Comparison

Scrivener vs BigOne app

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

Head to head
About

Scrivener

This app is a comprehensive writing tool designed for long-form manuscripts. It allows users to compose text in any order, manage research materials alongside their writing, and export to various formats. It supports flexible outlining and restructuring of content.

Highlights
  • Manuscript composition in sections
  • Research material integration
  • Flexible outlining and reorganization
  • Export to multiple formats
  • Interactive tutorial
  • Project-wide search
Features
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“The biggest software advance for writers since the word processor.” —Michael Marshall Smith, bestselling author Typewriter. Ring-binder. Scrapbook. Scrivener combines all the writing tools you need to craft your first draft, from nascent notion to final full stop. Tailor-made for creating long manuscripts, Scrivener banishes page fright by allowing you to compose your text in any order, in sections as large or small as you like. Got a great idea but don’t know where it fits? Write when inspiration strikes and find its place later. Grow your manuscript organically, idea by idea. Whether you plan or plunge, Scrivener works your way: meticulously outline every last detail first, or hammer out a complete draft and restructure later. Or do a bit of both. All text sections in Scrivener are fully integrated with its outlining tools, so working with an overview of your manuscript is only ever a tap away, and turning Chapter Four into Chapter One is as simple as drag and drop. Need to refer to research? In Scrivener, your background material is always at hand. Write a description based on a photograph. Reference a video or PDF. Check for consistency with an earlier chapter. On the iPad, open two documents side-by-side; on the iPhone, flip between research and writing with just two taps. Once you’re ready to share your work with the world, simply compile everything into a single document for printing, or export to popular formats such as Word, PDF, Final Draft or plain text. You can even share using different formatting, so that you can write in your favorite font and still keep your editor happy. FEATURES Get Started • Interactive tutorial project • Keep each manuscript and supporting materials in a self-contained project • Import Word, RTF, Final Draft and plain text files • Easily split imported text into separate sections Get Writing • Write your manuscript in sections of any size • View all sections as a single text using the “Draft Navigator” (iPad only) • Quickly navigate sections using the “binder” sidebar • Format with fonts and presets • Comments, footnotes, links and highlights • Simple bullets and lists • Insert images • Pinch-zoom to resize text • Full-screen mode (iPad only) • Typewriter scrolling mode keeps typed text center-screen (iPad only) • Write a screenplay using scriptwriting mode • Live word and character counts • Set word and character count targets • Find and replace • Customizable keyboard row provides quick-access buttons for formatting, navigation and punctuation • Comprehensive keyboard shortcuts for external keyboard users • Dark mode Find Your Structure • Write in any order and reorganize later • Write a synopsis for any text section and see it in the outline • Expand, collapse and drill down into sections of your project • Rearrange sections as index cards on the corkboard (iPad only) • Project-wide search • Track ideas using labels and status • Apply custom icons to your sections Refer to Research • Import research material such as image, PDF and media files • View research files or other sections right alongside your writing (iPad only) • Every section has its own notes area for jotting down ideas • Supports multitasking split screen mode (supported devices only) Share Your Work • Compile to a single document for sharing or printing • Use different formatting in your exported or printed document • Export to Word, RTF, Final Draft, PDF or plain text • Convert rich text to Markdown for sharing with Markdown apps • Create and email zipped backups of your projects Work Anywhere • Use Dropbox to sync between devices and with the macOS and Windows versions of Scrivener* • Copy projects between devices via iTunes * Requires a Dropbox account (not compatible with iCloud). SUPPORT You can contact us at ios.support@literatureandlatte.com, visit our forums at http://www.literatureandlatte.com/forum, or find us @scrivenerapp on Twitter.

About

BigOne app

This app helps you cut through daily distractions by identifying and focusing on your single most important task each day, week, month, and year. Track your progress, celebrate accomplishments, and review your year's achievements to stay productive and achieve your goals.

Highlights
  • Set one big thing per day, week, month, or year
  • Track daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly goals
  • Mark tasks complete and view wins
  • History view of accomplishments
  • Year in Review with completion rate
  • Daily reminder notifications
  • Completely private, no account required
Features
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One Big Thing helps you cut through the noise and focus on what actually matters. Most people fill their days with endless to-do lists and busy work. High performers do something different — they identify the one thing that will make the biggest difference, and they do that first. Every day, set your One Big Thing. Every week, every month, every year — do the same. At the end of the year, look back at what you built. FEATURES • Set one big thing per day, week, month, or year • Track daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly goals separately • Mark tasks complete and see your wins • History view shows everything you've accomplished • Year in Review shows your completion rate and epic wins • Daily reminder notifications to keep you on track • Completely private — everything stays on your device, no account required Simple. Focused. Powerful.

Screenshots

Scrivener4 screens
BigOne app4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BigOne app at Free against Scrivener's $23.99. BigOne app also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2). Scrivener's advantage is ratings volume (2.6K vs 1) and chart position (#9 vs unranked). On ads and in-app purchases 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

BigOne app is free to download; Scrivener costs $23.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BigOne app holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scrivener has 2.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Scrivener versus BigOne app: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrivenerBigOne app
Price$23.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (2.6K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.6K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#9 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLiterature & LatteSamuel Zavatchii

Customer experience

Scrivener

All ratings2,595 ratings
Positive77.6%
Neutral6.9%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews722 reviews
Positive45.6%
Neutral16.8%
Negative37.7%

BigOne app

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Scrivener

No in-app purchases

None

BigOne app

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scrivener free?
Scrivener costs $23.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BigOne app free?
BigOne app is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scrivener or BigOne app?
BigOne app is rated higher. Scrivener averages 4.2 out of 5 from 2.6K ratings, while BigOne app averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Scrivener or BigOne app have ads?
Neither Scrivener nor BigOne app shows ads.

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