Comparison

Word Keeper vs Danger Notes

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

Head to head
About

Word Keeper

This app helps writers build consistent habits, track progress, and meet deadlines for any writing project. It offers detailed insights into writing patterns and integrates with writing challenges.

Highlights
  • Track words, time, and pace
  • Set daily word goals and deadlines
  • Build writing streaks and habits
  • Detailed writing insights and statistics
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Join writing challenges
  • Organize projects with custom covers
Features
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Writing is hard. Finishing is harder. Word Keeper helps you do both. Word Keeper: Writing Tracker helps you build a writing habit, track your progress, and work toward your next deadline. Whether you’re writing a novel, screenplay, blog, or thesis, see how each session brings you closer to your goal. Track your words, time, and pace. Set a schedule that fits your life. Keep your next writing goal in sight. Track every writing session Use the built-in timer or log a session after you finish. Record your words and time, follow your project’s progress, and see your effort add up. Keep your progress in view with widgets See today’s writing goals on your Home Screen and check your progress from your Lock Screen. Follow a chosen project with the Project Progress widget, including its word count, deadline, and required writing pace. The wider widget also displays your book cover. Tap a widget to open session logging with your project already selected. Set goals that fit your schedule Choose your writing days, set daily word goals, and plan toward a deadline. See how many words you need per writing day to reach your target, so you know what to focus on next. Build a lasting writing habit Complete your scheduled goals, grow your streak, and see your consistency over time. Plan rest days into your routine and use reminders to help you return to your writing. Understand how you write best Explore detailed insights into your word counts, writing time, session length, speed, and streaks. Discover your most productive hours and locations, follow your writing trends, and find a routine that works for you. Join writing challenges Connect with writing challenges through Writer Depot using your Word Keeper account. Link your projects, follow your challenge progress in the app, and work toward a shared goal alongside other writers. Keep using your favorite writing tools Write in any word writing tool. Log your sessions in Word Keeper to track your progress wherever you do your writing. Your projects, your bookshelf Organize your writing projects and personalize them with a cover from the gallery or your own image. Keep your goals and progress together, from your first session to your finished draft. Simple pricing. Full access. Get full access with a subscription or a lifetime purchase. Eligible new subscribers can start with a 7-day free trial. Your words matter. Let’s make them count. Website: https://writerdepot.org Privacy Policy: https://writerdepot.org/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Danger Notes

This writing app helps overcome writer's block by requiring continuous typing to save progress. If you stop, your work is lost, encouraging a steady flow of ideas for essays, books, or lyrics.

Highlights
  • Continuous typing to save progress
  • Fights writer's block
  • Encourages writing flow
  • Adjustable timer
  • Supports various writing projects
Features
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Don’t stop typing. If you do, all your work will disappear and be gone forever. Danger Notes is the ultimate writing tool to help fight writer’s block. Whether you are writing a term paper, an essay, a book, your best-man speech, promising rap lyrics or just free writing, Danger Notes will help you fight writer’s block by forcing you to keep writing in order to save your progress from being deleted. The theory behind this wonderful writing tool, is that by pressuring you to keep writing, you will be forced to formulate an actual flow of written work instead of just staring at a blank document for 2 hours with no progress to show for. The more words you type the easier it will be to break past your writer's block and keep typing. Break writer's block with Danger Notes.

Screenshots

Word Keeper4 screens
Danger Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Danger Notes at 84% against Word Keeper's 49%. Danger Notes also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (2.3K vs 503). Word Keeper's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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. Word Keeper sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Danger Notes sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Danger Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 503 and 2.3K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Word Keeper's written reviews are positive against 84% of Danger Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Word Keeper ships an update every 2 weeks, Danger Notes every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Word Keeper versus Danger Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWord KeeperDanger Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (503 ratings)4.8 (2.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.5% of reviews83.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5032.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size229 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperE-leet SolutionsVillegas Ventures LLC

Customer experience

Word Keeper

All ratings503 ratings
Positive87.1%
Neutral3.4%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive48.5%
Neutral9.7%
Negative41.7%

Danger Notes

All ratings2,295 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral2.5%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews129 reviews
Positive83.7%
Neutral7.8%
Negative8.5%

User reviews

Word Keeper

From 503 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Simple and easy to use
  • 📊 Helpful statistics and metrics
  • ⏱️ Useful writing session timer
  • 🗓️ Tracks writing progress over time
  • 🔖 Ability to manage multiple projects

Room to improve

  • 💰 Subscription model is too expensive
  • 🤖 Excessive use of AI-generated imagery
  • 🤯 Confusing and unintuitive new interface
  • 🐛 Buggy and crash-prone app
  • 🔒 Paywall blocks access to core features

Danger Notes

From 2.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Motivates writing
  • 👍 Helps with writer's block
  • 🚀 Boosts creativity
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🚀 Encourages writing without overthinking

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Accidental deletion of work
  • 🔍 Inability to pause or resume writing sessions
  • 💡 Lack of formatting options (bold, italics, etc.)
  • 🐛 Overlapping text when reaching page limit
  • 💡 Inability to set word count goal instead of time

Bugs and requests

Word Keeper

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login issues and lost account access
  • Incorrect word count and deadline calculations
  • Syncing problems across devices
  • Frequent crashes and freezes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to edit/correct word counts
  • Separate tracking for writing vs editing
  • More customization options for views and metrics
  • Export project data to PDF or other formats

Danger Notes

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Accidental deletion of work
  • Overlapping text when reaching page limit
  • Glitches after updating to iOS 16

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add writing prompts
  • Implement a pause/resume function
  • Provide formatting options
  • Allow setting word count goals
  • Add a way to export or share written work
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  • Offer a desktop version
  • Implement a daily writing reminder

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Word Keeper

Subscriptions6
  • Fostered 1 Month7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • 1 Month7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Standard7 Days trial$5.991 Month
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  • Fostered 1 Year7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • 1 Year7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Popular7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time2
  • Legacy Lifetime SubscriptionFree
  • Lifetime$149.99
8 purchases

Danger Notes

One-time8
  • Support Danger Notes via a Tip$0.99
  • Support Danger Notes via a Tip$1.99
  • 1 Rewind$1.99
Show 5 more
  • Support Danger Notes via a Tip$2.99
  • 3 Rewinds$2.99
  • 5 Rewinds$3.99
  • Support Danger Notes via a Tip$3.99
  • Buy Me Coffee$4.99

Questions

Is Word Keeper free?
Word Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Danger Notes free?
Danger Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Word Keeper or Danger Notes?
Danger Notes is rated higher. Word Keeper averages 4.5 out of 5 from 503 ratings, while Danger Notes averages 4.8 from 2.3K ratings.
Do Word Keeper or Danger Notes have ads?
Danger Notes shows ads; Word Keeper does not.
Which is updated more often, Word Keeper or Danger Notes?
Word Keeper ships an update every 2 weeks, and Danger Notes every 10 days. Most recently, Word Keeper was updated on November 6, 2026 and Danger Notes on November 6, 2026.

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