Comparison

Written vs Scream O'Clock

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

Scream O'Clock

This app simplifies managing scare rotations for haunted attractions. It tracks character groups and provides live countdowns with vibration alerts for seamless transitions between on-set and break times. Designed by scare actors for scare actors, it ensures smooth operations and continuous scares.

Highlights
  • Group tracking (A, B, C)
  • Live countdown timers
  • Vibration alerts for rotations
  • Synchronized rotation view
  • Dark mode design
  • Built for scare actors
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Scream O'Clock takes the chaos out of scare rotations. The app tracks each character’s groups so everyone knows when to be on set and when to take a break. No more guessing, no more squinting at a spreadsheet, and no more mental math at 12 a.m.—just clear countdowns and pocket buzz alerts when it’s time to switch. Features: Live Countdown – See exactly how much time is left before the next rotation. Pocket Buzz Alerts – Get a vibration alarm when it’s time to swap. Always in Sync – Everyone sees the same current rotation, no confusion. Dark Design – Fits the vibe of your haunt while staying functional. Built by scare actors, for scare actors, Scream O'Clock is your backstage tool to keep rotations smooth and the scares nonstop. App and Graphic Design By Hannah Wagner

Screenshots

Written4 screens
Scream O'Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scream O'Clock at none against Written's 1. Scream O'Clock also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Written sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Scream O'Clock 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 Scream O'Clock. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scream O'Clock has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Written ships an update every 12 months, Scream O'Clock every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Written versus Scream O'Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWrittenScream O'Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB74 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJean-Pierre RouhanaTyler Zacharias

Customer experience

Written

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

Scream O'Clock

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Written

One-time1
  • Written Premium$1.99
None

Scream O'Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Written free?
Written is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scream O'Clock free?
Scream O'Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Written or Scream O'Clock?
Written and Scream O'Clock are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do Written or Scream O'Clock have ads?
Neither Written nor Scream O'Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Written or Scream O'Clock?
Written ships an update every 12 months, and Scream O'Clock every 3 weeks. Most recently, Written was updated on October 14, 2026 and Scream O'Clock on October 24, 2026.

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