Plurk vs Write.as
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plurk
Connect with friends, family, and others to share thoughts, moments, videos, and artworks. Express yourself freely while ensuring your privacy is protected. Enjoy custom emoticons and private messaging options.
- Share thoughts, moments, videos, and artworks
- Custom emoticons with any image type
- Private messaging for limited visibility
- Connect with friends and family
- Privacy protection for messages
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Discover, connect, and share interesting stuffs with your friends, family, and like-minded folks at Plurk! Grant yourself unlimited ways to express yourself like sharing your thoughts, moments, videos, artworks or simply everyday life tidbits, be they bizarre or serious. And we take it seriously at protecting your privacy -- Never will you worry about your emotional secrets being read by the annoying colleague around the corner, or the nagging aunt in the neighboring state. Highlights of Plurk: - Custom Emoticons: Use emoticons created with any types of images to paint thousand words in your messages -- animated or still, cheerful or sorrow! - Private messages: Limit who can see and reply each of your messages, and turn them into private discussions!
Write.as
This app offers a private and simple platform for writing and publishing your thoughts. No sign-up is required; just start writing and share your content with a unique link, or keep it for personal notes. It prioritizes user privacy by not collecting personal information.
- Simple writing interface
- Publish posts with unique links
- Private journaling
- No sign-up required
- Share thoughts easily
- Keep personal notes
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Share your thoughts, keep your privacy. Write.as is a simple writing tool and publishing platform. There's no sign up — just open the app, write something, and publish. Published posts get a secret, unique link on Write.as. Once it's there, you can easily send that link to others, or keep it to yourself. In either case, you stay private because we don't collect personal information about you. Use Write.as to share your thoughts, write a long tweet, make a blog post without the blog, or just keep notes for yourself — Write.as is simple and flexible enough to be your go-to writing app whenever an idea strikes, and always opens to a blank page to start writing on immediately. If you have feedback or are interested in helping us translate this app into your local language, reach out to us anytime at hello@write.as.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Plurk at 4.7 against Write.as's 4.0. Plurk also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (540 vs 43). Write.as's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Plurk sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Write.as asks for nothing beyond the download.
Plurk holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plurk has 540 ratings behind it against 43, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Plurk's written reviews are positive against 61% of Write.as's.
Plurk ships an update every 9 days, Write.as every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plurk | Write.as |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (540 ratings) — better | 4.0 (43 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.4% of reviews — better | 60.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 540 — better | 43 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Plurk Inc. | Musing Studio LLC |
Customer experience
Plurk
Write.as
Bugs and requests
Plurk
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to edit personal profile
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between accounts
- Scrolling issues and UI layout problems on tablets
- Notifications not working as expected
- Difficulty posting new content after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Add video upload capability
- Improve photo/image layout and display
- Provide option to delete account permanently
- Implement app lock feature for privacy
- Add ability to filter/mute content by keywords
Write.as
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Plurk
- 1 Plurk Coin (30 Days)$2.99
- 6 Plurk Coins (180 Days)$12.99
- 12 Plurk Coins (360 Days)$24.99
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- 24 Plurk Coins (720 Days)$49.99
Write.as
No in-app purchases









