Comparison

Creative Writer vs Plotten

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

Head to head
About

Creative Writer

This app provides language expressions and writing prompts drawn from diverse literary and media sources to inspire your creative writing. It offers predictive text suggestions and genre switching to help overcome writer's block and compose songs, stories, or poems.

Highlights
  • Predictive writing suggestions
  • Genre switching (Poetry, Prose, Lyrics, etc.)
  • Inspiration from books, movies, and music
  • Writer's block assistance
  • Integrated notepad
  • Offline functionality
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Let the writers help you write. Creative Writer provides language expressions for your writing sessions, drawn from actual books: bestselling novels, literary geniuses, traditional and modern poetry, movies, TV series, song lyrics, hip-hop, gangsta RAP and other sources. FEATURED BY APPLE ** Best New Apps (US/UK) ** Say It With Emojis ** Tell Your Story ** Become a Writer ** Unleash Your Inner Poet ** Try Something New ** High School Toolbox ** Tools for Teachers ** Enhanced with 3D Touch ** Type Away EASY TO LEARN. SIMPLE TO USE. You don't have to type a word: just tap on the stream of suggested words, picking words until the sentences come out. Or combine normal typing with predictive writing. You can easily switch among genres: Poetry, Prose, Classics, Dialogues, Lyrics, You & Me, Cooking, Quotations and Romance. GET INSPIRED • Compose songs • Write short stories • Write poems • Smash your writer’s block • Record the stream of consciousness • Learn English - explore, have fun with words WRITER'S PACK An endless source of writing ideas, words, prompts and sentences for your writing sessions. Millions of text segments analyzed and clustered into 7 powerful predictive models: Prose (best-selling novels), Dialogues (movies, TV series), You & Me, Lyrics (popular songs, RAP), Romance, Classics (Shakespeare, Goethe, Joyce, Kafka, Proust, Dostojevski, and others) and Quotations. DICTIONARY PRO Install the Dictionary PRO and throw yourself a brainstorming party! Dictionary PRO puts examples, definitions, rhymes, antonyms, synonyms, and more at your fingertips. ===== • "Unleash the verbal artistry within! It's a fantastic idea, one I haven't seen replicated anywhere else.” — Janel Torkington, AppsZoom • "If you need a little nudge when it comes to figuring out how to say something, Creative Writer needs to be in your writing toolkit." — Best iPad apps for writers, Allyson Kazmucha, iMore • "When the writer needs a voice, he/she creates one with Creative Writer." — Jessica Lares, Customer Reviews ===== Includes a beautiful notepad where you can write your story or collect interesting sentences, edit and share. **No internet connection needed! ===== Some ideas about the app or need support? support@resonanca-it.com Check us out on Vimeo, resonanca-it.com or hit us up @writing_force

About

Plotten

This writing tool offers a distraction-free, minimalist interface to help you craft novels, screenplays, and other manuscripts. It includes advanced editing tools, a cover designer, and flexible export options for various formats.

Highlights
  • Minimalist distraction-free interface
  • Supports novels, screenplays, children's books
  • Intuitive cover designer
  • Ebook viewer
  • Export to EPub, FDX, DOCX, web, print
Features
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Plotten: Your Creative Writing Companion Unlock your literary potential with Plotten, the ultimate writing tool designed to streamline your creative process. Experience a minimalist interface that eliminates distractions, allowing your ideas to flow freely. Feature-Rich and User-Friendly: Versatile Formats: Whether you’re crafting screenplays, novels, children’s books, or more, Plotten supports a variety of manuscript needs. Advanced Editing Tools: Includes an intuitive cover designer and an Ebook viewer to bring your story to life. Flexible Export Options: Seamlessly export your projects for web, print, or as EPub, FDX, and DOCX files. With Plotten, every feature is crafted to enhance your writing experience, whether you're a screenwriter, essayist, novelist, short story writer, or journalist, Plotten makes it easy to transform your vision into a polished masterpiece. Terms of Use: https://www.plotten.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.plotten.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Creative Writer4 screens
Plotten4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Plotten at 4.3 against Creative Writer's 3.7. Plotten also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). Creative Writer's advantage is review sentiment (59% vs 20%) and ratings volume (277 vs 50). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Creative Writer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Plotten sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plotten holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Creative Writer has 277 ratings behind it against 50, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of Creative Writer's written reviews are positive against 20% of Plotten's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Creative Writer ships an update every 2 weeks, Plotten every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Creative Writer versus Plotten: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCreative WriterPlotten
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (277 ratings)4.3 (50 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.7% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings277 — better50
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS14.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB60 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperResonanca IT d.o.o.Paul MacRory

Customer experience

Creative Writer

All ratings272 ratings
Positive68.0%
Neutral4.4%
Negative27.6%
Written reviews196 reviews
Positive58.7%
Neutral10.7%
Negative30.6%

Plotten

All ratings49 ratings
Positive81.6%
Neutral6.1%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%

Bugs and requests

Creative Writer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Restore purchases not working
  • Losing all written content after updates
  • Keyboard not showing up in other apps

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add page count and word count
  • Bring back the talking robot feature
  • Allow importing custom data sets
  • Add ability to add photos as backgrounds

Plotten

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Creative Writer

One-time3
  • Power Mode$1.99
  • Dictionary PRO$2.99
  • Writer's Pack$3.99
2 purchases

Plotten

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month Access3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • 1 Year Access3 Days trial$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Creative Writer free?
Creative Writer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Plotten free?
Plotten is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Creative Writer or Plotten?
Plotten is rated higher. Creative Writer averages 3.7 out of 5 from 277 ratings, while Plotten averages 4.3 from 50 ratings.
Do Creative Writer or Plotten have ads?
Neither Creative Writer nor Plotten shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Creative Writer or Plotten?
Creative Writer ships an update every 2 weeks, and Plotten every 4 days. Most recently, Creative Writer was updated on November 1, 2026 and Plotten on November 3, 2026.

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