Weiming Note vs JournalWrite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weiming Note
A calm, writing-focused note-taking application for daily thoughts and longer entries. It offers seamless syncing across devices and allows users to manage their notes with pinning, archiving, and markdown export. Account deletion is available directly within the app.
- Writing-first workspace
- Inbox capture
- Longer note support
- Cross-device syncing
- Pin and archive notes
- Markdown export
- Direct account deletion
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Weiming Note is a calm, writing-first note workspace for daily writing, inbox capture, and longer notes across iPhone and the web. Sign in with Apple, keep notes synced through an app-owned account, pin and archive what matters, export markdown copies, and delete your account directly in the iPhone app at any time.
JournalWrite
This app offers a private and distraction-free space for writing journal entries. It helps users build consistent habits by tracking streaks and visualizing progress with clear insights, all while remaining fully offline and ad-free.
- Distraction-free writing experience
- Offline journaling
- No ads or accounts required
- Track journaling streaks
- Visualize progress with insights
- Explore entry trends
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JournalWrite provides a clean, distraction-free journaling experience designed to help you stay consistent, reflect privately, and visualize your progress over time. Track streaks, view meaningful insights, and build a stronger journaling habit - all without ads, accounts, or clutter. SIMPLE BY DESIGN - Clean, distraction-free writing experience - No ads, no clutter, no paywalls - Focused journaling for capturing your thoughts and reflecting clearly POWERFUL STATS - Track your journaling streaks and records - Visualize your progress with clean insights - Explore trends across all journal entries - Stay motivated with clear progress over time PRIVATE & OFFLINE - Your entries stay on your device - Fully offline journaling - No account required - No personal data collected If you enjoy journaling, tracking your growth, and keeping your thoughts private, JournalWrite is built for you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Weiming Note at weekly against JournalWrite's every 2 months. JournalWrite's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Weiming Note against 5.0 for JournalWrite. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Weiming Note ships an update weekly, JournalWrite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weiming Note | JournalWrite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Weiming Chen | Jacob Kappler |
Customer experience
Weiming Note
JournalWrite
In-app purchases
Weiming Note
No in-app purchases
JournalWrite
No in-app purchases
