Comparison

Texture Maker vs Free Writing

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

Head to head
About

Texture Maker

Design custom textures and apply them as text overlays on your photos. This tool allows for creative customization of images with unique visual elements.

Highlights
  • Create custom textures
  • Apply textures to photos
  • Add textured text to images
  • Image customization tool
Features
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創造自己想要的材質,也可以在照片上放上特別材質的文字 Create the texture you want, you can also put special texture text on the photo

About

Free Writing

Features
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Free Writing is a small writing app for catching the thoughts that pass through your mind. The moment you stop to make a sentence perfect, the first thought often starts to fade. Free Writing helps you stay with the words arriving now, instead of going back to fix what you just wrote. Typos are fine. Strange sentences are fine. What matters is getting the thought out before it stops moving. Focus Mode keeps the line you are writing near the center of the screen, so your flow stays steady. Keep Going gently nudges you when you pause, helping you return to the page without pressure. Your writing stays in Archive for a short time. It is not meant to become a place where everything piles up. Copy the thoughts you want to keep into notes, documents, or your work tools, and let the rest clear away naturally. On Apple Watch, you can use dictation to capture a thought the moment it appears. Even when your iPhone is not in your hand, a short sentence does not have to disappear. Free Writing is not an app for storing polished writing. It is an app for getting thoughts out, choosing what matters, and moving them to the next step.

Screenshots

Texture Maker4 screens
Free Writing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Texture Maker at none against Free Writing's 1. Texture Maker also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). Free Writing's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 months). On price and device support 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. Free Writing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Texture Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Texture Maker ships an update every 5 months, Free Writing every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Texture Maker versus Free Writing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTexture MakerFree Writing
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYihang Huangironwhy

In-app purchases

None

Texture Maker

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Free Writing

One-time1
  • Free Writing Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Texture Maker free?
Texture Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Free Writing free?
Free Writing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Texture Maker or Free Writing have ads?
Texture Maker shows ads; Free Writing does not.
Which is updated more often, Texture Maker or Free Writing?
Texture Maker ships an update every 5 months, and Free Writing every 4 days. Most recently, Texture Maker was updated on October 21, 2026 and Free Writing on October 25, 2026.

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