Comparison

uFocus vs zWrite

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

Head to head
About

uFocus

A distraction-free writing app designed for creative expression. It supports plain text files, offers advanced Markdown and Fountain syntax for various writing needs, and provides tools to enhance focus and productivity.

Highlights
  • Unobtrusive interface
  • Text statistics
  • MultiMarkdown support
  • Fountain screenplay support
  • Highlighting options
  • Typewriter scrolling
  • Customizable themes
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uFocus is a distraction-free writing environment that supports plain text files and allows you to keep them organized inside libraries. It allows everyone to express their creativity in the most simple way. • Unobtrusive interface: the navigation bar disappears while writing. • Swipe to show the sidebar. Here you can link your favorite libraries and quickly access your documents. • Show text statistics including character and word count and reading time. • MultiMarkdown: easily add headings, quotes, ordered and unordered lists, links, images, italics, bold, footnotes, citations, glossaries and acronyms. You can then export your documents to HTML or PDF. With CriticMarkup and Live Edit Mode you can easily mark removals, additions and substitutions, add highlghts and comments, and accept or reject them. • Fountain: create screenplays with the Markdown-inspired markup syntax and print or export them as PDF with industry-standard formatting. • Highlighting: you can stay even more focused by fading out all the text but the current sentence or paragraph. • Typewriter scrolling: automatically scrolls the text when you get on a new line. • Sound mode: experience the ultimate feeling of a typewriter. • No deletions mode: disable deletions and replacements if your greatest temptation is always to edit your text instead of writing. • Fullscreen: focus on your words and hide everything else. • Choose between three different editor widths, four font sizes and a light, dark, sepia or amber theme, or create your own theme. • Print single files or entire directory hierarchies. If you have any requests, suggestions or bug reports, you're welcome to visit the website through the Support link.

About

zWrite

A straightforward word processor that handles rich text and plain text files. It allows for multiple documents to be open simultaneously, supports various text formatting options, and includes printing capabilities.

Highlights
  • Import/export RTF files
  • Import plain text files
  • Import plain HTML files
  • Multiple documents open
  • Supports printing
  • Font and size selection
  • Text formatting (bold, italic, underline, strikethrough)
Features
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zWrite is a simple word processor. It can import and export RTF (rich text) files. It can import plain text files. It can import plain HTML files. You can have multiple documents open at once. It supports printing. Many fonts and font sizes are supported. Text can be bold, italic, underlined, and/or struck-through.

Screenshots

uFocus4 screens
zWrite1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: uFocus at 4.7 against zWrite's 3.0. uFocus also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 50%) and ratings volume (35 vs 4). zWrite's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

uFocus holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: uFocus has 35 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of uFocus's written reviews are positive against 50% of zWrite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
uFocus versus zWrite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteruFocuszWrite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (35 ratings) — better3.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews91.5% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better4
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB1 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNicolas KickZack Smith

Customer experience

uFocus

All ratings35 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews142 reviews
Positive91.5%
Neutral1.4%
Negative7.0%

zWrite

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

uFocus

No in-app purchases

None

zWrite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is uFocus free?
uFocus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is zWrite free?
zWrite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, uFocus or zWrite?
uFocus is rated higher. uFocus averages 4.7 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while zWrite averages 3.0 from 4 ratings.
Do uFocus or zWrite have ads?
Neither uFocus nor zWrite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, uFocus or zWrite?
uFocus ships an update monthly, and zWrite monthly. Most recently, uFocus was updated on September 21, 2026 and zWrite on June 11, 2026.

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