Comparison

WriteDown vs BasicTaskNotes

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

Head to head
About

WriteDown

This app provides a simple and efficient writing environment for novels, scripts, and random thoughts. Organize your work with folders, utilize basic editing tools, and track content statistics. Share and print your creations with various formatting options.

Highlights
  • Organize content in text files and folders
  • Undo/redo, read/write modes, search
  • Content appearance options (title, body, alignment, font size)
  • Word count, paragraph count, reading time estimates
  • Share content as text, file, HTML, RTF
  • Print content with formatting options
  • Light/dark themes
  • Backup and restore files
Features
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WriteDown: Write Books, Novels is a Free, Simple, Light and Compact app to write your random thoughts, script or book chapter anytime and anywhere. The app helps you to organize your content in text files and folders. Allows you to create text files and folders to manage your script or book content. The app has very simple yet effective user interface that helps you to focus more on writing your thoughts rather than app writing features. It contains minimal yet effective writing features. *WriteDown: Write Books, Novels app features: - Organizes scripts or contents in text files and folders. - Writing features – undo, redo, read/write mode, search text. - Content appearance options – title text, body text, alignment, line spacing, and font size. - Calculates statistics of content like – word count, paragraph count, character count, and estimate reading time. - You can share your content file as text file, file, HTML and rtf format. - You can also print your script or novel content. You can set content alignment, line spacing, text font style for printing your content. - Themes for app - Light / Dark theme - Backup and restore files and folders of novels # Subscription Details # • Free version of app limits import files, PDF Export, Backup Restore, AppLock and advertisements limits. For increase limit you have to buy subscriptions details are mentions below. • Monthly, six monthly and Annual subscriptions are available. • Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. • Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. • Automatic renewals will be charged at the same price you were originally charged for the subscription. • Subscriptions can be managed by going to Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Service: https://sites.google.com/view/studtermsofservice Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/studprivacypolicy

About

BasicTaskNotes

Create and organize task lists and notes to enhance productivity. Keep your to-dos and important information neatly arranged in folders for easy access.

Highlights
  • Create task lists
  • Create notes
  • Organize tasks and notes in folders
  • Stay organized
  • Enhance productivity
Features
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BasicTaskNotes provides users with the ability to stay organized and on task by creating task lists and notes and keeping them organized in folders.

Screenshots

WriteDown4 screens
BasicTaskNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: WriteDown at Free against BasicTaskNotes's $0.99. WriteDown also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). BasicTaskNotes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, ratings volume and device support 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

WriteDown is free to download; BasicTaskNotes costs $0.99 up front. WriteDown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. BasicTaskNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for WriteDown against 5.0 for BasicTaskNotes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
WriteDown versus BasicTaskNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriteDownBasicTaskNotes
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMonali PaghadalPeter Roach

In-app purchases

3 purchases

WriteDown

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Six Monthly$10.496 Months
  • Yearly$17.991 Year
None

BasicTaskNotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WriteDown free?
WriteDown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BasicTaskNotes free?
BasicTaskNotes costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WriteDown or BasicTaskNotes?
WriteDown and BasicTaskNotes are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do WriteDown or BasicTaskNotes have ads?
WriteDown shows ads; BasicTaskNotes does not.

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