freewrite. vs Retone
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/
Retone
Transform your writing into engaging, natural-sounding content. This tool offers multiple writing styles to make your text lively and unique, perfect for bloggers, entrepreneurs, and anyone wanting their words to be read.
- AI-powered text rewriting
- 20 writing styles
- Voice-to-text input
- Generation history
- Text up to 1500 characters (Premium)
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Know what to say. But not how to write it? This isn't about grammar or spell-check. Retone rewrites your text so it sounds alive, sharp, and human — the way a seasoned journalist or a great blogger would write it. Not a template. Not a robot. The real thing. Paste your draft. Get text people actually want to read. HOW IT WORKS 1. Paste your text or dictate by voice 2. Choose your platform — Instagram, Threads, X, LinkedIn, Telegram 3. Pick one of 25 original writing styles 4. Hit Rewrite The meaning stays. The voice changes completely. WHO RETONE IS FOR For experts and specialists — you know your subject better than anyone, but your writing comes out dry. Retone makes it human without losing the substance. For bloggers and creators — you write every day in the same voice. 25 styles let you sound like someone worth reading. For entrepreneurs — no time to think about words. Paste a rough idea. Get a finished post. For anyone who wants to be read, not scrolled past. FREE AND PREMIUM Free: - First 5 rewrites - 5 styles to try - Up to 500 characters Premium ($3.99/month or $34.99/year): - 50 rewrites per day - All 25 styles - Up to 1,500 characters - Voice input - Platform formats (Instagram, X, LinkedIn and more) - Random topic generator - Rewrite history Your thoughts deserve better words. Terms of Use: https://retone.me/terms Privacy Policy: https://retone.me/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Retone at every 4 days against freewrite.'s every 9 days. Retone also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Retone sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. 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 Retone. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
freewrite. ships an update every 9 days, Retone every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | freewrite. | Retone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Trubacs | Ashot Tatian |
Customer experience
freewrite.
Retone
In-app purchases
freewrite.
- Weekly7 Days trial$3.997 Days
- freewrite Monthly$4.991 Month
- Monthly$9.991 Month
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- freewrite Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
Retone
- Retone Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
- Retone Premium Promo$19.991 Year
- Retone Premium Yearly$34.991 Year









