WriteDown vs Scribble
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WriteDown
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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
Scribble
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Scribble is a simple and lightweight to-do list for iOS as a companion to the MacOS app.. Add tasks quickly, use tags to keep things tidy, and focus on what matters — without extra menus or complicated setups. Scribble keeps everything in one list so you can spend less time managing tasks and more time doing them. Features: • Add tasks instantly with no clutter. • Keep things organized with easy tags. • Filter tasks by tag when you need focus. • Turn on Focus Mode to see only the tasks you’ve picked. • Clean design that stays out of your way. Scribble is for people who want to stay organized without getting lost in settings and workflows.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scribble at none against WriteDown's 3. Scribble also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). WriteDown's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. WriteDown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Scribble asks for nothing beyond the download.
WriteDown ships an update every 6 months, Scribble fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WriteDown | Scribble |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Monali Paghadal | Niels Hoogendoorn |
In-app purchases
WriteDown
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Six Monthly$10.496 Months
- Yearly$17.991 Year
Scribble
No in-app purchases









