Comparison

PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad vs freewrite.

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

Head to head
About

PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad

Quickly log details of your phone calls, including notes, statuses, and priorities. Integrate with your contacts and calendar, secure sensitive entries with passwords, and export your data. Sync across devices for seamless access.

Highlights
  • Log call details
  • Integrate with Contacts and Calendar
  • Configurable call statuses and categories
  • Password-protected notes
  • Export to CSV
  • Automatic backups
  • Cross-device syncing
Features
Currently charting
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PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad allows you to quickly store notes about phone calls you have made or received. Whether you spend all day on the phone or just make the occasional call to your bank, enter the details straight into this app and you'll never forget a call again. (Please note: Apple does not allow PhoneLog to have access to the call history on your iPhone, but you can make calls from within the app to save you retyping the number.) Great features include: • Add events to your Calendar and Reminders • Use your Contacts list • Configurable call statuses (eg Follow Up, Waiting Reply, Closed etc) • Configurable categories/tags • Priority levels • Secure individual call notes using passwords • A call timer • Additional fields • Export to CSV file and other formats • Automatic backups of your call logs • Sync using Dropbox between multiple Macs, iPhones and iPads (requires Dropbox account; PhoneLog Pro is available for the Mac on the Mac App Store - purchased separately) • Or sync using our new syncing service "Sync Server" (requires subscription via In App Purchase) ---- Subscriptions All features are available in the app without further purchase, except for syncing using the "Sync Server". This is available via a subscription purchased from within the app. There are multiple tiers depending on how many devices you wish to sync between. This subscription is a monthly, auto-renewing subscription. Payment will be charged to your App Store Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription is automatically renewed if it is not cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Prices may vary by location. You can manage your subscriptions in the App Store Account settings where you may turn off the auto-renewal. Privacy policy: https://www.spelgasoftware.co.uk/PhoneLog/privacy_policy.html Terms and conditions: https://www.spelgasoftware.co.uk/PhoneLog/app_terms_and_conditions.html

About

freewrite.

This app provides a distraction-free writing environment with a focus on timed sessions and AI-powered insights. It offers a clean canvas, rich text formatting, and private local storage to help users capture raw thoughts and discover creative breakthroughs.

Highlights
  • Timer-based writing sessions
  • Distraction-free canvas
  • AI-powered insights
  • Rich text formatting
  • Private local storage
  • Beautiful archives
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a training ground for the creative mind. daily stream-of-consciousness writing in a space that never judges what comes out — and reads the patterns back to you. five minutes at the page. no editing, no going back, no grading. what pours out is raw material, however dumb, unrelated or half-formed — and the app's only job is to keep that stream safe from friction, second-guessing and everything else asking for your attention. then it shows you what you have been circling. the page a blank page and a timer. no notifications, no formatting to fuss over, no counter watching you. don't-stop mode quietly declines to let you delete, for the nights your hand keeps reaching backwards. voice, for the nights typing isn't it. the nightly ritual before the page, a moment to place how you are. eight ways to answer, including declining to claim a side. it lights the room, never the page. reflections the themes running underneath weeks of writing — the ones nobody consciously links. read back in plain language, once a day, and built only from what is actually there. the tree your practice grows something. every night you write adds to a tree that is yours alone. it never shrinks, and it never counts anything back at you. quotes turn a line from your reading into a card worth keeping. choose the ground, move the type, share it or don't. the archive every entry as a curtain you pull through, lit by the mood of whatever sits at the centre. widgets four of them. your year as a grid of nights, your tree on the home screen, tonight's prompt, and one tap straight to a blank page. gentle prompts a line to push off from on the nights the page is too blank. off, occasional, or regular. reminders that pay attention they stay quiet on the nights you have already written. nothing nags you for something you did. what you write stays on your phone entries are stored on the device and no entry is uploaded in the background. nothing you write is ever used to train anything. asking for a reading is the one exception, and it is always your choice: that single entry is sent to the model that writes it back, for that one request. writing, the timer, the archive, widgets and reminders are free, and stay free. reflections and the quote cards are the subscription. terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ privacy policy: https://humanmadethings.co.uk/freewrite/privacy/

Screenshots

PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad4 screens
freewrite.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: freewrite. at Free against PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad's $7.99. freewrite. also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1) and chart position (#95 vs unranked). On 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

freewrite. is free to download; PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad costs $7.99 up front. PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and freewrite. sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

freewrite. holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad's written reviews are positive against 100% of freewrite.'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad ships an update every 3 months, freewrite. every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad versus freewrite.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoneLog for iPhone & iPadfreewrite.
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (11 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#95 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB37 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperSpelga SoftwareAlex Trubacs

Customer experience

PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%

freewrite.

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad

Subscriptions4
  • Syncing for 2 Devices$1.491 Month
  • Syncing for 5 Devices$2.991 Month
  • Syncing for 10 Devices$5.991 Month
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  • Syncing for 20 Devices$9.991 Month
4 purchases

freewrite.

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly7 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • freewrite Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • freewrite Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad free?
PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad costs $7.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is freewrite. free?
freewrite. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad or freewrite.?
freewrite. is rated higher. PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad averages 4.0 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while freewrite. averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad or freewrite. have ads?
Neither PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad nor freewrite. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad or freewrite.?
PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad ships an update every 3 months, and freewrite. every 9 days. Most recently, PhoneLog for iPhone & iPad was updated on October 26, 2026 and freewrite. on October 25, 2026.

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