YYWrite vs Penmo+ Quiet Writing Notebook

YYWrite is a private writing space where every word stays safe. Built for people who want to write without distractions, YYWrite keeps the interface calm, the experience natural, and your drafts easy to trust. No clutter, no noisy controls, no cold productivity feel. Just a warm place to think, draft, and keep writing. YYWrite is designed around a simple belief. The best writing tool should feel invisible. Open the app, start typing, and stay with your thoughts. With YYWrite, you can: Write with focus A clean and distraction free interface helps you stay in the flow. Gentle animations and adaptive colors make writing feel natural from day to night. Keep every draft safe Auto save and version history help protect your ideas and make it easy to return to earlier versions when needed. Protect your privacy Your writing is designed to stay personal. YYWrite is local first, works beautifully offline, and supports encrypted, privacy minded writing. Use powerful tools without complexity Markdown support makes formatting simple. Live word count helps you track progress. Smart to do lists let writing and planning live together. Stay in sync Sync with iCloud across your devices and keep your writing available wherever you go. Make the space your own Choose from curated themes, intelligent dark mode, custom fonts, and comfortable line spacing. YYWrite is made for writers, students, researchers, product teams, and anyone who wants a warm, secure place for words. Ad free and continuously refined with user feedback. Download YYWrite and rediscover the joy of writing with peace of mind. --- Website: https://owooden.cn/yywrite/user_agreement.html Privacy: https://owooden.cn/yywrite/privacy_policy.html

You open your notes to write, and end up fiddling with menus, sync errors and formatting instead. Penmo+ gives you a quiet page and nothing else, so the words come first — and a small daily record keeps you coming back tomorrow. Novels, scripts, worldbuilding, notes, ideas, journals — keep all your writing in one notebook. ■ Focus on writing A clean, text-first editor with no clutter. Focus Mode strips everything but your words. Auto-save lets you lose yourself in writing, with a quiet cue so you never wonder if it saved. Adjust the font size and line spacing to taste. Draft history keeps your earlier versions, so you can rewrite without fear. ■ Organize your work Series → Episodes → Chapters, from long novels to short shorts. Reorder episodes and chapters by drag. ■ Vertical writing & ruby Preview your text in traditional vertical writing (tategaki). Ruby / furigana notation (｜kanji《reading》) is supported. ■ A "Read" tab, just for reading A place to revisit your work, separate from writing. Pick an episode from your library and read it as one continuous, vertical flow across chapters. The reading font size is adjustable, separately from writing. ■ See your writing, every day A GitHub-style heatmap shows how much you write at a glance. Streaks, a daily goal and a gentle reminder keep you going. ■ Pick up where you left off Tap "Continue writing" to jump straight back to your last chapter. ■ Take your words anywhere Full-text search, plain-text (.txt) export, and full backup & restore. ■ Made your way A warm, paper-like light mode and a calm dark mode for night writing. Follows the system, or switch it manually. ■ Works offline Everything is stored on your iPhone. Write anytime, anywhere — no connection needed. ■ For those who write even more — Penmo+ Pro (one-time purchase) - Export beautiful vertical-writing PDFs with ruby - Export EPUB e-books (vertical writing, ruby) - Automatic daily iCloud backup - Unlimited draft history - Extra body fonts (gothic / rounded gothic) Choose monthly, yearly, or a one-time purchase. The one-time purchase is yours forever. All core features stay free, with no ads. Penmo+ is a quiet writing tool, like a fountain pen. A notebook you'll want to open every day. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://fillapps.com/privacy/