PureWrite vs NotesPresenter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
PureWrite
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PureWrite is a writing app that gets out of the way. Open a folder of Markdown files you already keep, open a document, and start typing. The file sidebar and the table of contents fade out completely ā not dimmed, gone ā until only the page is left. Move the pointer back and they return. Nothing else is on screen. No tabs, no split panes, no graph, no badges, no notifications, no sync spinner. One document at a time, by design. That is the whole idea. Everything else is there to serve it. ⢠A folder you already have. No import step, no vault format, no database. The same folder can stay an Obsidian vault or a git repository ā keep using them. PureWrite is simply the window you open when the task is to write. ⢠Formatted text, plain files. You edit the document as it looks, and the file on disk stays ordinary Markdown ā tables and links included. ⢠Search the whole folder for the moment you do need to leave the page, with the context around every match. ⢠Footnotes and images, kept in the file as you wrote them. Drop an image in or paste a screenshot, and it is saved beside the document. ⢠Focus mode and typewriter scrolling, find and replace, quick open (āP), and a word count that stays out of sight until you look for it. ⢠A first-line indent that makes long text read like a printed page ā on the right in Hebrew, on the left in English ā and undo and redo right in the toolbar. ⢠A toolbar you can pare down to nothing. Keep as many of the 18 buttons as you want, or none. ⢠Hebrew and English in one document, each paragraph facing the direction its own words ask for, with nothing written into your file to make it work. ⢠Autosave a second after you stop typing. There is no save button to remember. Nothing leaves the device: no network, no account, no telemetry. macOS, iPhone and iPad. Free, with no in-app purchases.
NotesPresenter
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Turn your iPhone into a PowerPoint presentation remote, private speaker-notes display, voice-following teleprompter, and presentation timer for NotesPresenter on Mac. Keep your notes close and your presentation moving without returning to your computer. NotesPresenter Companion stays synchronized with the Mac app over your local network, so your audience sees the slides while you privately see what to say next. PRESENT WITH CONFIDENCE ⢠Read current speaker notes with adjustable text size ⢠Use Voice Follow to scroll and highlight notes as you speak ⢠Move to the previous or next slide from your iPhone ⢠Start, pause, and reset your presentation timer ⢠Monitor slide progress and pacing at a glance ⢠Preview the next slide, resize it, or dismiss it for more room ⢠Rotate between focused portrait and wide landscape layouts ⢠Reconnect automatically after temporary network interruptions SIMPLE, PRIVATE PAIRING Pair your iPhone with NotesPresenter on Mac using a six-digit code over local Wi-Fi. No account is required. The connection is encrypted, and NotesPresenter does not collect your presentation notes, transcripts, or audio. REQUIREMENTS Requires NotesPresenter 1.3 or later on a Mac with a PowerPoint deck loaded in the Mac app. The iPhone companion is designed to work with the NotesPresenter Mac app and is not a standalone PowerPoint editor.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: PureWrite at 4 against NotesPresenter's 1. PureWrite also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | PureWrite | NotesPresenter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yechiel Ben David | Jason Gary |
In-app purchases
PureWrite
No in-app purchases
NotesPresenter
No in-app purchases









