Bartleby vs Vondel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bartleby
This app helps writers format their books for publication. Import your manuscript and let it handle the professional formatting, creating EPUB files ready for online stores. It supports various import methods, including direct text input and Markdown.
- Book formatting for publication
- EPUB creation
- Import from other writing apps
- Markdown support
- Professional layout
- Direct export to online stores
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Bartleby is a book formatting app for writers to publish their own books. Write your book using your favorite app, import the book into Bartleby, and let Bartleby handle the formatting details. Do you use Scrivener? If you do, you can quickly publish books by compiling your project to MutliMarkdown and importing it into Bartleby. For most books that’s 99 percent of the work. Click the Publish button, and Bartleby gives you a professional looking EPUB book you can sell at Amazon and other online book stores. If you don’t use Scrivener, you can copy your book text into Bartleby and mark the parts of the book that aren't body text, such as chapter titles, section headings, and italicized text. For a novel the main work you have to do is tag chapter titles. Bartleby has a menu to tag parts of your text, but you can also use Markdown formatting. Learn more at: https://www.checksimsoftware.com/bartleby/
Vondel
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Vondel is a writing studio for people working on something long: a novel, a memoir, a non-fiction book. It gives you a focused place to write and the structure to finish. WRITE A focused, distraction-free editor in a readable column. Lightweight Markdown formatting, automatic saving, and clean typography built for long sessions, not a wall of toolbars. ORGANIZE Break your manuscript into folders, chapters, and scenes in a sidebar you can rearrange by dragging. Keep research, characters, and notes alongside your draft, and move a scene to another chapter in a single gesture. PLAN See any part of your project as editable index cards or as an outline with status, labels, and word counts. Write a one-line synopsis for every scene, color-code by point of view or storyline, and rearrange your plot visually. REVISE Save a version whenever you reach a good point, see exactly what changed since, and go back to any of them. Leave anchored comments on specific passages without touching your prose. TRACK Set a word target for your manuscript and a daily writing goal. Watch your streak, your pace, and your projected finish so you keep moving toward the end. OWN YOUR WORK Your writing is stored as plain text you control. No proprietary format, no lock-in. Optional cloud sync keeps every project on all your devices and safely backed up, so you can pick up your draft anywhere. From the first blank page to a finished manuscript, Vondel is built for your biggest works. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vondelapp.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bartleby at none against Vondel's 3. Bartleby also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. Vondel sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Bartleby asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Bartleby | Vondel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mark Szymczyk | CurrentLabs B.V. |
In-app purchases
Bartleby
No in-app purchases
Vondel
- Vondel Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
- Vondel Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
- Vondel Mac-only License$79.99









