CAPN vs LivingWriter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CAPN
This app connects users with trained community members for assistance in unsafe situations. It provides a network of trusted individuals ready to help when you feel vulnerable.
- Community-assisted protection
- Trained and trusted members
- Local assistance
- Safety network
- Compassionate support
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CAPN (Community Assisted Protection Network) is a mobile application that allows its users to summon a trained, trusted, and compassionate member of their local community to assist them in situations where they feel unsafe.
LivingWriter
This writing application allows users to create various forms of written content, from stories and blog posts to poems and memoirs. It offers a powerful word processing experience that syncs with its cloud-based counterpart, ensuring your work is accessible anywhere.
- Create stories, blog posts, poems, memoirs
- Cloud synchronization
- On-the-go writing
- Powerful word processing
- Accessible anywhere
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The trusted writing app lets you create stories, blog posts, poems, memoirs and whatever else you want to write. Have LivingWriter on the go with this powerful word processing app that accompanies LivingWriter, the #1 writing app on the cloud. With LivingWriter, your words move with you. Whether you’re a dabbler or a published author, LivingWriter is as handy as you want it to be.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CAPN at 5.0 against LivingWriter's 3.8. CAPN also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 11 days). LivingWriter's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CAPN holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LivingWriter has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CAPN ships an update every 2 days, LivingWriter every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CAPN | LivingWriter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.8 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 52.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CAPN LLC | LivingWriter LLC |
Customer experience
CAPN
LivingWriter
In-app purchases
CAPN
No in-app purchases
LivingWriter
No in-app purchases
