Writn vs VoiceJournalBuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Writn
This app transforms your spoken thoughts into written stories and physical books. Easily record voice notes, edit them into polished narratives, and create a printed keepsake of your memories. It's designed for capturing life's moments as they happen.
- Voice journaling
- Story crafting tools
- Printed book creation
- Digital PDF export
- Mobile-first design
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Writn (pronounced “written”) is a voice journaling app that turns spoken stories into beautifully written books. Features Voice Journaling Record voice notes anytime, anywhere. Just say what happened in your own words. Story Crafting Tools Turn your recordings into polished stories. Edit and shape them directly in the app. Printed Book and Digital PDF Create a real printed book of your memories. Every book order includes a downloadable PDF version. Mobile-First Design Built for people on the move. Quick to open, easy to use, made for capturing life in the moment. Writn is not about looking back. It is about remembering the life you are living right now. Privacy Policy: https://individual-usage-756003.framer.app Terms and Conditions: https://tedious-begin-418770.framer.app
VoiceJournalBuddy
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VoiceJournalBuddy is a journal you speak instead of type. Tap record, say what's on your mind, and your words appear as text — punctuated, dated, and saved. A full entry takes about as long as it takes to say it out loud. That difference matters more than it sounds. Most journals die because typing an entry feels like a chore at exactly the moment you have something worth writing down. Talking doesn't. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR IPHONE Speech is transcribed by your iPhone's built-in on-device recognition — your voice is not sent anywhere to be processed. Entries are stored in local storage on your device. There is no account to create, no server, no sync, and no analytics. Nothing you write is transmitted, and nothing is ever seen by us. Face ID (or your passcode) locks the app on launch and again after it's been in the background, so your journal stays shut even if your phone is unlocked and in someone else's hand. HOW IT WORKS Press the microphone and start talking. A live waveform responds to your voice and words appear as you speak, with punctuation added automatically. Stop whenever you're done, then edit the text, give it a title if you want one, and save. Each recording runs up to three minutes — tap "Record more" to keep dictating into the same entry for as long as you need. Every entry is timestamped the moment you save it and filed by day, so your journal builds itself in order: Today, Yesterday, This week, and back through the months. WHAT'S INSIDE • Live voice-to-text with automatic punctuation and a responsive waveform • Automatic timestamps and day-by-day grouping • A rotating daily prompt for the days you don't know where to start • Folders — file entries by theme and filter the list to one folder at a time • A calm reading view with a serif typeface and a word count with read time • Add to an old entry later, by voice or by keyboard • Select several entries at once to move, delete, or export • Export any entry or set of entries as a plain text file through the iOS share sheet — Mail, Files, Messages, AirDrop, wherever you want it • Face ID app lock • Full light and dark mode, with a warm palette designed to be easy on the eyes at night • Gentle haptic feedback throughout A NOTE ON LANGUAGE Dictation is currently English (US) only. Everything else in the app works regardless of what you write, but speech recognition will not transcribe other languages accurately yet. PRIVACY JournalBuddy collects nothing. No account, no email address, no usage data, no crash reporting, no advertising identifiers, no third-party SDKs of any kind. Your entries live on your phone, and they stay there unless you choose to export them yourself. Start with one entry. Say the thing you'd have forgotten by tomorrow.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VoiceJournalBuddy at none against Writn's 2. VoiceJournalBuddy also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Writn sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. VoiceJournalBuddy asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Writn | VoiceJournalBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Writn LLC | YANG ZHANG |
In-app purchases
Writn
- Writn Premium$5.991 Month
- Writn Premium$59.991 Year
VoiceJournalBuddy
No in-app purchases









