Unwritten Journal vs Hark Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unwritten Journal
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Unwritten is a quiet place to write every day. No feeds, no streaks to protect, no noise. Just a blank page, a gentle daily goal, and a calendar that slowly fills with everything you've written. A PAGE THAT FEELS LIKE PAPER Write in a warm, distraction-free editor set in a classic serif, with generous spacing that makes long entries a pleasure to read back. Give an entry a title or simply start writing. Hide the sidebar and start typing, and everything else steps aside until you stop. A DAILY GOAL, NOT A CHORE Choose how many pages you want to write each day, from one to five. As you write, each day on the calendar deepens in color, so you can see at a glance which days you showed up and which ones ran long. SEE YOUR WRITING OVER TIME Flip the sidebar from calendar to list to browse every entry by month. Tap the info button on any entry to see its pages, words, paragraphs and reading time, how it measures up against your daily goal, and how it compares with your usual entry. MORE THAN ONE JOURNAL Keep separate journals for different parts of your life, each with its own icon and daily goal. Every entry keeps its earlier versions, so you can always bring back a draft. BRING YOUR PAST WITH YOU Import entries from your previous journaling app, or from an earlier Unwritten export. Each entry is matched to its date and merged into your journal. Export a single entry or a whole journal whenever you like, as Markdown files organised by year and month, or as a full backup. MADE FOR THE MAC TOO Unwritten runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and is ready for iPhone Duo: unfold mid-sentence and keep writing. On the Mac, open today's entry from anywhere with a global keyboard shortcut or from the menu bar, move between days with the keyboard, and hold Command to see every shortcut. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your journal is stored on your device, and synced only through your own private iCloud account. Lock it with Face ID, Touch ID or Optic ID. Unwritten collects no data, has no analytics and no tracking, and requires no account. FREE TO WRITE Everything above is free. Unwritten Pro adds iCloud sync between your iPhone, iPad and Mac, as a one-time purchase or a yearly subscription that renews automatically until cancelled in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://smond.studio/unwritten/privacy Write a little. Every day.
Hark Pro
This app acts as a personal operating system, proactively managing tasks across the web and your life. It can handle reservations, orders, scheduling, and project management by integrating with various services and websites.
- Proactive task management
- Web service integration
- Automated reservations and orders
- Schedule and calendar management
- Project tracking
- Customizable mini-apps (Panels)
- Secure login management
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Hark Pro is an operating system for your life, built to think ahead, and help you with real, practical things. By combining advanced memory and the ability to use a computer in the cloud, Hark understands the context of your life and can take care of things across the web. No agents or subscriptions required. Hark can log in to OpenTable and make a reservation for you. But it’s also smart enough to reference your calendar for an open time, recall your favorite spots for openings, note your friend’s food allergies in the reservation, and even create a button to reserve an Uber to get there that night. Use Hark to order groceries. Return products. Manage your schedule. Build mini apps. And track complicated projects, integrating Google Docs and Slack messages, mindlessly. Hark is a simple chat app with powerful capabilities - freeing your time to spend away from screens. Proactive thinking Hark looks ahead. Book a movie on Hark, and Hark won’t just buy the ticket and add it to your calendar. It’ll scope the parking situation ahead of time, and offer to reserve you a spot before they fill up. Hark thinks creatively to remove friction across your life. Use the web with Handoff Just type “deliver me pizza” to hand off the task to Hark. It will hunt for the best local pizzarias, go on their websites, read their menus, and order you one for delivery via DoorDash (with your consent and favorite toppings, of course). Hark securely manages your logins to hundreds of sites including Target, Amazon, and LinkedIn so it can handle tasks from start to finish. Hark can also fill out web forms for you, writing multiple services to get quotes on a move or renovation. It can dig through webpages to find dentists who actually take your insurance - and email them for you to ask if it's unclear. It can plan your new wardrobe, then present it on a custom website built just for you. Manage your personal and professional life With Email and Slack integration, Hark can keep track of your most important messages, build your daily schedule, balance your calendar, and summarize dozens of discussions across your workplace into just the things that you need to know. Follow long term tasks with Projects Hark can manage your life in one, long-running chat. But sometimes you want to start with a blank slate. Projects are dedicated threads for longer term work. They focus a single topic, and related files, in one place that you can visit again and again over time. Build your own Panels Never learn to code. Hark can generate tiny bits of software called Panels - ranging from exercise trackers to media players - that live right inside the Hark app. All you do is prompt. You can even ask your Panels questions to dig deeper into their data, unlocking even more from services you already use like Strava, Spotify, and Venmo. Solve it with a button press Notifications give you work. Hark’s Action Buttons provide solutions. Hark’s one-line summaries highlight the most important things you need to do next. Just press a button to “pay” a bill, “RSVP” to an event, or “review” an insurance claim. Do everything else you expect an assistant to do Researching questions. Analyzing PDFs. Yes, even telling you the weather. Hark offers all of the same baseline services offered by other leading AI labs, too. Security and privacy Your data is your own. Hark will never sell your data or serve you ads. We also never see your most private information, like stored passwords or credit card numbers, which are always encrypted in storage and in transit. Hark does real work • Order dinner and groceries • Book cheap flights and hotels • Spot subscriptions before they renew • Schedule automatic tasks • Build websites, spreadsheets, and slide decks Terms of Service: https://www.hark.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.hark.com/privacy-policy © 2026 Hark
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: Hark Pro at #145 against Unwritten Journal's unranked. On price, update cadence, 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. Unwritten Journal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year and Hark Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $26.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Unwritten Journal ships an update every 3 days, Hark Pro every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Unwritten Journal | Hark Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (2.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 92.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #145 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Smond AB | Hark Labs Inc. |
In-app purchases
Unwritten Journal
- Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$29.99
Hark Pro
- Hark Pro²$26.001 Month
- Hark Pro³$129.991 Month
- Hark Pro⁴$200.001 Month









