Literature Clock vs WriteControl
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Literature Clock
This app displays the current time using famous literary quotes. A home screen widget provides quick access to these time-based literary passages.
- Current time in famous quotes
- Literary passages from well-known books
- Home screen widget
- Quotes from famous authors
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See how current time was used in passages from well-known books by famous authors. Home Screen Widget puts the current time in quotes just a glance away.
WriteControl
This app helps authors structure, write, and organize their novels. It offers a distraction-free editor, tools for character and world-building, and progress tracking. Premium features include advanced editing, plot visualization, and AI assistance.
- Organize story world with characters and locations
- Distraction-free text editor
- Track writing goals and statistics
- Built-in thesaurus and encyclopedia
- Cross-platform synchronization
- AI writing assistant (Premium)
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Where Tomorrow's Novels Are Written. Whether you're a first-time author looking for structure or an experienced writer working on your next masterpiece, WriteControl is the ultimate writing app designed to guide you from your very first idea to the publication of your book. Write, organize, and track your progress anywhere, with or without an internet connection. Unleash your creativity with an immersive writing environment and a complete suite of professional tools built specifically for novelists. WHY CHOOSE WRITECONTROL? • ORGANIZE YOUR STORY WORLD Structure your novel into chapters and scenes. Create detailed, illustrated profiles for your characters, locations, and key objects to keep your story consistent from beginning to end. • A TEXT EDITOR BUILT FOR WRITERS Enjoy a clean, distraction-free writing experience. Easily add footnotes and benefit from automatic cloud saving, so you never lose a single word of your manuscript. • TRACK YOUR GOALS & WRITING STATS Set daily or overall writing goals (word count or pages) and monitor your progress with detailed charts and statistics to stay motivated every day. • BUILT-IN WRITING TOOLS Find the perfect word without leaving your editor. WriteControl includes a comprehensive thesaurus, a visual word explorer, and an encyclopedia to enrich your writing as you work. • CROSS-PLATFORM SYNC Start writing on your computer and seamlessly continue on your iPhone or iPad. Your manuscripts and notes stay instantly synchronized across all your devices. ## UNLOCK MORE WITH WRITECONTROL PREMIUM Take your writing to the next level with a Premium subscription: - Advanced Writing Tools: Professional spelling and grammar checker, plus an interactive repetition detector. - Plot & Mind Mapping: Visualize your plotlines with an intuitive dashboard and build your novel using a powerful mind map. - AI Writing Assistant: Get AI-powered rewriting suggestions and generate illustrations for your character profiles. - Professional Export Options: Export your manuscript with one click to advanced Word (DOCX), professionally formatted PDF, or EPUB eBook. - Full Offline Mode: Keep writing even when you don't have an internet connection. Download WriteControl today and bring your stories to life! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Literature Clock at 4.8 against WriteControl's 3.0. Literature Clock also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). WriteControl's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 24 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment and ads 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. WriteControl sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.90 per month. Literature Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.
Literature Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Literature Clock has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Literature Clock's written reviews are positive against 86% of WriteControl's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Literature Clock ships an update every 24 months, WriteControl weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Literature Clock | WriteControl |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fifteen Jugglers Software UG | SpinalSoft |
Customer experience
Literature Clock
WriteControl
In-app purchases
Literature Clock
No in-app purchases
WriteControl
- WriteControl Premium$12.901 Month
- WriteControl Premium$99.001 Year
- Pack IA$34.99
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