Comparison

Write About It vs Oneliine

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Write About It

This AI-powered journaling app provides daily reflections based on your entries. It helps you understand your emotions, identify patterns in your thoughts, and gain self-awareness. Your entries are private and securely encrypted.

Highlights
  • AI-powered reflections
  • Mood state tracking
  • Pattern discovery
  • Private and secure journaling
  • Multiple reflection voices
  • Distraction-free interface
Features
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Some conversations are just for you. Write About It is your personal AI for self-understanding. Write about your day, talk through what’s on your mind, and discover patterns in your thoughts and emotions over time. JOURNAL WITH PERSPECTIVE A small moment. A difficult feeling. Something you can’t stop thinking about. Write it down and receive a thoughtful AI reflection that helps you explore it further. CHOOSE WHO RESPONDS Get a different perspective from a Friend, Therapist, Coach, Philosopher, Analyst, Challenger, or Cheerleader. Choose the voice that suits what you need. TALK IT THROUGH Use Chat to explore a thought, untangle a situation, or simply put your feelings into words. Continue the conversation at your own pace. NOTICE YOUR PATTERNS Explore your emotional flow and recurring themes. Look back at your entries and see what changes, what returns, and what matters to you. RETURN TO WHAT MATTERS Thoughtful follow-ups help you revisit conversations and reflect on how things have developed. PRIVATE AND PERSONAL No account required. Your writing is not used to train AI models or stored by our AI provider. START WRITING The free plan includes 10 journal entries per month. Premium unlocks unlimited journaling and additional features. Write about it. Understand yourself a little more. WAI supports personal reflection and does not provide medical or mental health advice. AI perspectives, including Therapist, are not professional services.

About

Oneliine

Features
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The world's first audio-guided journaling app. A session is a voice and a page working together. The guide opens, gives you something to write about, goes quiet while you write, then comes back and takes you further. Around five minutes, start to finish. For anyone who knows writing helps and can't make it happen. The blank page is the hard part. Not the writing. HOW IT WORKS: Pick a session. Press play. A voice gives you something to write about, then stops, and the page is yours. Partway through it comes back with somewhere else to go. At the end it closes things off. Pause any time. Write for as long as you like. Sessions for the ordinary days and for the harder ones. Or choose paper, and the session guides you out loud while you write in your own notebook. NOBODY READS WHAT YOU WRITE Not us. Not an AI. Not ever. Your entries are stored so they're there when you come back. Nothing reads them, nothing analyses them, and there's no feedback engine waiting to tell you what your writing means. This isn't a privacy feature bolted on. The reflection only works if it's yours. You can also lock your journal behind Face ID or a PIN. WRITING IS ALWAYS FREE The journal is yours without paying, and it always will be. THREE SESSIONS ARE FREE TOO The Day Ahead, End of Day, and Space for Gratitude, free forever, no subscription. A subscription unlocks the rest of the library, and every new session as it lands. Or try the full library free for seven days. Oneliine Pro is $11.99 per month or $79.99 per year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, at the price shown. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Apple ID account settings after purchase. If you take the free trial, any unused portion is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://oneliine.com/privacy

Screenshots

Write About It4 screens
Oneliine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Oneliine at none against Write About It's shown. Oneliine also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.2). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Write About It sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Oneliine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Write About It ships an update every 2 weeks, Oneliine every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Write About It versus Oneliine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWrite About ItOneliine
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.216.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnna Kluge MilaniYaakov Carno

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Write About It

Subscriptions2
  • WAI Premium$6.991 Month
  • WAI Premium$44.991 Year
2 purchases

Oneliine

Subscriptions2
  • Oneliine Pro Monthly7 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Oneliine Pro Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Write About It free?
Write About It is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Oneliine free?
Oneliine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Write About It or Oneliine have ads?
Write About It shows ads; Oneliine does not.
Which is updated more often, Write About It or Oneliine?
Write About It ships an update every 2 weeks, and Oneliine every 2 days. Most recently, Write About It was updated on October 28, 2026 and Oneliine on October 24, 2026.

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