Journal 365 vs Write Novel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Journal 365
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Use a journal to record your daily experiences, ideas, emotions and thoughts. Writing a journal regularly can help to improve your communication skills. Besides that, journaling has been known to inspire creativity, encourage self-confidence, reduce anxiety and certainly improve mental health. Your journal contents are stored locally in your device and backed up in your private iCloud account, so they are safe and secure. No one else will be able to read your journal. If you have more than one iOS device, the contents will be synchronised across those devices as well.
Write Novel
This app provides a comprehensive workspace for authors to develop stories and write manuscripts. It offers tools for outlining plots, building characters, organizing worldbuilding elements, and tracking writing progress. Export your finished work in various formats.
- Manuscript editor with unlimited length
- Detailed character profile builder
- Outline builder for plot structure
- Worldbuilding database
- Goal tracking and word count targets
- Multiple export formats (EPUB, PDF, Word, etc.)
- Cross-device synchronization
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Write Novel: Writing Studio is a complete story development and manuscript writing workspace designed for authors, novelists, and screenwriters on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Write your book using a full manuscript editor supporting prologues, chapters, interludes, and epilogues with no limits on overall manuscript length or chapter count. Customize your writing environment with text formatting, custom typography, paragraph spacing, and lined paper mode while monitoring progress through live word count tracking and manuscript search. Please note that pasting text from external sources may not fully preserve original typography, font styling, or custom line spacing formatting. Build detailed character profiles with background notes, physical descriptions, and four distinct personality frameworks including Myers-Briggs, Big Five, Color Code, and custom trait sliders. Connect your cast members by mapping character relationships directly within your project. Organize complex plots with an outline builder for chapters, scenes, and narrative structure, alongside dedicated story arc and character arc tracking tools. Keep worldbuilding elements organized in a comprehensive database for locations, factions, items, lore, and species, and inspect your linked reference notes right inside the editor while writing. Keep all your data synchronized across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and personalize your app layout with custom accent color themes and matching app icons. Maintain writing momentum by setting daily, weekly, and monthly word count targets, supported by streak counters, milestone celebrations, and notification reminders. When your draft is ready, export your manuscript and character details cleanly to EPUB, PDF, Word, RTF, Markdown, Fountain, or JSON, complete with custom project cover images and dedicated e-book cover art. Free usage includes full editing, character building, goal tracking, and exporting capabilities. Creating more than 5 projects and mapping more than 3 character connections per project require an Premium access. Additionally, the outline builder, story and character arc tracking, scene planner, worldbuilding database, in-editor reference panel, iCloud synchronization, and custom accent color themes are Premium features. Character Planner offers optional Premium features through monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscriptions with a 1-week free trial, or via a one-time Lifetime purchase. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Account renewal charges occur within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/purplestamina17-code/bc97998299800f500675226fad5eb68b/raw/778e1ba1a94aee7abfe264b2272215c8971476dd/gistfile1.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Write Novel at none against Journal 365's shown. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Journal 365 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Write Novel sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Journal 365 | Write Novel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Explorer Technologies | Weston Lambson |
In-app purchases
Journal 365
- Remove advertisement$2.99
Write Novel
- Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$44.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$149.99









