Unblock by Werdsmith vs Danger Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unblock by Werdsmith
Overcome writing challenges with creative exercises and prompts. Discover your writing style, develop skills, and find inspiration to bring your stories to life. Unlock more content with in-app purchases.
- Writing prompts
- Writing exercises
- Discover writing style
- Develop writing skills
- Spark inspiration
- Character development prompts
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Say goodbye to writer's block. Unblock makes writing easy, with professionally designed writing exercises to get you through even the toughest obstacles. With Unblock you have access to hundreds of writing prompts, exercises, questions and quotes that will help you: - Get through writer's block - Discover what kind of writer you are - Develop your writing skills - Get inspired to write - Bring your characters to life - Spark your muse Unblock is a project by Werdsmith. Please note: exercises in Unblock are grouped into decks of cards, which you can unlock by purchasing credits in the app. We've given you a bunch of credits for free to get you started.
Danger Notes
This app is designed to combat writer's block by requiring continuous typing to save your work. If you stop typing, all unsaved progress is permanently deleted, encouraging a consistent writing flow.
- Continuous typing required to save
- Work deleted if typing stops
- Fights writer's block
- Encourages writing flow
- Suitable for essays, books, and lyrics
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Danger Notes at 84% against Unblock by Werdsmith's 25%. Danger Notes also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.2) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 months). Unblock by Werdsmith's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Unblock by Werdsmith sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Danger Notes sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Danger Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Danger Notes has 2.3K ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Unblock by Werdsmith's written reviews are positive against 84% of Danger Notes's.
Unblock by Werdsmith ships an update every 6 months, Danger Notes every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Unblock by Werdsmith | Danger Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (35 ratings) | 4.8 (2.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 83.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 | 2.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Werdsmith Pty Ltd | Villegas Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Unblock by Werdsmith
Danger Notes
User reviews
Unblock by Werdsmith
From 35 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Great prompts and ideas
- 👍 Helpful for writer's block
- 🤩 Inspiring content
- ✨ Useful for brainstorming
- ✍️ Good for character development
Room to improve
- 💸 Expensive in-app purchases
- 💰 Paywall for features
- 💳 High cost of star coins
- 🚫 No free way to earn coins
- 🤔 Confusing pricing/tiers
Danger Notes
From 2.3K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Unblock by Werdsmith
Reported bugs
4 issues- Purchases not restorable
- Decks not showing after purchase
- Glitchy functionality
- Tutorial uses up all credits
Requested features
13 requests- Allow earning coins through ads
- Implement a daily bonus system for coins
- Offer a way to earn coins by completing daily exercises or card packs
- Provide a daily login feature for star coins
- Add a mini writing assignment to earn points
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- Offer a full unlock option
- Sell card packs for actual money for restoration
- Allow users to record answers in-app
- Make it easier to get packs and coins
- Add a way to earn currency
- Offer groups of card packs for sale
- Implement a daily star coins system
- Allow purchase restoration across devices
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
Unblock by Werdsmith
- 30 Credits$1.99
- 100 Credits$4.99
- 200 Credits$6.99
Danger Notes
- Support Danger Notes via a Tip$0.99
- Support Danger Notes via a Tip$1.99
- Support Danger Notes via a Tip$2.99
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- Support Danger Notes via a Tip$3.99
- Buy Me Coffee$4.99
Questions
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