Essayist vs SamePage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Essayist
This app simplifies academic writing by automatically formatting essays in various styles like APA, MLA, and Chicago. It includes a universal reference manager, citation tools, and equation support, allowing for distraction-free writing and easy export to PDF or Word.
- Automatic essay formatting
- Universal reference manager
- In-text citation and footnote insertion
- LaTeX equation support
- Export to PDF and Word
- Minimalist interface
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Try Essayist for free today! "Mac App of the Year 2025" — Apple "App of the Day" — Apple "Editors' Choice" — Apple "A-Plus Apps for Students" — Apple "Mac Essentials" — Apple No more fighting margins, hanging indents, or citation formatting. Essayist streamlines academic writing so you can concentrate on your ideas while it takes care of formatting, citations, references, footnotes, page setup, and more. AUTOMATIC FORMATTING Essayist automatically formats margins, fonts, spacing, headings, page numbers, references, citations, footnotes, figures, tables, and other essential elements. UNIVERSAL REFERENCE MANAGER Store and organize references with iCloud, then use them across multiple essays. Add sources through built-in search, Google Scholar, URLs, BibTeX, or manual entry. Essayist formats each source and adds it to your references or works cited list automatically. ZOTERO IMPORT Import your Zotero references and start using them in Essayist. CITATIONS Quickly insert in-text citations, footnotes, and endnotes with the click of a button. CITATION STYLES Choose from APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian, Harvard, IEEE, AMA, Vancouver, and more than 10,000 other styles. EQUATIONS Add equations using LaTeX. FIGURES & TABLES Insert fully formatted figures and tables with captions, numbering, titles, and notes. Cross-reference them throughout your essay. ABSTRACT, APPENDICES & TABLE OF CONTENTS Easily add an abstract, appendices, and an automatically generated table of contents. WRITE ANYWHERE, STAY IN SYNC Your essays and references sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud, so you can start on one device and finish on another — even offline. YOUR WORK IS YOURS No ads, no selling your data, no lock-in — export anytime as PDF or Word. EXPORT Export your essays as PDF or Word documents. MINIMAL INTERFACE Write in a clean, distraction-free workspace with customizable themes, backgrounds, and dark mode. MORE • Available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac with universal purchase • US Letter and A4 paper sizes • Times New Roman and Arial fonts • Word and page counts • Spell check, auto-completion, and auto-capitalization • Accessibility support REGULAR UPDATES Have a feature request or found an issue? Contact us at contact@essayist.app. PRICING Essayist is free to download and includes a free trial of Essayist Pro. Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/82031685 Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/82031685
SamePage
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Stop fighting over text. SamePage helps you respond thoughtfully when a conversation gets tense—and improve a draft before you send it. The assistant lives inside your iPhone keyboard, so help is available wherever you type. REPLY TO A DIFFICULT MESSAGE Copy an incoming message, open SamePage from the globe key, and get three distinct reply options you can insert directly into your conversation. IMPROVE WHAT YOU’RE WRITING Type your draft, then ask SamePage to improve it. Replace the original, copy the result, or ask for another careful pass if the first version is not right. BRING THE WHOLE CONVERSATION When one message is not enough context, share a screenshot to SamePage or choose one from Photos. SamePage reads the conversation and sends three suggestions back to your keyboard. LEARN YOUR STYLE Choose a screen recording of a Messages conversation and SamePage can learn how you naturally write—your usual length, capitalization, punctuation, casual words, and emoji. The recording is processed on your iPhone and is never uploaded. SamePage saves only a compact style summary that you can replace or delete anytime. BUILD RELATIONSHIP CONTEXT Relationship Memory can learn durable patterns from both sides of a Messages conversation. The selected recording is read on your iPhone and is not uploaded. After you allow AI processing, only the extracted message transcript is sent to create a compact relationship summary. You can update or delete that memory anytime. DESIGNED FOR PRIVACY SamePage never monitors your typing continuously. It sends only content you choose after you allow AI processing and tap a SamePage action. Screen recordings stay on your iPhone, and screenshot suggestions expire automatically so an old reply cannot appear in the wrong conversation. SAMEPAGE PRO SamePage Pro is required for AI replies, rewrites, screenshot replies, Learn My Style, and Relationship Memory. Monthly and annual plans are available, and eligible customers can try the annual plan free for 1 week. The app shows Apple-localized pricing before purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://samepage-a8z2.onrender.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Essayist at 3 against SamePage's 1. 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. Essayist sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and SamePage sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Essayist | SamePage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (430 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 430 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Essayist Software Inc. | ALAN KEITH DUVALL |
Bugs and requests
Essayist
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes when trying to add references
- Formatting issues when copying and pasting
- Inability to edit title pages and section headings
- Inconsistent behavior across devices (iPad vs. Mac)
- Issues with in-text citations and reference lists
Requested features
6 requests- Add more citation styles (e.g. MHRA, Vancouver)
- Improve table and image handling
- Integrate with reference managers like Zotero
- Add grammar and spell check tools
- Allow more customization of templates and formatting
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- Improve export functionality to preserve formatting
SamePage
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Essayist
- Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$79.991 Year
SamePage
- SamePage Pro Monthly$14.991 Month
- SamePage Pro Annual7 Days trial$149.991 Year









