Comparison

Written vs xoFocus AI Highlighter

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

Head to head
About

Written

This app helps authors, poets, bloggers, and screenwriters organize their writing projects. It offers tools like word count tracking, custom reminders, story outlines, analytics, and a notes section to boost productivity and maintain writing habits.

Highlights
  • Word count tracker
  • Custom reminders
  • Story outlines
  • Writing analytics
  • Notes section
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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Written helps you stay organized, motivated, and consistent on whatever you're making — a novel, a screenplay, a poetry collection, a blog, a photo series, or a handmade craft project. Set a goal in the unit that actually fits your work — Words, Pages, Photographs, or Crafts — and Written tracks your progress the way you actually create. Track Progress, Your Way Log your sessions and set daily, weekly, or monthly goals. Written isn't just for writers — photographers tracking a shoot and makers tracking a project get the same real progress tracking, not a word counter stretched to fit. Real Analytics: Not Just a Number See a trend chart of your output over time, a monthly activity heat map so you can spot your patterns at a glance, your current streak, and your lifetime consistency rate. Written also projects where your current pace will land you by your deadline — so you always know if you're on track, not just how much you've done. Story Structure That Moves With You Break your project into sections and scenes with drag-and-drop organization — name your chapters, reorder them as your story evolves, and build out each scene with structural elements like Conflict, Goal, and Setting, complete with built-in suggestions to help you get started. A Scratchpad for the Ideas That Won't Wait Jot down a stray line of dialogue, a research fact, or an idea you don't want to lose — without it turning into another thing to organize. Mark it done once it's worked into your project, or leave it be. Make It Yours Choose from four built-in themes — Ledger, Classic, Midnight Draft, and Field Notes — with automatic light/dark switching, so the app looks like your workspace, not a generic template. Everywhere You Work Your projects sync automatically across your devices via iCloud, with a real iPad layout (not a stretched-out iPhone screen) and support for Mac. Why Choose Written? One-time purchase, not a subscription. Unlock Premium once and it's yours — no recurring fees for a habit-tracking app. Built for more than one kind of creative. Whether you're counting words, pages, photographs, or crafted pieces, Written tracks progress your way. Your data stays yours. No ads, no third-party tracking or analytics SDKs — your projects sync through your own private iCloud account, not through us. Genuinely useful analytics, not just a progress bar — see your actual patterns, not just a single number. Download Written today and start seeing your creative momentum, not just your word count.

About

xoFocus AI Highlighter

This AI-powered tool instantly identifies key sentences on web pages, helping you grasp core ideas quickly and read more intentionally. It's designed for readers, students, and researchers seeking enhanced focus without distractions.

Highlights
  • AI-powered smart highlights
  • Smart navigation between highlights
  • Focus on key sentences
  • Enhanced reading experience
  • No AI summaries, logins, or tracking
Features
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xoFocus is an AI-powered highlighter that helps you focus on what matters. xoFocus instantly identifies key sentences on pages you're reading - so you can quickly grasp core ideas, stay focused, and read more intentionally. Designed for readers, students, journalists, researchers, and anyone who wants more focus at their fingertips. Features: •Smart Highlights: xoFocus uses AI to highlight the most context-relevant sentences on any text-heavy page. •Smart Navigation: Quickly skip forward/backward through highlights with simple screen taps. How It Works: Enable xoFocus in Safari. When you open a webpage, highlight animations load instantly. Double-tap the top or bottom of your screen to move between highlights. xoFocus helps you cut through the noise: no AI-generated summaries, no logins, no tracking. Just an enhanced reading experience.

Screenshots

Written4 screens
xoFocus AI Highlighter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Written at Free against xoFocus AI Highlighter's $1.99. xoFocus AI Highlighter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months). On rating, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Written is free to download; xoFocus AI Highlighter costs $1.99 up front. Written sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. xoFocus AI Highlighter 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 Written against 5.0 for xoFocus AI Highlighter. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: xoFocus AI Highlighter has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Written ships an update every 12 months, xoFocus AI Highlighter every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Written versus xoFocus AI Highlighter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWrittenxoFocus AI Highlighter
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJean-Pierre RouhanaKamron Saniee

Customer experience

Written

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

xoFocus AI Highlighter

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Written

One-time1
  • Written Premium$1.99
None

xoFocus AI Highlighter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Written free?
Written is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is xoFocus AI Highlighter free?
xoFocus AI Highlighter costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Written or xoFocus AI Highlighter?
Written and xoFocus AI Highlighter are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do Written or xoFocus AI Highlighter have ads?
Neither Written nor xoFocus AI Highlighter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Written or xoFocus AI Highlighter?
Written ships an update every 12 months, and xoFocus AI Highlighter every 3 weeks. Most recently, Written was updated on November 4, 2026 and xoFocus AI Highlighter on November 5, 2026.

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