Flash Fiction Prompter vs Writer Gadget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flash Fiction Prompter
This app offers a creative solution to overcome writer's block by generating random characters, settings, and plot elements. It provides millions of unique writing prompts to spark your imagination and get your stories flowing.
- Millions of writing prompts
- Random character generator
- Random setting generator
- Random plot generator
- Swipe navigation
- Shake to shuffle
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Flash Fiction Prompter is the FREE cure for writer's block! Flash Fiction Prompter provides over 48 million writing prompts by giving you a random character, setting, and plot. INTERACTIONS: - Swipe left or right on a card to see the next or previous card. - Shake device to shuffle the deck to a random set of cards. Selected as Top 5 Writing Apps in May 2013 issue of Fashion Magazine. Send your suggestions for characters, settings and plots, or feature request and bugs to feedback@flashfictionprompter.com
Writer Gadget
Plan, organize, and track your story ideas in one place. Write drafts, create character and world descriptions, and link them together. Seamlessly sync your work between mobile and web devices.
- Rich text story editor
- Character and world item tracking
- Outline creation with templates
- Cross-device sync (mobile/web)
- Link ideas with tags and keywords
- Import/export from Google Docs
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Organize your story, your way with Writer Gadget! Writer Gadget helps you to plan, organize, and keep track of your ideas, all from one place. Take notes, make character descriptions, write your story draft, and link them all together for easy navigation. On the go? Seamlessly switch between the app on your phone and on the web, without losing your place! Features: 1. Write stories in a rich text editor 2. Create and keep track of your characters and world items (places, things, jargon, etc.) 3. Write outlines with various templates 4. Edit on the web or on your mobile device, your changes automatically sync between devices! 5. Create associations between your ideas and navigate between them with Tags, Keywords, and in-text links 6. Filter, sort, and name search with Characters, World Items, and Outlines 7. Import stories from Google Docs 8. Export stories to Google Docs Checkout our Writer Gadget YouTube channel for tips and tricks on using the app, or simply view our videos from inside the app. Want to learn more about Writer Gadget? Head on over to our website at writergadget.net for more info. Contact us anytime at support@writergadget.net with issues, questions, feature requests, or anything else! We are always happy to help.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Flash Fiction Prompter at none against Writer Gadget's shown. Flash Fiction Prompter also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Writer Gadget's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 12 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.8 for Flash Fiction Prompter against 3.8 for Writer Gadget. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 31 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Flash Fiction Prompter's written reviews are positive against 70% of Writer Gadget's.
Flash Fiction Prompter ships an update every 12 months, Writer Gadget every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flash Fiction Prompter | Writer Gadget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (12 ratings) — better | 3.8 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.9% of reviews — better | 70.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | William Jones | Andrew Johnson |
Customer experience
Flash Fiction Prompter
Writer Gadget
In-app purchases
Flash Fiction Prompter
No in-app purchases
Writer Gadget
No in-app purchases
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