Comparison

BYOK Studio vs Glit

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

Head to head
About

BYOK Studio

This app provides a dedicated writing environment for organizing and developing creative projects. It offers tools for drafting, planning, mapping ideas visually, and managing project-specific reference material.

Highlights
  • Focused writing editor
  • Manuscript building from scenes
  • Card and outline planning
  • Visual idea mapping
  • Project wiki for reference
  • Scratchpad for quick ideas
  • Project organization drawer
Features
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Studio is a writing space built for writers and writing projects. Draft scenes, organize notes, plan chapters, build manuscripts, map ideas, and keep your work together in one purpose-built environment. Whether you are writing a novel, memoir, essay, screenplay, journal, research project, or long-form draft, Studio gives you a flexible place to move from first idea to structured work. Write in a focused editor Draft chapters, scenes, notes, essays, and long-form projects in a clean editor designed to keep the work in front of you. Build manuscripts from scenes Bring separate files, chapters, and sections together into a larger manuscript so your project can take shape piece by piece. Plan with cards and outlines Capture scene ideas, research, structure, notes, and beats using flexible cards and hierarchical outlines. Map your ideas visually Use the Grid Map to create mind maps, flow charts, relationship maps, timelines, and visual plans with shapes and connection lines. Create a project wiki Keep track of characters, places, concepts, research, worldbuilding, and other reference material in a living wiki for your project. Use the Scratchpad for quick ideas Capture loose thoughts, reminders, and checkable tasks before they disappear. Scratchpad entries can also be created from your BYOK device. Keep every project organized Use the Project Drawer to store and organize files, folders, drafts, notes, cards, outlines, grids, wiki entries, and other project materials. Connect with BYOK Studio is designed to work alongside the BYOK writing device, giving you a place to continue organizing, editing, and shaping the drafts you start elsewhere. Studio is more than a blank page. It is a writing environment for the whole project behind the words. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Glit

Features
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Glit is a focused writing app for web novelists. Write each novel or series in its own dedicated project, organized by episodes and chapters. A clean screen keeps your manuscript in front of you and everything else out of the way, on iPhone and iPad. Your episodes are saved as plain text files on your device. With Dropbox or OneDrive, pick up where you left off on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Windows. Notes, folders, and cloud sync are always free. Free: one project. Glit Pro (one-time purchase): unlimited projects, so every story has its own space. No subscription. No account required to start writing.

Screenshots

BYOK Studio4 screens
Glit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Glit at every 2 weeks against BYOK Studio's every 5 weeks. BYOK Studio's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BYOK Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Glit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BYOK Studio ships an update every 5 weeks, Glit every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BYOK Studio versus Glit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBYOK StudioGlit
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBYOK LLCDONG HYUN GANG

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BYOK Studio

Subscriptions2
  • Standard$9.991 Month
  • Standard1 Year trial$82.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Plan$299.99
1 purchases

Glit

One-time1
  • Glit Pro$2.99

Questions

Is BYOK Studio free?
BYOK Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Glit free?
Glit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BYOK Studio or Glit have ads?
Neither BYOK Studio nor Glit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BYOK Studio or Glit?
BYOK Studio ships an update every 5 weeks, and Glit every 2 weeks. Most recently, BYOK Studio was updated on October 24, 2026 and Glit on October 28, 2026.

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