Comparison

Things To Write vs Social Battery

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

Head to head
About

Things To Write

Explore yourself and your life through over 600 curated writing prompts. This app helps improve writing skills, practice mindfulness, and release emotions by encouraging reflection from multiple perspectives.

Highlights
  • 600+ curated writing topics
  • Self-exploration and life recording
  • Emotional release and stress reduction
  • Mindfulness practice
  • Improve writing skills
  • Automatic cloud sync
Features
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"ThingsToWrite" is an app that integrates thinking, writing, and self-exploration, featuring over 600 curated topics to help you reflect on yourself, record your life, and release your emotions from different angles. Whether you're looking to improve your writing skills, enhance mindfulness, or simply pass the time and release inner pressure, "ThingsToWrite" offers a unique writing experience. Each question can be your autobiography, can be your story, can reflect your values, can unleash your imagination. Will your answers to the same question be more mature, more refined, or purer a year from now? How would your friends answer the same question? Don’t know what to talk about on a date? Pick a few questions. Can’t sleep at night? Write a few questions. Feeling anxious? Use questions to organize your thoughts. Main Features: Diverse Topics: Covering self-exploration, emotional memories, life records, creative writing, and more, offering endless inspiration. Answer from Different Angles: Each topic can be answered from multiple perspectives, helping you gain a comprehensive understanding of yourself. Improve Writing Skills: Enhance your language expression and creative thinking by practicing writing continuously. Mindfulness Practice: Record your feelings and thoughts to stay focused, reduce anxiety, and improve mental health. Emotional Release: Use writing to release stress, organize your emotions, and find inner peace. Automatic Cloud Sync: Sync across multiple devices seamlessly.

About

Social Battery

Track your social energy levels and identify what activities and people recharge or drain you. Gain insights into your social patterns to better manage your energy.

Highlights
  • Social energy logging
  • Identify recharging/draining people
  • Home Screen widget
  • Customizable messages
  • Data export (CSV)
  • People insights (Premium)
  • Calendar sync (Premium)
Features
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Ever leave a party completely wiped and not know why? Social Battery shows you what charges you, what drains you, and who. Log an activity in seconds, rate your energy before and after, and tag who was there. Over time your battery tells the story: the 1:1 coffees that fill you up, the group dinners that empty you out, and the people who leave you better or worse than they found you. Built for introverts, highly sensitive people, neurodivergent folks, and anyone who's ever needed a quiet night after a loud week. FREE • A battery that talks back: your level, in plain words ("Socially available for pets only.") • A Home Screen widget, so your battery is always in sight • Log in one tap, or in ten seconds with energy before and after • Tag people and see who charges you • Tell someone how you're doing: pick a tone (Raincheck, Need quiet, Low-key, I'm in) and send a kind, ready-made message with your battery card • Insights, full history and personal recommendations • Daily check-in reminder and streaks • Export your data anytime (CSV) PREMIUM: ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION • People insights: everyone you tag, ranked by who recharges you and who drains you • Lock Screen and larger Home Screen widgets, with your battery's latest line • 30 and 90-day trends • Weekly and monthly patterns: your best and worst days • Custom categories with breakdowns • Calendar sync: see upcoming social events and get a nudge to log how they went PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your data stays on your device. No accounts. No tracking. No ads. • Tagged people are saved as initials by default • Optional Face ID or passcode lock Social Battery is a self-awareness tool, not medical advice.

Screenshots

Things To Write4 screens
Social Battery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Social Battery at 15.0 against Things To Write's 17.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Things To Write sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Social Battery sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Things To Write against 5.0 for Social Battery. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Things To Write versus Social Battery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThings To WriteSocial Battery
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer嘉胜 陈Raymond Rothwell

Customer experience

Things To Write

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Social Battery

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Things To Write

One-time1
  • Unlock All Topics$8.99
1 purchases

Social Battery

One-time1
  • My Social Battery Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Things To Write free?
Things To Write is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Social Battery free?
Social Battery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Things To Write or Social Battery?
Things To Write and Social Battery are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Things To Write or Social Battery have ads?
Neither Things To Write nor Social Battery shows ads.

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