Comparison

WriteOn vs (beat) for iOS

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

Head to head
About

WriteOn

This app helps writers manage and track their creative writing projects, from novels to short stories. Set word count and date targets, monitor daily progress, and organize chapters. Share your achievements on social media or back up your work securely.

Highlights
  • Manage multiple writing projects
  • Track daily word count and project progress
  • Organize individual chapters
  • Set target dates and word counts
  • Backup and restore projects
  • Customizable day/night modes
Features
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WriteOn lets writers use their iPhone or iPad to write their novel, short story, or other writing project and track their progress at the same time. Notebook computer too heavy to lug around? Want to write a scene or chapter while you're out and about sans computer? Have unexpected down time while waiting on someone else? Going to a write-in after work or school and don't have the room to lug your notebook computer? Writing on the go has never been easier! Whether you're writing flash fiction or a novel, on your own or as part of a challenge like NaNoWriMo or the 3-Day Novel Contest, WriteOn can handle your writing needs. Have multiple writing projects going on at the same time? No problem! Have multiple writing projects each with many chapters? Still no problem! But that's not all! WriteOn lets you track your writing progress on each project. Name your project, set a target date and a target word count and the app will calculate how many days you have left until your target date and how many words you need to write each day to meet your goal. The statistics screen tells you at a glance how much you've written, how many days you've written, how many words you wrote each day on average, and the percentage complete for your project. WriteOn also lets you see all the word count for each individual chapter for your project on the Chapters screen. See at a glance which chapter may need beefing up, or which chapter can use a bit of trimming :) Want to send a copy of your project to your friend or loved one? Go right ahead and send it via email! Tweet about your daily writing progress. Or post on Facebook with your daily word count. Keep your various social streams informed. Rub your progress in their faces even! Now, you can also try out the free version of WriteOn, WriteOn Lite, and then transfer your work from WriteOn Lite to the Pro version with a single tap. It's just easy to try out WriteOn to see if it is for you and to continue working with the additional functionality provided by the paid version of WriteOn. WriteOn also has an option which allows you to switch between customizable day and night modes. You can set the text colour and the background colour you want for each mode and switch to the appropriate one - for instance, when you're working at night while a loved one sleeps next to you. Additionally, WriteOn Pro allows you to backup all your projects via e-mail, to DropBox or any other iOS app which supports receiving data from another app. You can later restore these backups by simply tapping on the attachment on e-mail or selecting the backup file in another app and selecting the option to open the file in WriteOn. Your writing projects are always safe with WriteOn! Features: - Manage all your writing projects in one place. - Backup all projects via e-mail or a service like DropBox and later restore them again. - Be able to manage individual chapters for each writing project and know the word count for each project. - Write on iPad or iPhone and be even able to share data between multiple devices by transferring backups from device to device. - Switch between day and night modes to write under any light conditions at any time of day. - Session totals, daily word count totals, and statistics are automatically calculated. - History shows you how many words written for each writing session. - Statistics will show you the total amount you've written so far, remaining words to write, how many days you've written, your average words written per day, how many days remaining until your target due date, how many words you need to write each day to reach your writing goal, and so on. - Send a copy of your project to yourself or others via email in .txt format. - Social sharing for sharing daily word counts via email, twitter, Facebook, and other social sharing sites. - Built-in FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions). - Built-in feedback for bugs and feature requests.

About

(beat) for iOS

Write screenplays with a distraction-free interface that handles formatting automatically. Supports Fountain markup for portability and includes features like index cards and automatic scene numbering. Export to PDF and import/export Final Draft files.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free UI
  • Fountain markup support
  • Automatic scene numbering
  • PDF export
  • Final Draft import/export
  • Index cards
Features
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An elegant Fountain screenwriting app, created by a screenwriter for screenwriters. The perfect companion for full macOS version of Beat. Beat lets you write in a flow: Just start typing and let Beat take care of the formatting. There are as little distractions as possible to let you concentrate on writing. The app uses Fountain markup to store your documents, so everything you write is portable and future-proof. Your files are stored only on your own accounts and devices, and they are kept completely private. • Distraction-free UI • Index cards • Automatic scene numbering • Auto complete for scene headings and character names • PDF export • Final Draft import and export • Revision/edit tracking • Novel mode • Collection of templates for a quick start

Screenshots

WriteOn4 screens
(beat) for iOS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: (beat) for iOS at 4.3 against WriteOn's 3.3. (beat) for iOS also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). WriteOn's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $11.99) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

WriteOn costs $4.99 and (beat) for iOS $11.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

(beat) for iOS holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: (beat) for iOS has 44 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of WriteOn's written reviews are positive against 80% of (beat) for iOS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WriteOn ships an update monthly, (beat) for iOS every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
WriteOn versus (beat) for iOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriteOn(beat) for iOS
Price$4.99 — better$11.99
Rating3.3 (3 ratings)4.3 (44 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews80.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings344 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#66 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPink Zombie Studios Inc.Lauri-Matti Parppei

Customer experience

WriteOn

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

(beat) for iOS

All ratings44 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral4.5%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive80.4%
Neutral6.5%
Negative13.0%

In-app purchases

None

WriteOn

No in-app purchases

None

(beat) for iOS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WriteOn free?
WriteOn costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is (beat) for iOS free?
(beat) for iOS costs $11.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WriteOn or (beat) for iOS?
(beat) for iOS is rated higher. WriteOn averages 3.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while (beat) for iOS averages 4.3 from 44 ratings.
Do WriteOn or (beat) for iOS have ads?
Neither WriteOn nor (beat) for iOS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WriteOn or (beat) for iOS?
WriteOn ships an update monthly, and (beat) for iOS every 3 days. Most recently, WriteOn was updated on November 1, 2026 and (beat) for iOS on November 3, 2026.

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