Creative Writer vs Just Write
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Just Write
A minimalist text editor designed to streamline the writing process. It supports both RTF and TXT formats, offering rich text editing and Markdown support. Sync your work across devices with iCloud integration.
- RTF and TXT file support
- Markdown styling
- iCloud file syncing
- Rich text editing tools
- Multiple themes
- Smart selection tool (iPad)
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Just Write text editor aims to simplify writing process. The app is carefully designed so that the only things that are absolutely essential to the writing process are included. Just Write supports RTF (rich text format) and TXT (plain text format) that are cross-platform formats you can open and edit in virtually any platforms. + RTF , a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) format, is best suitable for creating your next big story. + While TXT, supported Markdown styles, is best for notes, outline, to-do list and anything else you do with a plaintext format. Just Write has iCloud support (opt-in) so you can sync your rtf and txt files across all your devices. RTF editing features include: - Font size increase and decrease - Text color selection - Text style editing such as Bold, Italic, Underline and Strikethrough - Text alignments: Left, Right, Center, Justified - Undo, Redo - Move arrow to jump the cursor - Selection tool to select paragraph, sentence and word super fast and easy (iPad only). Using smart selection tool, you can select paragraph, sentence and word in just 1 tap!!!!!! TXT editing features include: - Accessory row includes many characters essential to writing Markdown. - Multiple fonts to choose from - Preview Markdown (in left menu) - Three themes (Light, Dark, Sepia) - Support plain text format extensions: txt, text, md, mmd, markdown, markdn, mdown, mkdn, markd, fountain - Selection tool to select paragraph, sentence and word super fast and easy (iPad only). Using smart selection tool, you can select paragraph, sentence and word in just 1 tap!!!!!! * Note: Just Write is supported by ads, but you can buy an in app purchase to remove the ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Just Write at 4.3 against Creative Writer's 3.7. Just Write also leads on ratings volume (1.8K vs 277). Creative Writer's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Creative Writer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Just Write sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Just Write holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Just Write has 1.8K ratings behind it against 277, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Creative Writer's written reviews are positive against 67% of Just Write's.
Creative Writer ships an update every 2 weeks, Just Write every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Creative Writer | Just Write |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (277 ratings) | 4.3 (1.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.7% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 277 | 1.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resonanca IT d.o.o. | Tung Vu |
Customer experience
Creative Writer
Just Write
User reviews
Creative Writer
From 277 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fantastic app writer
- 👍 Amazing app, easy to use
- 👍 Simple, helpful, and beautiful
- 👍 Helps with writing, great for inspiration
Room to improve
- 🐛 Page jumps to bottom while typing
- 🐛 Crashes when trying to restore purchases
- 💰 Requires payment for full functionality
- 🐛 Keyboard issues, doesn't show up in other apps
Just Write
From 1.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💻 Simple and straightforward interface
- 📁 Organized folder system
- ✨ Clean and minimalist design
- 🆓 Free to use with no ads
- ⚡️ Offline writing capability
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and data loss issues
- 🔍 Difficulty finding/accessing files
- 🔧 Limited formatting and customization options
- 🖥️ Lack of syncing/cross-device support
- 🖋️ No spell check or grammar assistance
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
Just Write
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes and data loss
- Inability to reopen saved documents
- Unreliable auto-save functionality
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
7 requests- Add dark mode option
- Implement more font and formatting choices
- Introduce paragraph spacing and indentation controls
- Integrate spell check and grammar tools
- Enable file syncing across devices
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- Add image/multimedia support
- Provide better file management and organization
In-app purchases
Creative Writer
- Power Mode$1.99
- Dictionary PRO$2.99
- Writer's Pack$3.99
Just Write
- No Ads$6.99








