Comparison

Chapters vs Writeflo

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

Head to head
About

Chapters

Organize your thoughts and projects with a versatile writing app. Create unlimited, customizable notebooks with rich media support and robust export options. Keep your writing private and accessible across devices.

Highlights
  • Unlimited customizable notebooks
  • Photo integration with text wrapping
  • Customizable themes, fonts, and colors
  • PDF, text, and email export
  • Passcode lock and autosave
  • Word count and extended keyboard
  • iPad multitasking support
Features
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Chapters lets you create and manage multiple notebooks, each fully searchable and with its own settings. Keep a travel journal, a photo log, a notebook about ongoing work projects, and your own personal diary in one app. Manage writing projects. Create as many notebooks as you want and fill each with as much as you need to write. Choose a color theme, font, text color, and page color for each notebook. Focused writing. Multiple photos per entry that you can move, resize, rotate - your words flow around them. Reliable storage, autosave, and passcode lock protect your words; share or read them on your computer with PDF, text, and email export. You can also create backups and save them to other apps such as Dropbox, Drive, and Evernote. Add a passcode to lock the app and keep your writing private. Enable word count to see how much you've written. You can also enable the extra keyboard buttons to jump forward and backward by word or character with a single tap, saving you time so you can focus on writing. Work while using other apps with support for Slide Over and Split View multitasking on iPad. Not interested in managing multiple notebooks? Have a look at Chronicle, an app that focuses on keeping a single personal journal. Chapters can import .backup files from Chronicle (as well as the .cbackup files from the older Chronicle2 app) FEATURES * Create as many notebooks as you need to group related writing * Notebook themes (Classic color and 7 new colors) * Put photos where you want. The text wraps around them. * No limit to the number of photos you can put on the page * Pick a font and font size just like you do in iBooks * Customize the text color of your journal * Easy back-dating; tap to adjust the entry date as needed * Resize and rotate photos. Tap for a fullscreen, zoomable version. * Customize your journal's page color * Crisp PDF export preserves layout and photo placement * Export your entire journal as a plain text file * Fast search that provides context around keywords * Distraction free writing in portrait or landscape mode * Support for Dynamic Type means text is never too small to read * Extended keyboard makes it easy to insert timestamps into your writing * Turn word count on to see a total as you type * Optimized scrolling; scroll back a whole year in a few seconds * Set a password to protect your journal entries * Export single entries via email, with photos embedded * Chapters remembers where you were in each notebook * Arrange your photos by dragging them; rotate with two fingers * Autosave and undo while you're writing Please note that drawing/handwriting aren't supported. ACCESSIBILITY Stop squinting. In addition to being able to adjust the journal's font size, you can change the system's Text Size from the Settings app to make the UI text in Chapters easy to read. I've also added accessibility and VoiceOver improvements. SUPPORT Contact me at slidetorock.com with questions / suggestions.

About

Writeflo

Features
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Writeflo is writing without the backspace. Open a blank screen and start typing. As you write, your older words gently fade out of view so you can't stop to reread, second-guess, or edit. There's only one direction: forward. It's the fastest way past a blank page and an overthinking mind. When you finish, the piece locks. You can't read it again until tomorrow. That little bit of distance means you come back to your own words fresh — sometimes surprised by what you wrote. Why writers love it • Words fade as you type, so perfectionism can't get a grip • Sessions unlock the next day for a fresh read • A different typeface each day keeps the ritual feeling new • Read, export, and share past pieces anytime • 100% on-device and private — your writing never leaves your phone • No accounts, no sign-up, no distractions Whether it's morning pages, journaling, beating writer's block, or just getting the noise out of your head — Writeflo helps you write freely and honestly. Just write. Read it tomorrow.

Screenshots

Chapters4 screens
Writeflo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Writeflo at Free against Chapters's $1.99. Chapters's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.4 vs 17.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Writeflo is free to download; Chapters costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chapters versus Writeflo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChaptersWriteflo
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.6 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteven RomejBASAR ICKE

Bugs and requests

Chapters

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes or freezes upon startup
  • Data loss or disappearance of entries
  • Issues with password protection and locking
  • Problems with Dropbox integration and backups
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to change font, size, and style of text
  • Option to change notebook cover colors/designs
  • Improved image handling and text wrapping
  • Sync across devices (iPhone, iPad, desktop)
  • Better organization tools (tags, folders, search)
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  • Backup and restore options beyond Dropbox
  • Customizable keyboard shortcuts and toolbar

Writeflo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Chapters

No in-app purchases

None

Writeflo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chapters free?
Chapters costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Writeflo free?
Writeflo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chapters or Writeflo have ads?
Neither Chapters nor Writeflo shows ads.

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