Write 2 Lite vs Elegant Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Write 2 Lite
This app offers a distraction-free writing and note-taking experience with robust markdown editing capabilities. It seamlessly synchronizes your text and markdown files across all your devices via Dropbox, ensuring your work is always accessible and backed up. Protect your privacy with PIN protection and utilize helpful writing tools for efficient content creation.
- Full-screen distraction-free typing
- Dropbox file synchronization
- Plain-text and markdown file editing
- PIN protection for privacy
- Email and PDF sharing
- Auto-text and TextExpander support
- Word and character counts
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Write 2 Lite is an ultimate note taking, writing & markdown editing app. It utilizes all of its great features to give you the best experience while typing on your iPhone & iPad. ********** Featured in "What's Hot" in USA, Netherlands, and other 8 countries! Featured in "New & Noteworthy" in, Canada, France, etc! Top 100 free productivity in over 47 countries around the world! ********** Watch our video on YouTube http://bit.ly/Write2Video "This is the absolute best note/writing app ever. You're awesome :)" - a satisfied reviewer. Best writing app. ***** "Best writing app so far. I've used it for my last three short stories and i just love it." - Bertolt Breht (USA) Awesome! Simple and easy yet powerful! ***** "Easy to use, easy to understand, secure, and sync smoothly!! It just works!! Love it, I use it all the time." - Posterous (Indonesia) "The best note editor I have used" ***** - Anthony Killuchi (USA) Excellent!!!! ***** "Very nice app. Dropbox sync works great!!!" - Catback (USA) Things you can do with Write 2 Lite: • Type & read in full screen without any distraction • Synchronize your text (.txt) & markdown files between your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Mac, PC, or any devices via Dropbox (automatically/manually) • Download, edit, and back up plain-text and markdown files from your Dropbox • Send your text to anyone via e-mail & PDF attachment • Apply PIN protection to keep your privacy • Make the best of 'Emergency Mode' to save your life • Lock writing orientation to landscape/portrait • Type much faster and precisely with auto text & TextExpander • Word & character counts • Easy and straight forward user interface • Indulge yourself with gorgeous themes that will perfectly suit your mood • Customize font types and sizes • Put your files into different folders • Search files & folders in a split second • Sort your writings in 4 ways • Automatically save your files • Be amazed by the beautiful user interface in Retina Display • Use Emoji (even for file and folder names!) • Work in multitasking • Optimize the auto-capitalization, auto-correction, check spelling, undo, redo, cut, copy, paste and replace features from the iOS • Use any international keyboards By the way, in case you are being threatened or forced to reveal your PIN, just enter the emergency PIN. This feature can save your life. Trust us. You can find your emergency PIN in the help menu inside the app. So whether you want to jot down your cool ideas, list your to-do, capture quick notes, outline your presentations, keep food recipes, create shopping lists, write another day in your diary or journal, keep some song lyrics, do your work on-the-go and continue it again later on the other devices, or whether you are a writer who needs to write everywhere, or anything you do that deals with text files, syncing, & sharing, THIS IS YOUR BEST APP! Really good! ***** "Really nice for writing whatever whenever. And it's free! Good app!!! (:" - Happypersons (Canada) *This Lite version allows to add up to 5 files, is ad supported, and has some feature limitations. Please download the full version on the App Store to enjoy all of its features and services without limitation, including its future cool updates. You can get it here: https://appsto.re/id/K1bAz.i
Elegant Planner
Organize your day with a clean timeline and focus-driven planning. This app offers smart reminders and a beautiful, native iOS design to help you stay in control without complexity. It prioritizes privacy with an offline-first approach.
- Clean timeline view
- Focus mode for important tasks
- Smart native iOS reminders
- Minimalist, iOS-native design
- Offline-first and private
- Drag-and-drop task scheduling
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See your whole day as a timeline instead of a list. Give each task a time, a length, a color and an icon, and watch the day take shape — including the gaps you actually have. SPEAK YOUR DAY Say "gym at 9 for an hour, then lunch at noon" and get tasks with times, durations and titles filled in. Speech is processed entirely on your device. Nothing is uploaded, and nothing is saved until you review it and tap Apply. A VISUAL TIMELINE • Your day from morning to night, at a glance • Color-coded tasks with icons and durations • A live line showing where you are right now • Week view to see what is coming CAPTURE NOW, PLAN LATER • An Inbox for thoughts that do not have a time yet • Move them into the day when they fit • Reusable templates for days that repeat FOCUS • Focus sessions drawn straight from your plan • Choose 15, 25, 45, 60 minutes or your own • Sessions survive closing the app END THE DAY WELL • Close the day and move what is unfinished to tomorrow in one tap • Everything keeps its time of day • Undo if you change your mind SEE WHERE YOUR TIME GOES • A week of your own patterns • How much you planned against how much fits • No streaks to protect, no guilt WIDGETS AND WATCH • Home Screen widgets in small, medium and large • Lock Screen widgets for what is next • An Apple Watch app for today's plan on your wrist PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account. Nothing to sign up for. • Your planner stays on your device unless you turn on iCloud Sync • Calendar access is read-only and optional • No third-party analytics, no advertising, no tracking ELEGANT PLANNER PRO Pro adds planning that thinks ahead: calendar-aware planning, Repair My Day, Voice Planning, Weekly Review, Advanced Filters, Bulk Actions and Custom Repeat. The core planner, including Timeline, Inbox, Focus, templates, reminders, search, statistics and iCloud Sync, stays free. Available in Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish. The Apple Watch app requires watchOS 10 or later. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://elegantplanner.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Elegant Planner at 100% against Write 2 Lite's 54%. Elegant Planner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 months). Write 2 Lite's advantage is ratings volume (33 vs 8) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). 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.
Elegant Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Write 2 Lite's written reviews are positive against 100% of Elegant Planner's.
Write 2 Lite ships an update every 5 months, Elegant Planner every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Write 2 Lite | Elegant Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (33 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel V.W | ElegantMind LLC |
Customer experience
Write 2 Lite
Elegant Planner
Bugs and requests
Write 2 Lite
Reported bugs
16 issues- App crashes immediately after opening
- App crashes after iOS updates
- Files and notes disappearing without user deletion
- Last sentences or paragraphs being deleted
- Trash bin crashing when accessed
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- Emergency file cannot be deleted
- PIN protection not working
- Auto-save losing recent work
- Email and PDF export crashing the app
- Paste function not working from external sources
- Spell-check glitches with certain names
- Auto-correct not respecting user preferences
- Dropbox sync issues and 'unable to read file' errors
- Server not found for full version purchase
- App crashes when moving files between folders
- Performance degradation with documents over 10,000 words
Requested features
12 requests- Undo/redo functionality
- iCloud sync support (alternative to Dropbox)
- Photo attachment capability
- Multiple fonts in single document
- Bold and italic formatting options
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- Bookmark feature for large documents
- Move files between folders
- Social media sharing (Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr)
- DeviantArt integration
- Word and character count without upgrade
- iPad-optimized interface
- Better keyword/search functionality
Elegant Planner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Write 2 Lite
No in-app purchases
Elegant Planner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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