Comparison

Weeks vs Better Writer

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

Head to head
About

Weeks

This app visually tracks the remaining weeks of your life based on your birthdate and life expectancy. It offers a minimalist design and motivational perspective to encourage intentional living and focus on priorities.

Highlights
  • Personalized life calendar
  • Customizable birthdate and expectancy
  • Minimalist black-and-white design
  • Motivational perspective on time
  • Focus on priorities and goals
Features
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Make Every Week Count with Weeks! Weeks is a simple yet powerful app that visually represents how many weeks you have left in your life, helping you stay mindful of your time and priorities. Whether you're working towards personal goals, tracking major life milestones, or simply looking to live more intentionally, Weeks provides a minimalistic, distraction-free experience to keep your focus on what truly matters. Key Features: - Personalized Life Calendar: Enter your birthdate and life expectancy to visualize your weeks at a glance. - Customizable Settings: Easily adjust your birthdate and life expectancy anytime to reflect your evolving goals. - Minimalistic Design: A clean black-and-white aesthetic designed to keep things simple and focused. - Motivational Perspective: Seeing your remaining weeks encourages you to make the most of every moment. Whether you want to track progress, stay motivated, or reflect on the time you have, Weeks is the perfect tool to keep your perspective in check. Download Weeks today and start making every week count!

About

Better Writer

Features
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Better Writer is a daily reading and writing habit app built around one simple idea: the best way to remember what you read is to write about it later. Every day, you read a short curated text, a few minutes, chosen for you based on your interests. Two days later, the app asks you to write about it from memory. Not a summary. Not a quiz. Just your own thoughts, in your own words, about what stuck. That two-day gap is the whole point. There's a concept in cognitive science called the spacing effect. When you revisit an idea after a delay, your brain has to work harder to reconstruct it. That effort — that productive struggle — transforms passive consumption into genuine understanding. You don't just remember the idea better. You make it yours. HOW IT WORKS - Day 1: Read a short, AI-curated passage. A few minutes. No scrolling, no choosing. - Day 3: Write about it from memory. A personalized prompt connects the reading to your own life. - Repeat: Cycles overlap, so you're always reading something new and writing about something past. That's the whole app. Show up, and ideas compound. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT No blank page. The writing prompt is personal — it's never "summarize this." It invites you to connect the reading to your own perspective, your own experience. No generic content. Readings are sourced from real articles and matched to your interests. The more you use the app, the better it gets at knowing what you want to think about. No account required. No email, no password, no name. Your account is completely anonymous. No ads, no analytics. No friction. One task per day. When you're done, you're done. WHAT YOU GET - Daily curated readings that grow with your habit (Week 1 starts short; each week goes a little longer) - Personalized writing prompts that connect your reading to your life - Streak tracking and progress stats (words read, words written, activity calendar) - A log of every reading and writing you've completed - Bonus modes: read or write freely on-demand once your daily cycle is complete - Daily reminders — gentle, not nagging FOR PEOPLE WHO - Read a lot but feel like they retain little - Want to write regularly but freeze at a blank page - Are looking for a low-effort, high-return daily habit - Value ideas and want a practice that takes ideas seriously This isn't about producing polished essays. It's about thinking on paper. The only metric that matters is whether you showed up. Read. Remember. Write.

Screenshots

Weeks3 screens
Better Writer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Better Writer at none against Weeks's 2. Weeks's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Weeks sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Better Writer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Weeks versus Better Writer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeeksBetter Writer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBetterU Technologies, Inc.KEBO SOFWARE S A S

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Weeks

One-time2
  • Weeks Premium$9.99
  • Weeks Premium$19.99
None

Better Writer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weeks free?
Weeks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Better Writer free?
Better Writer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Weeks or Better Writer have ads?
Neither Weeks nor Better Writer shows ads.

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