Never vs ScrivenerBridge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Never
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Keep a note close at hand. Write and format text, choose fonts and alignment, and share your note as text or an image. Import a photo to read its text and QR codes on the device, while retaining the original photo with the note. On supported iOS versions, Appleβs on-device translation can add a translation above your text. Notes are stored on your device, with private iCloud syncing when available and configured. Apple Watch supports reading a note and appending typed or dictated text. Saved notes and earlier local files remain accessible, and save errors stay visible so you can retry without losing your draft. You can choose to display linked images. Loading an image contacts its website, and an enabled preview can load again when you reopen the note.
ScrivenerBridge
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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 β’ Use Ask This Book to explore plots, characters and relationships, get an overview, discuss the story, or ask for writing ideas. β’ Choose the chapters to include, with batch selection through the chapter hierarchy. β’ Deep Summary processes the selected, readable text in batches. Follow its progress or stop the task. β’ Choose a local model or configure your own external AI API. Before external requests, confirm the content and review estimated usage. β’ Check reference chapters and original excerpts against the answer. AI can make mistakes. β’ 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 β’ Browse volumes, chapters, scenes, and documents through the Binder β’ Edit text, titles, synopses, document notes, and chapter status β’ Use rich-text formatting, punctuation, quick phrases, and a customisable keyboard bar β’ Set word-count targets and follow your progress READ AND ANNOTATE β’ Read multiple chapters continuously β’ Select a paragraph to add an annotation β’ View, edit, delete, locate, and re-anchor existing annotations β’ Optionally mirror annotations to Scrivener Document Notes HANDLE PROJECTS SAFELY β’ Create an automatic backup before writing changes β’ Use coordinated writes for text, project metadata, and checksums β’ Preserve recovery copies when an iCloud conflict occurs and let you choose the version β’ Load the current working set of large projects to avoid unnecessary downloads IMPORT AND EXPORT β’ Open a .scriv folder or .scriv.zip β’ Import RTF and TXT documents β’ 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Never at none against ScrivenerBridge's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. ScrivenerBridge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Never asks for nothing beyond the download.
Never ships an update every 2 months, ScrivenerBridge every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Never | ScrivenerBridge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 β better | 18.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nathan Fennel | ζ网 θ |
In-app purchases
Never
No in-app purchases
ScrivenerBridge
- Scrivener Companion Pro$9.99









