Author vs Solid Habits
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Author
This app serves as a companion to its macOS counterpart, offering a minimalist and powerful writing experience on iOS devices. It allows users to create and manage their written content seamlessly across platforms.
- Minimalist writing interface
- Powerful writing tools
- iOS companion app
- Syncs with macOS version
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The iOS companion to Author macOS.
Solid Habits
This app helps you build good habits and break bad ones by setting achievable targets and providing accountability. You can track any habit, get support from a community, and even involve friends to help you stay on track. Enjoy a private and customizable experience with a one-time purchase.
- Track good and bad habits
- Set habit formation targets
- Commitment feature with friend notifications
- Community tips and support
- Customizable with dark mode and icons
- Encrypted and private data
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No subscription - buy once, keep forever Building new habits is hard, let Solid Habits makes it easy by letting you set a target by which your habit will become second nature (that's the carrot) and offering you the option to make a commitment to your friends, who will get notified in case you fail (that's the stick). -Build good habits You can use Solid Habits to track any habit you want, whether it's 3 times daily, once weekly, or monthly, whether it's a fitness or health habit, personal habit, or something related to studying or work, you can track it all here. -Break bad habits Breaking bad habits is also supported, simply set the habit you'd like to avoid and track the time you've gone without doing it. -Targets Knowing when your habit will be formed can be a powerful motivator and this app makes it easy to set a target and track your progress. - Commit to your habits With Solid Habits, you can enable a feature that will email your friends in case you fail to stick to your habits -Community Everything is better when you're not alone, so in Solid Habits you'll find tips and help from others on the same journey as you. -Customization Solid Habits supports dark mode, a wide variety of icons and several other options to make the app truly yours. - Privacy Solid Habits is designed with privacy in mind and your data is encrypted and 100% private - No subscriptions Solid Habits and all Solid Apps are a one off purchase. Buy it today and keep it forever. Are you ready to start building better habits? Solid Habits is a universal app available on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS You can choose to get just this app or all Solid Apps in the Bundle Terms of service: http://solidapps.co/terms.html Privacy policy: http://solidapps.co/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Solid Habits at Free against Author's $19.99. Solid Habits also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (100% vs 72%). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Solid Habits is free to download; Author costs $19.99 up front. Author sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Solid Habits sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Solid Habits holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Author's written reviews are positive against 100% of Solid Habits's.
Author ships an update every 2 months, Solid Habits every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Author | Solid Habits |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | The Augmented Text Company LTD | Solid Apps SRL |
Customer experience
Author
Solid Habits
Bugs and requests
Author
Reported bugs
20 issues- App crashes frequently, causing data loss
- iOS app shows blank screen and won't open documents
- iPad app completely non-functional
- Text disappears or becomes greyed out during iCloud saves
- Vision OS app lacks cursor for text input
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- Ask AI feature shows infinite loading spinner
- Unexpected Russian pricing text displayed to US users
- App doesn't launch or open on some systems
- Files not detected in Downloads folder
- Cannot open documents created in desktop version on iOS
- Automatic file conversion to Liquid format breaks iOS compatibility
- Text rendering issues (white text on white background)
- Table function broken - cannot write in cells
- App lags and deletes lines when typing quickly
- Highlight feature not working
- Citations not resolving automatically
- Markdown export only exports preamble
- Copy-paste functionality issues
- French localization not working despite being advertised
- App not compatible with iOS 18 and latest macOS versions
Requested features
20 requests- iPad and iOS app that actually works
- Typewriter scrolling mode
- Variable screen width for large displays
- Complete LaTeX export with full file support
- Markdown support
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- Better image handling and integration
- Find and replace functionality
- Dark mode for older macOS versions
- Inline predictive text support
- Nested list creation and editing
- Paragraph indentation options
- Photo support on macOS version
- Keyboard shortcut reference guide
- Table editing improvements
- Integration with reference management software (Zotero, EndNote)
- Local AI endpoints or BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) for privacy
- Better onboarding and UI guidance for new users
- Typeface options (Courier, American Typewriter, serif fonts)
- Line spacing options (1.5, double spacing)
- Color themes and dark mode options
Solid Habits
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Author
- Export & AIFree
- Eng$1.99
Solid Habits
- Unlock this app (lifetime)$4.99
- Unlock ALL 10 Solid Apps (lifetime)$9.99
