Writer! vs Plotten
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Writer!
This application provides a straightforward platform for writing and organizing your thoughts. It allows users to manage entries with tags and folders, search content, and export their work. Customize your writing experience with various themes and accent colors.
- Simple user interface
- Organize with tags and folders
- Search entries by content or tags
- Export entries
- Light and dark themes
- Customizable accent colors
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Features: - Simple and clean user interface - Organize your entries with tags and folders - Search your entries by content or tags - Export one or multiple entries - Light and dark themes with 8 accent colors Icons by Icons8 (https://icons8.com)
Plotten
This writing tool offers a distraction-free, minimalist interface to help you craft novels, screenplays, and other manuscripts. It includes advanced editing tools, a cover designer, and flexible export options for various formats.
- Minimalist distraction-free interface
- Supports novels, screenplays, children's books
- Intuitive cover designer
- Ebook viewer
- Export to EPub, FDX, DOCX, web, print
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Plotten: Your Creative Writing Companion Unlock your literary potential with Plotten, the ultimate writing tool designed to streamline your creative process. Experience a minimalist interface that eliminates distractions, allowing your ideas to flow freely. Feature-Rich and User-Friendly: Versatile Formats: Whether you’re crafting screenplays, novels, children’s books, or more, Plotten supports a variety of manuscript needs. Advanced Editing Tools: Includes an intuitive cover designer and an Ebook viewer to bring your story to life. Flexible Export Options: Seamlessly export your projects for web, print, or as EPub, FDX, and DOCX files. With Plotten, every feature is crafted to enhance your writing experience, whether you're a screenwriter, essayist, novelist, short story writer, or journalist, Plotten makes it easy to transform your vision into a polished masterpiece. Terms of Use: https://www.plotten.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.plotten.app/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Plotten at every 4 days against Writer!'s every 4 weeks. Plotten also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0). Writer!'s advantage is review sentiment (34% vs 20%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Writer! sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Plotten sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Plotten holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 118 and 49 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 34% of Writer!'s written reviews are positive against 20% of Plotten's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Writer! ships an update every 4 weeks, Plotten every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Writer! | Plotten |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (118 ratings) | 4.3 (49 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.4% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 118 — better | 49 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Binary Kitchen, LLC | Paul MacRory |
Customer experience
Writer!
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In-app purchases
Writer!
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$1.99
- Large Tip$2.99
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- Giant Tip$3.99
- Enormous Tip$4.99
- Upgrade to Pro$5.99
Plotten
- 1 Month Access3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- 1 Year Access3 Days trial$17.991 Year
