Written vs Steadly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Word count tracker
- Custom reminders
- Story outlines
- Writing analytics
- Notes section
- User-friendly interface
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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.
Steadly
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Steadly transforms how you achieve your goals. Instead of endless to-do lists, visualize your progress as a mountain climb — each task is a milestone on your path to the summit. HOW IT WORKS • Create a Journey — Define your goal, whether it's learning a skill, finishing a project, or any personal milestone • Add Tasks — Break your journey into achievable steps that become milestones on your mountain • Climb Your Mountain — Watch your progress as you complete tasks and move closer to the peak • Reach the Summit — Celebrate when all tasks are complete and you've achieved your goal WHY STEADLY? Traditional task apps show you what's left to do. Steadly shows you how far you've come. The mountain view gives you perspective, motivation, and a satisfying sense of progress with every step. Perfect for: • Personal goals and self-improvement • Learning new skills • Long-term projects • Any goal that needs structure and motivation Start your first journey today. Privacy Policy: https://techbasi.com/steadly/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://techbasi.com/steadly/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Steadly at fortnightly against Written's every 12 months. Steadly also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Written sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Steadly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Written ships an update every 12 months, Steadly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Written | Steadly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jean-Pierre Rouhana | TechBasi LLC |
In-app purchases
Written
- Written Premium$1.99
Steadly
- Steadly Pro$2.99









