Comparison

WhileHere vs ScrivenerBridge

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

Head to head
About

WhileHere

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WhileHere reminds you about tasks based on where you are — not what time it is. Create a task like "buy groceries," and WhileHere finds matching places near you and suggests them on the map. Pick your spots, set a radius, and forget about it. When you reach one of those places, your reminder appears — right when you can actually act on it. LEAVE-BASED REMINDERS Some tasks can't be done until you leave. Choose "When I leave" and your current location becomes the leave place — give it a name like "Apartment" if you like, and set how far you need to move away before it triggers. The moment you leave, you're notified that your reminder is set and your task places activate automatically. Arrive at one and your reminder appears. Leave home, remember the groceries, buy them on the way. WHY WHILEHERE • Remind by place • Smart place suggestions from your task title • Multiple places per task — whichever you reach first reminds you • Adjustable radius for every reminder • Track each leave task's progress: waiting to leave, on the way, done • Remind Later and Mark Done right from the notification • Works in the background ON YOUR DEVICE, ONLY Your tasks and places stay on your device. No account, no feed, no sharing. Location is used only to trigger your own reminders. Stop forgetting the task you drove right past. Put the reminder where the task is.

About

ScrivenerBridge

Features
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Bring your Scrivener projects to iPhone and iPad and continue reading, organising, and writing wherever you are. ScrivenerBridge opens .scriv projects that you manage and preserves the Binder hierarchy, text, titles, synopses, status, document notes, and project structure. Projects can stay in the Files app or iCloud Drive, and your changes are written back to the original project. AI FOR YOUR MANUSCRIPT • Use Ask This Book to explore plots, characters and relationships, get an overview, discuss the story, or ask for writing ideas. • Choose the chapters to include, with batch selection through the chapter hierarchy. • Deep Summary processes the selected, readable text in batches. Follow its progress or stop the task. • Choose a local model or configure your own external AI API. Before external requests, confirm the content and review estimated usage. • Check reference chapters and original excerpts against the answer. AI can make mistakes. • Each question is handled independently. The question page does not save its conversation and clears it when closed. Local models work offline once the model and manuscript are ready on your device. External APIs require a network connection and may incur provider charges. AI answers are for reference; check the original text. CONTINUE WRITING • Browse volumes, chapters, scenes, and documents through the Binder • Edit text, titles, synopses, document notes, and chapter status • Use rich-text formatting, punctuation, quick phrases, and a customisable keyboard bar • Set word-count targets and follow your progress READ AND ANNOTATE • Read multiple chapters continuously • Select a paragraph to add an annotation • View, edit, delete, locate, and re-anchor existing annotations • Optionally mirror annotations to Scrivener Document Notes HANDLE PROJECTS SAFELY • Create an automatic backup before writing changes • Use coordinated writes for text, project metadata, and checksums • Preserve recovery copies when an iCloud conflict occurs and let you choose the version • Load the current working set of large projects to avoid unnecessary downloads IMPORT AND EXPORT • Open a .scriv folder or .scriv.zip • Import RTF and TXT documents • Export RTF, TXT, Markdown, a complete .scriv project, or a ZIP backup PRIVACY No app account is required. The app has no advertising or analytics SDKs and does not upload your writing to developer-operated servers. With local models, text retrieval and answer generation run on your device. When you choose an external AI API, confirmed questions and manuscript content are sent directly to your selected provider, whose data handling and charges apply. Apple handles iCloud syncing according to your account settings. Pro is a one-time purchase and can be restored with the same Apple Account. Scrivener is a trademark of Literature & Latte Ltd. This independent app is not affiliated with or endorsed by Literature & Latte Ltd.

Screenshots

WhileHere4 screens
ScrivenerBridge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WhileHere at none against ScrivenerBridge's 1. ScrivenerBridge's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. ScrivenerBridge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WhileHere asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WhileHere ships an update every 5 months, ScrivenerBridge every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
WhileHere versus ScrivenerBridge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhileHereScrivenerBridge
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnand Kumarę˜Žē½” 蒋

In-app purchases

None

WhileHere

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ScrivenerBridge

One-time1
  • Scrivener Companion Pro$9.99

Questions

Is WhileHere free?
WhileHere is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScrivenerBridge free?
ScrivenerBridge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WhileHere or ScrivenerBridge have ads?
Neither WhileHere nor ScrivenerBridge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WhileHere or ScrivenerBridge?
WhileHere ships an update every 5 months, and ScrivenerBridge every 5 weeks. Most recently, WhileHere was updated on October 31, 2026 and ScrivenerBridge on October 31, 2026.

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