freewrite. vs Touch Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
freewrite.
This app provides a distraction-free writing environment with a focus on timed sessions and AI-powered insights. It offers a clean canvas, rich text formatting, and private local storage to help users capture raw thoughts and discover creative breakthroughs.
- Timer-based writing sessions
- Distraction-free canvas
- AI-powered insights
- Rich text formatting
- Private local storage
- Beautiful archives
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a training ground for the creative mind. daily stream-of-consciousness writing in a space that never judges what comes out — and reads the patterns back to you. five minutes at the page. no editing, no going back, no grading. what pours out is raw material, however dumb, unrelated or half-formed — and the app's only job is to keep that stream safe from friction, second-guessing and everything else asking for your attention. then it shows you what you have been circling. the page a blank page and a timer. no notifications, no formatting to fuss over, no counter watching you. don't-stop mode quietly declines to let you delete, for the nights your hand keeps reaching backwards. voice, for the nights typing isn't it. the nightly ritual before the page, a moment to place how you are. eight ways to answer, including declining to claim a side. it lights the room, never the page. reflections the themes running underneath weeks of writing — the ones nobody consciously links. read back in plain language, once a day, and built only from what is actually there. the tree your practice grows something. every night you write adds to a tree that is yours alone. it never shrinks, and it never counts anything back at you. quotes turn a line from your reading into a card worth keeping. choose the ground, move the type, share it or don't. the archive every entry as a curtain you pull through, lit by the mood of whatever sits at the centre. widgets four of them. your year as a grid of nights, your tree on the home screen, tonight's prompt, and one tap straight to a blank page. gentle prompts a line to push off from on the nights the page is too blank. off, occasional, or regular. reminders that pay attention they stay quiet on the nights you have already written. nothing nags you for something you did. what you write stays on your phone entries are stored on the device and no entry is uploaded in the background. nothing you write is ever used to train anything. asking for a reading is the one exception, and it is always your choice: that single entry is sent to the model that writes it back, for that one request. writing, the timer, the archive, widgets and reminders are free, and stay free. reflections and the quote cards are the subscription. terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ privacy policy: https://humanmadethings.co.uk/freewrite/privacy/
Touch Time
Experience time visually with a dynamic sky that reflects real weather data. Easily compare global times, plan events across time zones, and customize city names. Share your availability and explore an immersive globe view.
- Dynamic sky reflecting real weather
- Instant time zone comparison
- Customizable city names
- Global time zone planning
- Immersive globe view
- Share availability across cities
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Touch Time - World Clock Let the colour of the sky become a living expression of time and place, immersing you in the flow of light, weather, and the quiet breath of time itself. - World Time · Experience a dynamic sky shaped by real meteorological data — feel the rhythm of time and the warmth of weather in every moment. · Swipe to shift time zones instantly and compare global times with clarity. · Covering most regions of the world, precisely synchronised with local time. · Customise city names to mark the people and places that matter to you. · Share time effortlessly — make every connection feel natural and light. · Explore an immersive globe view and watch time drift gently across the world in sunlight and shadow. - Timer, Alarm & Countdown · Bring every way of keeping time together — set timers, alarms, and countdowns for the moments ahead, all in one seamless experience. - Calendar Event · Plan meetings and events across time zones with ease. · Set your daily Available Time to compare and display your availability across cities at a glance. · Create a Google Meet link instantly and connect wherever you are. - Widgets & Complications · Bring the living sky to your Home Screen with city, daylight, and moon phase widgets. · Explore multiple ways to display time, daylight, and astronomical information at a glance. - Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.handstime.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Touch Time at 8 against freewrite.'s 1. On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. freewrite. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Touch Time sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for freewrite. against 5.0 for Touch Time. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Touch Time has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | freewrite. | Touch Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Trubacs | yuhang lu |
Customer experience
freewrite.
Touch Time
In-app purchases
freewrite.
- Weekly7 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Monthly$9.991 Month
Touch Time
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$3.99
- Large Tip$9.99
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- Lifetime$19.99
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