I Write Like vs Bartleby
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
I Write Like
Analyze your writing style and discover which famous author your prose resembles. This tool provides statistical insights into word choice, character counts, reading time, and readability. Share your results and sync them across devices.
- Author similarity analysis
- Character and word count
- Reading time and readability score
- Cross-device synchronization via iCloud
- Shareable analysis results
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Check which famous writer you write like with this statistical analysis tool, which analyzes your word choice and writing style and compares them with those of the famous authors. Used by millions of people for inspiration and entertainment since 2010, our popular writing analyzer is now available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac! FEATURES * Type your text and tap the "Analyze" button to get the complete analysis: an author similarity according to Bayesian probabilities, an accurate character and word count, and an approximate reading time and readability score. * Share your results with others. * Your texts are synchronized across all your devices via iCloud. REVIEWS Since its release, the original version as been reviewed by the following publications: "Check it out." — Los Angeles Times "The phenomenally popular I Write Like analyses your prose and matches its style with famous authors. Who's your literary doppelganger? ... So it might not be getting it right every time but I Write Like is an awful lot of fun." — The Guardian "Go ahead, try it." — Entertainment Weekly "[Margaret] Atwood, herself, tried the site only to discover she also apparently writes like King. "Who knew?" she tweeted. Obviously, I Write Like isn't an exact science. But simply the idea of an algorithm that can reveal traces of influence in writing has proven wildly popular." — Associated Press
Bartleby
This app helps writers format their books for publication. Import your manuscript and let it handle the professional formatting, creating EPUB files ready for online stores. It supports various import methods, including direct text input and Markdown.
- Book formatting for publication
- EPUB creation
- Import from other writing apps
- Markdown support
- Professional layout
- Direct export to online stores
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Bartleby is a book formatting app for writers to publish their own books. Write your book using your favorite app, import the book into Bartleby, and let Bartleby handle the formatting details. Do you use Scrivener? If you do, you can quickly publish books by compiling your project to MutliMarkdown and importing it into Bartleby. For most books that’s 99 percent of the work. Click the Publish button, and Bartleby gives you a professional looking EPUB book you can sell at Amazon and other online book stores. If you don’t use Scrivener, you can copy your book text into Bartleby and mark the parts of the book that aren't body text, such as chapter titles, section headings, and italicized text. For a novel the main work you have to do is tag chapter titles. Bartleby has a menu to tag parts of your text, but you can also use Markdown formatting. Learn more at: https://www.checksimsoftware.com/bartleby/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: I Write Like at 100% against Bartleby's 0%. Bartleby's advantage is price (Free vs $9.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Bartleby is free to download; I Write Like costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | I Write Like | Bartleby |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Koding Robots doo | Mark Szymczyk |
Customer experience
I Write Like
Bartleby
In-app purchases
I Write Like
No in-app purchases
Bartleby
No in-app purchases









