Comparison

BumbleUp vs PureWrite

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BumbleUp

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BumbleUp is your all-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, and knowledge. Capture ideas, plan projects, and build your personal wiki โ€“ all offline, without accounts. Creativity & Planning: โ€“ Write and organize notes โ€“ Create dictionaries โ€“ simple tables with two columns โ€“ Manage task lists Knowledge Management: โ€“ Build personal wiki pages with nested file trees โ€“ Turn your notes into a digital Zettelkasten with two-way links โ€“ View the same data in multiple layouts Fast & User-Friendly Interface: โ€“ Reorder files with drag-and-drop โ€“ Preview file content directly in the list โ€“ Add notes to the right topic with a single tap Offline & Private: โ€“ No account or internet connection needed โ€“ No ads, no tracking, no subscriptions needed โ€“ Your data stays on your device Capture your ideas. Plan your journey. Master your knowledge.

About

PureWrite

Features
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PureWrite is a writing app that gets out of the way. Open a folder of Markdown files you already keep, open a document, and start typing. The file sidebar and the table of contents fade out completely โ€” not dimmed, gone โ€” until only the page is left. Move the pointer back and they return. Nothing else is on screen. No tabs, no split panes, no graph, no badges, no notifications, no sync spinner. One document at a time, by design. That is the whole idea. Everything else is there to serve it. โ€ข A folder you already have. No import step, no vault format, no database. The same folder can stay an Obsidian vault or a git repository โ€” keep using them. PureWrite is simply the window you open when the task is to write. โ€ข Formatted text, plain files. You edit the document as it looks, and the file on disk stays ordinary Markdown โ€” tables and links included. โ€ข Search the whole folder for the moment you do need to leave the page, with the context around every match. โ€ข A toolbar you can pare down to nothing. Keep as many of the 18 buttons as you want, or none. โ€ข Hebrew and English in one document, each paragraph facing the direction its own words ask for, with nothing written into your file to make it work. โ€ข Autosave a second after you stop typing. There is no save button to remember. Nothing leaves the device: no network, no account, no telemetry. macOS, iPhone and iPad. Free, with no in-app purchases.

Screenshots

BumbleUp4 screens
PureWrite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: BumbleUp at 13.0 against PureWrite's 15.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 4 level
BumbleUp versus PureWrite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBumbleUpPureWrite
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better15.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size31 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVojtech SodomaYechiel Ben David

In-app purchases

None

BumbleUp

No in-app purchases

None

PureWrite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BumbleUp free?
BumbleUp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PureWrite free?
PureWrite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BumbleUp or PureWrite have ads?
Neither BumbleUp nor PureWrite shows ads.

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