Just Write vs Seriously Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Just Write
A minimalist text editor designed to streamline the writing process. It supports both RTF and TXT formats, offering rich text editing and Markdown support. Sync your work across devices with iCloud integration.
- RTF and TXT file support
- Markdown styling
- iCloud file syncing
- Rich text editing tools
- Multiple themes
- Smart selection tool (iPad)
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Just Write text editor aims to simplify writing process. The app is carefully designed so that the only things that are absolutely essential to the writing process are included. Just Write supports RTF (rich text format) and TXT (plain text format) that are cross-platform formats you can open and edit in virtually any platforms. + RTF , a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) format, is best suitable for creating your next big story. + While TXT, supported Markdown styles, is best for notes, outline, to-do list and anything else you do with a plaintext format. Just Write has iCloud support (opt-in) so you can sync your rtf and txt files across all your devices. RTF editing features include: - Font size increase and decrease - Text color selection - Text style editing such as Bold, Italic, Underline and Strikethrough - Text alignments: Left, Right, Center, Justified - Undo, Redo - Move arrow to jump the cursor - Selection tool to select paragraph, sentence and word super fast and easy (iPad only). Using smart selection tool, you can select paragraph, sentence and word in just 1 tap!!!!!! TXT editing features include: - Accessory row includes many characters essential to writing Markdown. - Multiple fonts to choose from - Preview Markdown (in left menu) - Three themes (Light, Dark, Sepia) - Support plain text format extensions: txt, text, md, mmd, markdown, markdn, mdown, mkdn, markd, fountain - Selection tool to select paragraph, sentence and word super fast and easy (iPad only). Using smart selection tool, you can select paragraph, sentence and word in just 1 tap!!!!!! * Note: Just Write is supported by ads, but you can buy an in app purchase to remove the ads.
Seriously Home
Connect with trusted home service professionals recommended by your neighbors. This app facilitates scheduling, communication, and payments with your "Home Team" and helps you discover new pros through neighborhood referrals. Pros can offer custom deals to local communities.
- Connect with recommended Home Pros
- Build a "neighborhood team"
- Schedule, chat, and pay pros
- Share files with your Home Team
- Exchange neighbor referrals
- Pros offer custom neighborhood deals
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Connect with your Home Pros. Connect with your neighbors. Connect with your neighbors' Home Pros! Seriously Home makes it easy for neighbors to build a "neighborhood team" of pros they all trust through a network of recommendations. It provides collaboration tools to schedule, chat, pay, and share files with pros on your "Home Team". It connects you to your neighbors to exchange referrals from each other's "Home Teams". Finally, we help pros set up custom deals for the neighborhoods they serve. Better prices from trusted pros for homeowners, a powerful neighborhood referral engine for home pros. Please see our End User Licensing Agreement here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Seriously Home at 5.0 against Just Write's 4.3. Seriously Home also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Just Write's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 4). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Just Write sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Seriously Home sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Seriously Home holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Just Write has 1.8K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Just Write's written reviews are positive against 100% of Seriously Home's.
Just Write ships an update every 11 days, Seriously Home every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Just Write | Seriously Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (1.8K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tung Vu | Seriously Home LLC |
Customer experience
Just Write
Seriously Home
Bugs and requests
Just Write
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes and data loss
- Inability to reopen saved documents
- Unreliable auto-save functionality
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
7 requests- Add dark mode option
- Implement more font and formatting choices
- Introduce paragraph spacing and indentation controls
- Integrate spell check and grammar tools
- Enable file syncing across devices
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- Add image/multimedia support
- Provide better file management and organization
Seriously Home
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Just Write
- No Ads$6.99
Seriously Home
- Seriously Home: Owner Basic$5.001 Month
- Seriously Home: Pro Basic$10.001 Month
- Seriously Home: Owner Premium$10.001 Month
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- Seriously Home: Pro Premium$20.001 Month









