WriteMapper 2 vs Lists
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WriteMapper 2
This app helps overcome writer's block by transforming mind maps into structured text documents. It offers a distraction-free writing mode and seamless integration with iOS features for an optimized iPad experience.
- Visual mind mapping for writing structure
- Brainstorming to overcome writer's block
- Distraction-free writing mode
- Export to Markdown, HTML, Word, RTF, TXT
- Drag and drop functionality
- Integration with iOS Files app
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AS SEEN ON Forbes, Cult of Mac, The Next Web, MakeUseOf, MacAlert!, Apple RSS, Envato Blog, Duct Tape Marketing, AppleBase, GeekZone A WRITEMAP OUTLINE PAINTS A THOUSAND WORDS WriteMapper was built to leverage the visual nature of mind maps to give you a bird's-eye view of your writing structure. Just one glance is all it takes for you to get a good feel for the flow of your work. In doing so, you get a comprehensive yet clear picture of what's going on in your content. And, if you need to rearrange your writing sequences or move stuff around, it's as simple as drag and drop. BRAINSTORM YOUR WAY THROUGH WRITER’S BLOCK Ever write down the title, and then face a mental struggle with the rest of the blank page? WriteMapper helps you overcome writer's block by turning your writing process into a brainstorming exercise. This allows you to rapidly and relentlessly generate ideas and points for your writing. Just spend a couple minutes on this quick-fire process, and before you know it, you'll have a fully-formed content structure all ready to go! DISTRACTION-FREE WRITING Each node on the mind map has a content section you can jump in to edit at anytime. Besides being able to style and format your writing however you like, you can also edit the title of this sub-point from this view as well. The distraction-free writing mode helps you shift gears from the all-aspects-considered nature of the mind map outline, to the focused task of detailing the contents of the individual sub-point you're zoomed in on. PLAYS WELL WITH TEAMMATES WriteMapper uses the nested structure of a mind map to automatically create and export a text document for you, right in your computer's file system. You can choose from a variety of file formats, including Markdown, HTML, Microsoft Word, plain text and Rich Text Format. You can then edit the exported document in your text editing app of choice, to give that final draft the polish it needs to bring it to completion. With this supercharged content generation workflow, you'll get your writing done in no time at all! HIGHLY PRAISED "It has the perfect balance of elegance and features, and the text-editor itself is killer."—Charlie Sorrel, Cult of Mac "WriteMapper is such a powerful tool. This workflow is so logical and intuitive."—Michael Levy "Holy graphic design, that's one beautiful interface."—/u/bengiannis ALL THE POWER OF IOS WriteMapper was reworked from the ground up to be deeply integrated with and optimised for an incredible iPad experience. Here’s a couple of features and capabilities which we’ve leveraged from the power of iOS, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, to help you do your best work: 1. Files With the help of the new Files app, you can easily save, sync and access your WriteMaps (.writemap files) across devices. 2. Drag and Drop Magically move text and images from other apps into the distraction-free editor, or rearrange the nodes in your WriteMap by dragging them around. 3. Keyboard Shortcuts Typing is even better on the iPad with an external hardware keyboard; and we’ve made it even easier to keep the typing flow going by integrating multiple handy keyboard shortcuts. 4. Split View You can also have the app open side by side another app with the Split View feature of iOS. No more constant switching between multiple apps! 5. Apple Pencil Support The app also plays nice with your Apple Pencil. It's just another thing that helps make WriteMapper for iPad more versatile, powerful, and natural than ever. WRITEMAPPER ON YOUR OTHER DEVICES Get WriteMapper for your Mac or Windows desktop computer to experience the full power of working on your .writemap files across your devices (sold seperately), accessing your WriteMaps using your preferred cloud syncing service. NEED HELP? Didn’t find what you were looking for, have questions or need help? Get in touch with us or visit our website for an extensive list of support articles which might be able to help.
Lists
Organize thoughts, plan projects, and write notes with an intuitive outliner. Features multi-level outlining, rich text formatting, and an optional AI assistant for content generation and translation. Seamlessly syncs across devices and offers export options.
- Multi-level outlining
- Rich-text formatting
- Optional AI assistant
- Seamless cross-device sync
- Export to PDF, Word, HTML
- Password protection for folders
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Lists is a user-friendly app designed for everyone who enjoys simplicity when it comes to organizing thoughts, planning projects, making lists, and writing notes. Whether you're a writer, student, project manager, or anyone who consistently works on intricate tasks, our app will help boost your productivity and streamline your ideas. Main Key Features: - User-friendly Interface: Designed for easy use, Lists comes with an intuitive interface where you can navigate, make entries, and review your created outline with ease. - Multi-level Outlining: Lists allows creating notes with multiple levels of detail; you can drill down to as many sub-levels as you want. - Optional AI Assistant to generate content for lists, summaries, essays, translations, blog posts, poems, emails, songs, quizzes, tests, memos, recipes, and so much more. - Rich-text formatting: Bold, italic, underline, highlight, subscript/superscript, alignment, line and paragraph spacing, first-line indent, page breaks, footnotes, comments, text and paper color, etc. - Create unlimited notebooks, folders and nested subfolders. - Protect individually your folders/notebooks with a password, very useful for iPads with more than one user in office, classroom or home. - Seamless Sync: Syncs effortlessly across all your iOS devices, making your outlines available anytime, anywhere. - Customizable Themes: Personalize your experience with a variety of themes and make the space truly yours. - Integrated Search: Find specific information quickly and easily using our state-of-the-art search and filter feature. - Export & Import Options: Need your outlines in other formats? Export to PDF, Word, HTML, and more. You can also import data from other formats. Lists presents you with a canvas for your thoughts, providing the perfect platform to plot your narrative, plan your project, or just jot down your thoughts in a clear and concise way. If you so choose, the included AI Assistant can perform tasks for you: • Easily generate automatically lists, summaries, essays, blog posts, poems, emails, songs, quizzes, tests, memos, recipes, and so much more. • Ask anything to our smart AI assistant, it's got your answers. • Nail perfect writing with built-in spell checking and grammar fixes. • Boost your vocab with a killer dictionary full of definitions, synonyms, and antonyms. • Make your writing better by analyzing sentence structures with no sweat. • Use the handy translation feature which supports heaps of languages, solving any language issues. • Talk and write in over 50 languages with our handy assistant. • Spin up travel plans, recipes, step-by-step guides, quizzes, tests, memos, essays, histories, poems, you name it. • Speech Recognition: Talk or type, either way we have smooth conversations. Try Lists today to bring clarity to your thoughts and productivity to your day! Privacy Policy http://www.noteswriter.com/Kairoos_Privacy_Policy.html EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ This app requires users to have a subscription to unlock all the features after a 3-day risk-free trial.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WriteMapper 2 at 4.7 against Lists's 2.5. WriteMapper 2 also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (12 vs 2). Lists's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 71%). 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
Both are free to download. WriteMapper 2 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Lists sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WriteMapper 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WriteMapper 2 has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of WriteMapper 2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lists's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
WriteMapper 2 ships an update monthly, Lists every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WriteMapper 2 | Lists |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (12 ratings) — better | 2.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 248 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | BETTERWEBPAGES | Kairoos Solutions SL |
Customer experience
WriteMapper 2
Lists
In-app purchases
WriteMapper 2
- 7-day TrialFree
- Full App$19.99
Lists
- Unlock All including AI3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Outliner Lifetime Pro Upgrade$3.99









