Chapters by TzYi vs Hammer Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chapters by TzYi
A minimalist writing tool designed to help you focus on your story. Organize chapters, track your progress, and bring your ideas to life with a clean interface. Seamlessly sync your work across iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud.
- Minimalist writing interface
- Chapter organization
- Progress tracking
- iCloud synchronization
- Cross-device support
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Focus on your words without distraction - just you, your story, and a clean page. A wee wonderful minimalist writing tool for organizing chapters, tracking progress, and bringing your ideas to life. Free with no ads. Save snapshots as you go, giving you the freedom to explore new ideas and return to an earlier draft. Your work syncs seamlessly with iCloud. Write on iPhone. Continue on iPad. Finish on Mac.
Hammer Editor
Create and manage stories with a local-first, offline application. Your data is stored in human-readable files, ensuring transparency and easy access. Seamlessly sync your work across multiple devices with optional self-hosted solutions.
- Offline-first operation
- Multi-platform support
- Transparent local data storage
- Intelligent device syncing
- Optional self-hosted syncing
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Please join our Discord to report issues! https://discord.gg/GTmgjZcupk Multi-platform This app is where ever you are. Your phone, tablet, desktop, laptop, this program can be installed and run, not simply a website-in-a-box, but instead using native client side technologies to provide the best experience possible. Offline first I was frustrated with most of the story writing software I was finding as they were using web technologies (aka: Web Page in a box) which always seems to run into problems while being used offline for long periods of time. Hammer is designed from the ground up to be entirely local, no internet connection required, ever. Transparent Data Your data is yours. It's not stored in the cloud, or some opaque database. It is stored in simple, human readable files, just using files and folders to define the project structure. You can open your OSes file browser and take a look for your self. If this program went away today you would be able to easily interact with your data. Intelligent Syncing between devices Your data can be synchronized between devices allowing you to work on your story from anywhere, and have no fear of a change on one device, overwriting a change on another device. Optional and Self hosted Syncing Syncing is entirely optional, you can install the client and use it on one device, or you can install the server and sync your data between devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chapters by TzYi at 100% against Hammer Editor's 0%. Chapters by TzYi also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0). Hammer Editor's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chapters by TzYi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Chapters by TzYi's written reviews are positive against 0% of Hammer Editor's.
Chapters by TzYi ships an update every 2 months, Hammer Editor every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chapters by TzYi | Hammer Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Clifford | Adam Brown |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Chapters by TzYi
No in-app purchases
Hammer Editor
No in-app purchases
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