iWriter Pro vs Snippety
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iWriter Pro
A minimalist text editor with robust Markdown support and distraction-free writing. It offers iCloud sync, live syntax highlighting, and various export options for documents.
- Clean and minimal interface
- iCloud sync
- Live Markdown syntax highlighting
- HTML Preview
- Typewriter mode
- Document Browser with tags
- Export to HTML, PDF, EPUB, DOCX, and more
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# iWriter Pro is elegant and minimalist text editor with built-in Markdown support. Distraction-free and subscription-free. ## Features: - Clean and minimal interface. - iCloud sync across iPad, iPhone, and Mac¹ devices. - Text editing with live Markdown syntax highlighting. - HTML Preview for Markdown and MultiMarkdown documents. - Typewriter mode² with focusing on line, sentence, or paragraph. - Powerful Document Browser³ with tags support. - Integrated counters for words, symbols, sentences, and paragraphs. - Fast and responsive editing even for large files. ## iWriter Pro supports: - Highlighting and rendering of LaTeX equations. - Flowchart and Mermaid diagrams. - Source code highlight in HTML preview. - Exporting documents as HTML, PDF, RTF, EPUB, LaTeX, and DOCX. - Keyboard shortcuts⁴ for text formatting and quick navigation. - Search and Replace in your documents. - Light and dark layouts (auto-switching included). - Automatic number/bullet/task list formatting. ¹ - iWriter Pro for Mac is available as a separate purchase on the Mac App Store. ² - Typewriter and Focus modes are available only on iPad. ³ - Editing files in Dropbox, Google Drive, and other 3d-party storage providers is not guaranteed. ⁴ - External keyboard is required.
Snippety
Boost productivity with instant access to reusable text templates and code fragments. Create smart snippets with an AI assistant for tasks like translation and email replies. Seamlessly integrate with any text field via a dedicated keyboard or share menu extension.
- Reusable text and code snippets
- Dedicated keyboard for instant access
- Share menu extension for snippet creation
- AI Assistant for text generation and editing
- Smart placeholders for dynamic templates
- iCloud synchronization across devices
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Stop wasting time typing the same things over and over. Snippety is a powerful text expander and snippet organizer designed to automate your workflow. Instantly access reusable templates for messages, documents, emails, code fragments, developer scripts, marketing details, and more - anywhere you type, paste directly from your keyboard. Snippety integrates seamlessly with every app and text field. Use the dedicated Snippety Keyboard to expand your shortcuts instantly while typing. Want to save something on the fly? Create new snippets directly from any selected text using the Share menu. With native iCloud sync, your entire snippet library is always up to date across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Install Snippety on all your Apple devices for a seamless and unified typing experience. Seamless Integration: • Dedicated Snippety Keyboard to let you access your snippets wherever you type. • Snippety Keyboard lets you easily switch between typing and expanding keywords. Select Snippet Expander, type a predefined keyword, and the snippet will expand automatically. • Snippety Keyboard supports QWERTY, QWERTZ, AZERTY, and Dvorak layouts, allowing you to search snippets and fill placeholders directly from the keyboard. • Share menu extension to create text snippets from any application. • Integration with Shortcuts app. • Minimalistic and beautiful design adjusted to light and dark mode. Smart Placeholders: • Create reusable templates by replacing customizable parts with smart placeholders. • Take advantage of 20 smart placeholders: auto-incrementing number, AI assistant, calculated date, calculated time, clipboard content, random value, hyperlink, note, selectable date, selectable value, multiselect, selected text, snippet reference, text transformation, text variable, text variable reference, and multiline text variable. MacOS application supports also script, clipboard history, and file content placeholders. • Avoid repeating the same parameters, with Snippety you can insert the same value into multiple places of your template. • Use conditional blocks to dynamically show or hide parts of your snippet based on provided conditions. • Build reusable parts of your snippets and reference them in other templates. AI Integration: • Enable AI features in all your applications by using AI placeholders. • Access AI directly from Snippety Keyboard without opening the app. • Ask Snippety to generate templates and insert placeholders using AI computing power. • Smart AI assistant placeholder is ready to perform any task for you using the selected text or clipboard content. iCloud Collaboration: • Share selected snippets with co-workers, friends, or across your personal devices, even if they use different Apple IDs. • The new collaboration is built using native Apple technologies, ensuring your data remains secure and never passes through third-party servers. • Control who can access each shared snippet and choose between read-only or write permissions. Flexible: • Syntax highlighting supporting 50+ formats. • Rich Text (RTF), HTML, and Markdown support (with images). Unlimited access: • Sync your snippets seamlessly across Mac, iPhone, and iPad. • Share snippets using secure links. Snippety is free to download and use with up to 8 active snippets. Upgrade to Snippety Pro to unlock: • Unlimited snippets & keyboard usage • iCloud Collaboration • Snippet version history • Database import & export • Shortcuts integration • Custom AI API integration NOTE: Snippety Keyboard works with snippets in any language, but the keyboard itself allows typing English letters + diacritics. Keyboard input is used to fill placeholders, search, or expand snippets by keyword, and these features are limited to the English alphabet. These limitations do NOT affect the app - only the Snippety Keyboard. Terms of Use: https://snippety.app/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://snippety.app/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Snippety at Free against iWriter Pro's $5.99. Snippety also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (88% vs 68%). iWriter Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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
Snippety is free to download; iWriter Pro costs $5.99 up front. Snippety sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. iWriter Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for iWriter Pro against 4.8 for Snippety. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 132 and 72 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of iWriter Pro's written reviews are positive against 88% of Snippety's.
iWriter Pro ships an update every 3 months, Snippety every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iWriter Pro | Snippety |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (132 ratings) | 4.8 (72 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.5% of reviews | 88.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 132 — better | 72 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Serpensoft Group | Wojciech Kulik |
Customer experience
iWriter Pro
Snippety
User reviews
iWriter Pro
From 132 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Simple and clean interface
- 🚀 Fast and efficient performance
- ✍️ Distraction-free writing experience
- 💡 Good value for money
- 🔄 Seamless iCloud sync
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and freezes
- 🔋 High battery consumption (iCloud sync)
- 🐛 Data loss or corruption issues
- 🐛 Syncing problems (iCloud, Dropbox)
- 🐛 Exported DOCX files have restrictions
Snippety
From 72 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Efficient and seamless
- 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
- 🔒 Robust security and privacy features
- 💡 Powerful AI integration
- 🚀 Fast and responsive
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or sync issues
- 🔍 Lacking advanced organization and search features
- 💻 Limited functionality on iPad/iOS
Bugs and requests
iWriter Pro
Reported bugs
31 issues- App crashes and freezes frequently
- Data loss or corruption during editing/syncing
- iCloud and Dropbox sync issues
- Exported DOCX files are not fully compatible
- Autocorrect option is confusingly named
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- Cannot rename documents outside of iWriter folder
- List indentation can be problematic
- Markdown menus on keyboard have delayed response
- Automatic dark mode not working after update
- Mermaid plugin not working with iOS 18
- Preview barely works
- App not being updated to fix bugs
- Developer does not respond
- Multiline LaTeX not supported
- App crashes on iPad Pro 2020 after update
- Conversion to DOCX has restrictions
- No preview section in settings for plugins
- Photos cannot be inserted (folder access permission issue)
- Cannot read images from hidden folders
- Line breaks in exported documents turn into spaces
- Formulae not working
- Occasional rendering bug where text doesn't fill screen
- App crashes immediately upon opening
- Google Drive sync issues and inability to open/save files
- iCloud synchronization consumes too much battery
- App deletes work for no reason
- Dropbox connection is poor and leads to conflicts/data loss
- Font compatibility issues in document names
- App is very basic and doesn't work well with other Markdown editors
- Impolite developers
- App is unstable
Requested features
22 requests- Add table support (Markdown)
- Allow reordering of shortcuts
- Cycle visibility on headings using Tab
- Add Mark Set and cut region
- Wordpress export
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- Syntax highlighting
- File tree or explorer in sidebar
- Regex search
- Auto dark mode
- Select and open a folder
- Obsidian support (hyperlink function)
- Chinese support
- Add math input
- Passcode lock feature
- Change font color
- Hybrid/mixed editor/preview mode
- Automatic backup to Dropbox/other cloud storage
- Add file opening options in preview mode
- Enter title edit mode immediately after creating a new file
- Change shortcut keys from moving cursor to indent
- Customizable paste symbols
- Full-text search
Snippety
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inconsistent clipboard/paste behavior
- Issues with Japanese text input and conversion
Requested features
5 requests- Improved snippet organization (folders, tags, etc.)
- Live auto-suggest or searchable snippet menu
- Ability to insert dynamic file content
- More language support for AI integration
- Option to keep Snippety window open after pasting
In-app purchases
iWriter Pro
No in-app purchases
Snippety
- Snippety Pro$2.991 Month
- Snippety Pro$19.991 Year
- Snippety Pro - Mobile$19.99
- Snippety Pro - Upgrade (lifetime)$29.99
- Snippety Pro (lifetime)$49.99









