Spoons vs Writ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spoons
This app helps manage your daily energy levels by assigning tasks a 'spoon' cost. It visually tracks your available energy and task commitments, preventing overcommitment and promoting a guilt-free approach to productivity, especially for those with chronic conditions or fatigue.
- Spoon-based energy tracking
- Manual task placement
- Honest bucket caps
- Calm task carryover
- Low Energy Mode
- Projects, tags, priorities
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Plan your day around the energy you actually have — not the energy you wish you had. Spoons is an energy-aware task planner built around Spoon Theory. Set your capacity for the day, give each task an energy cost, and see what you can realistically take on before you've overcommitted. Spoon theory was named by Christine Miserandino, who used a handful of spoons to explain to a friend what living with lupus felt like. The idea is simple: every task costs energy, and you only have so much to spend each day. Spoons turns that idea into a practical planner. HOW IT WORKS Each morning, tell Spoons how many spoons you have today. Rate tasks from 1 to 5 based on how much energy they take, then decide where they belong: • Today • Tomorrow • Next Day • Soon • Someday • On Hold Each bucket has a spoon cap, so you can see how much of your available energy you've committed. If you're taking on too much, Spoons gently pushes back — rebalance your day, or consciously decide that today is a bigger day than usual. Anything you don't finish rolls forward automatically. No guilt. No streaks. No shame. WHY SPOONS IS DIFFERENT • Plan around energy, not just time. See what you can realistically fit into the capacity you have today. • You stay in control. Place tasks where you want them. No algorithm decides what your day should look like. • See your limits before you hit them. Spoon caps show how full your day is. • Unfinished tasks roll forward instead of becoming another thing to feel guilty about. • Built for low-energy days. Low Energy Mode hides everything that isn't Critical or High priority when you need to simplify your day. • Projects, tags, due dates, and priorities give you the fundamentals of a task manager — without the pressure. • Light and dark themes follow your system settings. FREE FOREVER The full task manager is free. You don't need an account to use Spoons, and your tasks are stored locally on your device. There is no paywall blocking the core task-planning experience. Use Spoons for as long as you want without paying for Premium. PREMIUM When you're ready for more: • Cloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and soon the web • Recurring tasks — daily, weekly, monthly, or every X days • Full-text search across tasks, notes, and tags • Completion statistics and a yearly heatmap to see your patterns • Quick-add bar — add a task without opening a detail screen Premium is $3.99/month or $29.99/year and includes a 7-day free trial. WHO IS SPOONS FOR? • People living with chronic illness, fatigue, or pain conditions • People with ADHD who need a smaller, more realistic to-do list • Anyone recovering from burnout • Anyone who regularly plans more than they can realistically accomplish • Anyone who's tired of ending the day feeling like they "didn't do enough" Your energy isn't unlimited. Your planner shouldn't pretend that it is. PRIVACY Free users never need to sign in, and your tasks stay on your device. Spoons collects basic, anonymous usage analytics — such as app opens, daily check-ins, and task activity — tied to a private device ID rather than your name or email. This helps us understand whether Spoons is helping people and improve the app. There is no advertising, third-party analytics SDKs, ad tracking, or data brokerage. Premium cloud sync is opt-in and runs through Supabase. Subscriptions are managed through RevenueCat and Apple, which receive your purchase and subscription status. We don't sell your data. Spoons is inspired by Christine Miserandino's essay at butyoudontlooksick.com. Spoon theory belongs to the community; this app is a love letter to it. Subscription terms: Spoons Premium automatically renews until cancelled. Manage or cancel through your Apple ID subscription settings. Cancelling stops future renewals; existing paid periods are not refunded. The free trial converts to a paid subscription unless cancelled at least 24 hours before it ends.
Writ
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Write the call down before you know how it ends. Writ checks back on the date you set, and shows you whether you were right. Most decisions vanish the moment you make them. The reasoning fades, the outcome gets rewritten in memory, and your gut never has to answer for anything. Writ keeps the record straight. WHAT MAKES WRIT DIFFERENT • Odds on every option, not just a mood. Give each option the probability you'd bet on, and your confidence comes from your top pick. • A tripwire. Name the warning sign that would tell you the call is going wrong, and Writ asks at review time whether it fired. • An honest score. Forecast sharpness shows whether your calls beat a coin flip, one review at a time. HOW IT WORKS 1. Log the decision: a plain statement of the call, the options you see, and how sure you are. 2. Set a review date. Writ reminds you when it arrives. 3. Answer honestly. What actually happened sits next to what you expected. 4. Watch your calibration sharpen, decision by decision. WHAT YOU CAN LOG • The situation and the options you considered, each with the odds you'd give it • Your confidence, the stakes, and the mood you decided in • A tripwire for every call • Tags, so Insights can compare your judgment across areas of life WHAT WRIT SHOWS YOU • Calibration: every dot is a call, your confidence against reality • Forecast sharpness: whether you beat a coin flip • The Forecaster Compass: bias and gut signal as one position • When you say 80%, does it happen 80% of the time? • Your top pick: how often your favorite option wins • By stakes and state of mind: where your judgment runs hot FREE TO START Your first five decisions are free, with full reviews, your running totals, the calibration chart, and the tag breakdown. Writ Pro removes the cap and unlocks the full insight set, PDF reports, and CSV export. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Your journal lives on your iPhone, with optional iCloud sync for backup. Writ is an indie app, built by a single developer. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://writ.ku-software.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Spoons at 3 against Writ's 1. Spoons also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. Spoons sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Writ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Spoons ships an update every 9 days, Writ every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spoons | Writ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Beste | Olcay Akgun |
In-app purchases
Spoons
- Spoons Premium Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Spoons Premium Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
Writ
- Writ Pro Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Writ Pro Annual7 Days trial$17.991 Year
- Writ Pro Lifetime$49.99








