com ◉ "The original distraction-free writing app" - idownloadblog.com ◉ "WriteRoom for iOS lives on as Writemator" - Jesse Grosjean, founder of Hog Bay Software Writemator is based on the source code of WriteRoom app for iOS & iPadOS with all bug fixes and new features. FEATURES: • Based on WriteRoom source code for iOS & iPadOS. Fast handling of large documents. • Updated for the latest iOS and iPadOS with all bug fixes and new features. • Built-in Files App Support. • Support Multiple Window feature for iPadOS. • Drag and Drop Support (for items like plain text, xml, html, URLs, etc.) of iPadOS (in Split View). • Touch ID/ Passcode/ Face ID support. • Search tool that lets you search for and find every document that contains your search text. • TypeWriter Mode. • Live Word Counter. • Customizable System Dark Mode. • Reading Time option available. • Lined Paper option available. • Dropbox Sync API V2. Support both "Sync Automatically" and "Manual Sync". • Writemator allows you to choose the folder with which you link in your Dropbox account. • Keyboard Shortcuts. Toal 58 keyboard shortcuts are available (excluding iPadOS system keyboard shortcuts). • Quick Search & Replace text feature available. Works great even for a document with more than 500,000 words. • Synonyms, Antonyms, Rhyming words for a selected word. • Drag-to-scroll scroll bar for quick navigation bigger documents. Just like desktop app scrolling. • In full-screen view, tap margins to move cursor toward margin (iPad only). • Many new fonts are added like iA Writer Duospace, IBM Plex, SF UI Text, etc. More than 150 fonts are available. • Extended keyboard row with customizable keys. • Dark Mode keyboard. • Support TextExpander Touch Expansion. Updated to the latest SDKs of TETouch. • Document Picker Support. Support "Import" and "Export" methods of document picker. • Access Writemator files in iOS Files app. • Extra app icons available to change the app icon. • Customize your text and background color to any color, line spacing, font size to make your own writing room. • Line spacing is improved from the older version of WriteRoom. Margin option is available. • Siri Shortcuts. • Tint color option. • Sort the folder list by name or date, descending. • Hide or unhide status bar. Dark mode status bar for dark background • Scroll headings during typing to hide headings. • Rename your document or folder. • Swipe to delete a document or a folder. • Detect links in a document. • Support text right to left (useful for writers for languages like in Arabic) • Powerful URLs scheme support • Export and share file in PDF format. • Hide or show file extensions ;html, css, plain text, ft, etc.

About

Cadence

This app helps you quietly track recurring tasks without push notifications. It displays what needs to be done on your home screen widget, allowing for quick completion and customization. It also tracks your task completion history to help you understand your patterns.

Highlights
  • Widget-based task display
  • No push notifications
  • Customizable appearance
  • Streak and completion tracking
  • On-device data storage
  • Task grouping by relevance
Features
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Cadence is the recurring task tracker that doesn't nag. Water the plants. Change the sheets. Call your mum. Cadence keeps the rhythm of recurring life quietly on your Home Screen, so you can see what's due without a single push notification. Every household task, on a gentle loop. Set up a task once, choose how often it repeats, and Cadence takes it from there. When it's time, it shows up. When it's not, it stays out of the way. Count the next due date from the day you finish, or keep a fixed schedule for things like rent day. Your week, quietly organized. See today, this week, and later at a glance. Cadence groups tasks by when they actually matter, so you can scan the week ahead without scrolling through a wall of checkboxes. Did it yesterday? Mark it done on the day you actually did it. One-off jobs, right next door. Turn on the optional To do list for the things that happen only once: book the boiler service, return the library books, renew the passport. It sits in its own tab next to your recurring tasks, and stays out of sight until you switch it on. See it on your Home Screen. The widget is the whole point. One glance tells you what needs doing. Tap it to open Cadence, and tick things off with a single tap. No badge to clear, no inbox feeling, no opening yet another app just to remember what you were supposed to be doing. Make it yours. Forty colors, dozens of icons, one tap to pick. Give "water plants" a leaf. Give "rent day" red. Your widget ends up looking like you, not like a productivity app. See your rhythm. Cadence shows how often you get things done on time, with a lane for every task that marks each completion and each stretch it sat overdue. Open a task to see the current cycle as a dial, your streak, and its full history. Notice the patterns without obsessing over them. The gym tasks you always skip. The weekly ones you nail every Sunday. Stop worrying. Start doing. No push spam. No daily summary emails. No reminders piling up in Notification Center. Cadence shows you the right task at the right time, in the one place you already look, and otherwise stays silent. Your data, your cloud. No account required, and no Cadence server. Your tasks live on your iPhone. Want them on more than one iPhone? Turn on iCloud sync, and your tasks and to-dos are saved in your own iCloud storage, where Cadence can't see them. Sync stays off until you turn it on. Export anytime to back up, import anytime to move over. Cadence is for the stuff that comes back around. The gentle, unglamorous, every-few-days tasks that keep a life running. Set them up once, glance at the widget, carry on.

Screenshots

Writemator4 screens
Cadence4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cadence at 100% against Writemator's 54%. Cadence also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Writemator's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (58 vs 2). On 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

Cadence is free to download; Writemator costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cadence holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Writemator has 58 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Writemator's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cadence's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Writemator ships an update every 6 days, Cadence every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Writemator versus Cadence: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWritematorCadence
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (58 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings58 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#190 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmit ChaudharyKadi Kraman

Customer experience

Writemator

All ratings58 ratings
Positive74.1%
Neutral1.7%
Negative24.1%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive53.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative43.9%

Cadence

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Writemator

No in-app purchases

None

Cadence

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Writemator free?
Writemator costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cadence free?
Cadence is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Writemator or Cadence?
Cadence is rated higher. Writemator averages 4.0 out of 5 from 58 ratings, while Cadence averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Writemator or Cadence have ads?
Neither Writemator nor Cadence shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Writemator or Cadence?
Writemator ships an update every 6 days, and Cadence every 2 months. Most recently, Writemator was updated on November 8, 2026 and Cadence on November 5, 2026.

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