Danger Notes - Write or Die
Beat Writer's Block
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2 one-time purchases from $0.99
In the United States, Danger Notes - Write or Die has 2 one-time purchases priced $0.99 – 4.99.
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| Rating / 5 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| Reviews | 2.9K | 12K | 3.5K | 1.9K | 820 | 725 | 635 | 161 | 158 | 87 | 79 |
| Released | 2018 | 2011 | 2018 | 2020 | 2019 | 2015 | 2021 | 2023 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Monthly price | — | $4.99 | $3.99 | $7.49 | — | — | — | — | $7.99 | — | — |
| Annual price | — | $99.99 | $39.99 | $74.99 | — | — | — | — | $24.99 | — | — |
| One-time price | $2.99 | — | — | $199.99 | — | — | — | — | $99.99 | — | — |
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Danger Notes - Write or Die reviews
4.8 out of 5, based on 2,935 reviews.
What people like
- Great for overcoming writer's block
- Helps build consistent writing habits
- Completely free to use
What they complain about
- Text overlaps and becomes illegible
- Ads interrupt you constantly
- Work gets deleted without warning
- Premium price does not remove ads
Trailblazing
I love using danger notes and the fact that it is 100% free is such a yes for me. I was typing this thinking the fire of délétion was behind me lol.
개열받네
30분 쓰는데, 20분만 넘어가면 깜빡임. 짜증나서 대처하다가 날라감. 쫌 고치세요 열받으니까. 이정도 코딩도 못하면서 무슨 프로그램을 만듭니까?
Single issue impacting writing
When you max out a pages space, paragraphs will overlap anytime you try to type, only once your keyboard is gone will it return to normal. Besides this the app does as needed while looking quite nice.
Great concept, bad crashes
Look, it’s a good idea and it works very well. But man the technical issues suck. The keyboard randomly stops working and everything is gone, the text gets layed over itself if you reach the end of the visible page and the cursor jumps all over the text eventually. This is the third time I lost fifteen minutes of writing thanks to the app crashing on me. Annoying to no end, please fix this!
Good idea but not for Apple Pencil
The app doesn’t properly keep track of my writing when using the Scribble function, as it sometimes can get pretty close to deletion when it doesn’t detect my continuous writing as input. It should have an only note option in which no word will be transformed into text. Just detect if the pen is touching the iPad and producing pixel input. This way the app would be Apple Pencil friendly.
Fast Drafting Boot Camp
If you’re serious about your writing and trying to get into actual good habits, this is your app. The only thing I would add is a streak counter. No rewards or anything, personally I always think that should be dealers choice. But just super basic metrics so people can be honest about what they’re doing what their time. And I’m people.
No, deleted it as soon as I got it
It’s good for someone whose like doing a school assignment, but like I’m a young writer, which means I have to pause to go eat dinner, I have to do chores, I have to take breaks from my phone. And if I want to take a short break it deletes my work! Never in a million years would I consider using this for my writing. There should be an option to take a break!
How to copy words?
Hi, I’m writing this review to ask a question. I think the app is wonderful, and works as intended, but the reason I’m leaving four stars instead of five is that when I went back to previous things o had written, o was not able to highlight the words in order to copy them, or able to export my writing in any way. Instead, I had to manually type out my writing on my laptop, reading the work on my phone, which was a downside to the experience. So, I guess I’m leaving this review to ask for help, is there any way to copy the words in a previous document or export one’s writing in any way? It would be appreciated, thanks!
Ahhh
I love it, but I have auto correct and I was trying to do the thing where you select all of the text and it wouldn’t let me. It also kept folding in on itself. And it made me loose all of my work because it was bugging out :(
Could be better…
This game is awesome and all, because I want to be a writer when I grow up, and this is good practice. Except, they should add some tools like bold, italics, changing color of words, and changing the size of words. Please add these things. Thanks!
Great app
Use it every day, why not
[update] squibler.io is this but no ads and browser based.
As the title says, just go to squibler.io and utilize that browser based version of this exact thing without the terribly annoying unskipable ads and the dark pattern that is set up to try and solicit tips to bypass apples payment services that would surely refund you when you realize you’ve been manipulated into thinking you would pay for a non-ad version of the software. Seriously, save yourself the pain all around. Why I hated this app?: Dark pattern behavior with their wording in the donating section. Written in a way that it references ads and may seem as though a donation would give you ad free access. I’m sure this is not the case though as there is no wording outright saying so. Absolutely absurd to make an app to help keep you on a train of thought only to offer it exclusively with ads that blast music in your face and make you lose that train of thought. And if that’s not bad enough they then try to trick you into giving them money on top of that. Will be looking for an alternative not so short sighted.
Could use some tweaks to be more effective
I'm a big fan of these ultimatum, use-it-or-lose it productivity tools, because as someone with ADHD I tend not to work well except under threat of catastrophe, and dangernotes has helped me a lot when writing a paper. I think it would be even more helpful if some of the "lifelines" were removed, like being able to select-all > copy at any time to prevent from losing your work, or maybe even not counting backspace as a key input so you can't press delete to stall the timer.
Exactly what I was looking for
EDIT: there are a lot of glitches since updating my phone to IOS 16. It’s still functional, but very annoying (words will overlap, screen will jerk downwards—it’s all messy). I wish I could’ve gotten away with not updating longer, but my old phone became a brick and the new phone had iOS 16 pre installed. RIP, app. Love this app and it works wonderfully. It’s similar to the website Fighter’s Block, which is basically what I was looking for in a writing app, except that the motivation to keep writing is stronger with this since you don’t want your work deleted. I also appreciate having a time goal rather than a word count goal, so that you can more easily commit to a writing session knowing how long it will take (and you can adjust the amount of time too, which I just learned recently!!!) Does not fix procrastination, though (hence me writing this review instead of using the app :P ) Only problem: word count is off. It counts contractions as two words, which is kind of annoying. But still a pretty great app, just an inaccurate estimator
it’s motivating
i really like the way this works. it gets me out of the endless loop of “i can’t write this down until it’s perfect in my head but it’ll never be perfect until i get the bad stuff out.” without the hyperfixation on one sentence running through my head and clogging up all the ram i can actually think of new ideas. crazy right? anyway my only caveat is i’m not actually going to use this app because i also found an app called “unprompted” that has the same feature and also has a lot of unique writing prompts to start from. if unprompted starts bombarding me with ads or lagging so much it barely works, i’m using danger notes.
Causes Anxiety
I have anxiety and bad writers block and, I work so hard on my work and I got really upset when my work was destroyed. I wish it gave you a warning, it gives me more writers block because I’m constantly anxious that my work is gonna get deleted that its all I can focus on making it get ruined. I truly don’t know how this can cause anything expect anxiety, and how it could help your writers block.
Great idea, no way to avoid ads
I love this app so much I donated right after using it for the first time. I believe app developers should be rewarded for their efforts. However, I’m sad to find that there doesn’t seem to be a way to get rid of the ads even after making a donation. Also, this app is pretty bare bones. I wish it could be formatted better on the iPad. Extra margins in the writing view and past notes in a side drawer. Maybe a way to share the note besides manual copy/paste?
It’s great, but has some weird formatting issues
I’ve only had the app since yesterday and I’ve already used it three times today. It’s a great way to keep my mind engaged and build a writing practice. However, sometimes the text looks like it disappears even though I’m well within the time limit, only to reappear in full when I go to the next line. The text also seems to layer on itself the closer I get to 5 minutes, like I’m writing words on top of existing words. Fix these bugbears and this app is a winner.
Amazing app for writers in a pinch
This app? Truly amazing. I'm a writer and it totally got me out of my writers block im grateful ☺️
Glitch
Once you save the note, it glitches out. When I keep typing, the new text just overlays over previous text, and it’s illegible.
Great!
Great app, I totally recommend. Hardly any adds and the timer is completely ajustable. The one thing that bothers me a bit is that, you can’t set another timer for an old note, dispite being able to go back and edit it.
Deleting my own work
I’ve done this multiple times and it’s really heart-breaking but after you write on a story for days it still stays as your most recent story so if you click the arrow in the left corner it’ll take you back to it. I’m one of those people who worries about losing progress so I always click save note. If you click it while on the page where you started your note it takes off all progress other than the first five minutes. So this is probably the third time I’ve saved a note and then continued writing and then went back and cleared it on accident. I had over 7,000 words reduced to less than 500. This isn’t the worst one but it was still enough to make me wonder if it’s worth it using an app where I can’t help but save over what I’ve written. Trying to remember your stories is hard especially when they’re detailed with multiple events. Wish it wouldn’t do that or at least a warning. Like are you sure you want to delete almost all of your story?
Lil hack I found>:)
Okay so guys if you’re about to give this app one star because it doesn’t let you have a time to think, don’t do it. If you add a space and delete it repeatedly, it thinks you’re writing and you have a moment to think about what to write next. Also I accidentally closed the app on 104 words so now I’ll never forgive myself:D
I truly don't get it
I have tried this 3 times, and in all three cases, it tells me I 'failed' and destroys my work. This is apparently because I took 3 seconds to wipe sand from my eyes? I had no idea that there was even a risk of having my writing destroyed. I just can't imagine anybody being 'helped' by the threat of destroying what is being created. It's normal to pause for a few seconds while writing. It's part of writing well. I am a huge fan of their "list of things to do" app, which is hilarious and fun, but I can't see this writing app as anything other than a self-crashing bicycle. One that is oddly proud of itself, no less!
It’s good
I really like this app but I wish I had IOS 13 so I could get the updates you know but overall it’s really good and since I’m on a mobile device my iPad I can use the voice to text thing which really did help me express my ideas and I can really talk so fast and it just write down everything. The only thing I have is because sometimes I have this great idea and I just have a little time to think about an idea that I’m trying to write down so my story doesn’t sound weird or anything or whatever then it deletes because I was not quick enough but that was not a bad thing it is a bit annoying but overall I really like this app.
Great app but I paid for no ads and still get them.
This is a must have app. I start out with the forced 5 minutes and the next thing I know I have been writing for an hour. I will rate at 5 stars if my issue with ads is resolved.
How do we like the app
We personally think the app is really good, keeps us writing and we loves it! Genuinely think it’s enjoyable.
I wanted to badly to like it….but all of my work in it is gone
I loved DangerNote when I first used it. I was on a roll writing an important piece for work, over a thousand words and nearly done! DangerNote said it was saving the work but when I reopened it to fact check the piece, nothing. Everything was gone. Now I need to start over on an even tighter deadline. So heartbroken and upset to have all of my work lost that DangerNote said it was saving…I would not recommend writing anything you want to save in this app.
Brilliant Idea, But some things to keep in mind!
This is such a great idea. I like using it for everything from creative writing to assignments. It stops me procrastinating when I should be working. It’s simple and keeps you on track. I would have given it 5 stars but I feel a little stupid for paying £3.99 because I thought it would remove the ads. But it didn’t. I feel like I have paid a fair amount for a start up app, but it should take the adverts off. I’m autistic and get distracted by things popping up at the bottom of the screen. And please state this for others if ads will not be removed with purchase!
Love the concept but ...
I love this I just smashed out like 1000 words in like 10 minutes but I went back to a line a few sentences above to try and add more and I ran out of time and lost it all. I think I just died a little on the inside. But it’s very motivational.
Such an amazing app!
I love this app. It reminds me not to obsess over little details and to embrace imperfection. It also really gets the creative juices flowing and I’m never able to finish my thought before time runs out, so I just keep writing. I only have one recommendation: I wish you could reset the timer and continue on the same note. Still a very great app though! Kills my writer’s block for sure!
Cannot remove ads afterpaying
First app I've seen where premium does not remove ads. Super annoying that we have to sit through an ad each time we use it...
Woah...I am lovin’ it
Never imagined how the app is going to be... until I tried it. The app magically pushed me through every writer’s block! Useful. Would recommend to try this app out.
Omg!
This app is amazing! It pushed my goals farther and i think I’ll start typing everyday! Please get this app!
Does wonders for writers block!
This app is truly amazing for pushing yourself out of your comfort zone. You can put how long you want to write for, and then just spill whatever comes to mind! I’ve had it for about a year, and have made some pretty decent progress with my writing time, and how quickly I can think of synonyms, antonyms, etc.
Danger Notes - Write or Die price by country
A one-time purchase costs $2.74 in Qatar and $4.61 in Hungary — 1.7× more for the same thing. Below is the going rate for each plan in every country that sells it — the middle price of what the app charges there, in the country's own currency with the dollar equivalent beneath it.
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| Afghanistan | $2.99 |
| Albania | $3.99 |
| Algeria | $2.99 |
| Angola | $2.99 |
| Anguilla | $2.99 |
| Antigua And Barbuda | $2.99 |
| Argentina | $2.99 |
| Armenia | $3.99 |
| Australia | A$4.99$3.47 |
| Austria | €2.99$3.39 |
| Azerbaijan | $3.99 |
| Bahamas | $2.99 |
| Bahrain | $2.99 |
| Barbados | $3.99 |
| Belarus | $3.99 |
| Belgium | €2.99$3.39 |
| Belize | $2.99 |
| Benin | $3.99 |
| Bermuda | $2.99 |
| Bhutan | $2.99 |
| Bolivia | $2.99 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | €2.99$3.39 |
| Botswana | $2.99 |
| Brazil | R$19.90$3.83 |
| British Virgin Islands | $2.99 |
| Brunei Darussalam | $2.99 |
| Bulgaria | €2.99$3.39 |
| Burkina Faso | $2.99 |
| Cambodia | $2.99 |
| Cameroon | $3.99 |
| Canada | CA$3.99$2.81 |
| Cape Verde | $2.99 |
| Cayman Islands | $2.99 |
| Chad | $2.99 |
| Chile | CLP 2,990$3.07 |
| China | CN¥22.00$3.27 |
| Colombia | COP 14,900$4.47 |
| Congo | $3.99 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | $2.99 |
| Costa Rica | $2.99 |
| Cote Divoire | $3.99 |
| Croatia | €2.99$3.39 |
| Cyprus | €2.99$3.39 |
| Czech Republic | CZK 79.00$3.67 |
| Denmark | DKK 29.00$4.40 |
| Dominica | $2.99 |
| Dominican Republic | $2.99 |
| Ecuador | $2.99 |
| Egypt | EGP 149.99$2.89 |
| El Salvador | $2.99 |
| Estonia | €2.99$3.39 |
| Fiji | $2.99 |
| Finland | €2.99$3.39 |
| France | €2.99$3.39 |
| Gabon | $2.99 |
| Gambia | $2.99 |
| Georgia | $3.99 |
| Germany | €2.99$3.39 |
| Ghana | $3.99 |
| Greece | €2.99$3.39 |
| Grenada | $2.99 |
| Guatemala | $2.99 |
| Guinea-bissau | $2.99 |
| Guyana | $2.99 |
| Honduras | $2.99 |
| Hong Kong | HK$22.00$2.80 |
| Hungary | HUF 1,490$4.61 |
| Iceland | $3.99 |
| India | ₹299.00$3.11 |
| Indonesia | IDR 59,000$3.30 |
| Iraq | $2.99 |
| Ireland | €2.99$3.39 |
| Israel | ₪9.90$3.22 |
| Italy | €2.99$3.39 |
| Jamaica | $2.99 |
| Japan | ¥500$3.18 |
| Jordan | $2.99 |
| Kazakhstan | KZT 1,790.00$4.07 |
| Kenya | $3.99 |
| Kosovo | €2.99$3.39 |
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| Kyrgyzstan | $2.99 |
| Lao Peoples Democratic Republic | $2.99 |
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| Lithuania | €2.99$3.39 |
| Luxembourg | €2.99$3.39 |
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| Malawi | $2.99 |
| Malaysia | MYR 14.90$3.65 |
| Maldives | $2.99 |
| Mali | $2.99 |
| Malta | €2.99$3.39 |
| Mauritania | $2.99 |
| Mauritius | $3.99 |
| Mexico | MX$69.00$3.82 |
| Micronesia | $2.99 |
| Moldova | $3.99 |
| Mongolia | $2.99 |
| Montenegro | €2.99$3.39 |
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| Morocco | $3.99 |
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| Myanmar | $2.99 |
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| Netherlands | €2.99$3.39 |
| New Zealand | NZ$4.99$2.82 |
| Nicaragua | $2.99 |
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| Nigeria | NGN 4,900.00$3.69 |
| Norway | NOK 39.00$4.06 |
| Oman | $2.99 |
| Pakistan | PKR 900$3.25 |
| Palau | $2.99 |
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| Papua New Guinea | $2.99 |
| Paraguay | $2.99 |
| Peru | PEN 12.90$3.75 |
| Philippines | ₱199.00$3.17 |
| Poland | PLN 14.99$3.89 |
| Portugal | €2.99$3.39 |
| Qatar | QAR 9.99$2.74 |
| Romania | RON 14.99$3.22 |
| Russia | RUB 249.00$2.98 |
| Rwanda | $2.99 |
| Sao Tome & Principe | $2.99 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAR 12.99$3.46 |
| Senegal | $3.99 |
| Serbia | €2.99$3.39 |
| Seychelles | $2.99 |
| Sierra Leone | $2.99 |
| Singapore | SGD 3.98$3.11 |
| Slovakia | €2.99$3.39 |
| Slovenia | €2.99$3.39 |
| Solomon Islands | $2.99 |
| South Africa | ZAR 59.99$3.65 |
| South Korea | ₩4,400$3.25 |
| Spain | €2.99$3.39 |
| Sri Lanka | $2.99 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | $2.99 |
| St. Lucia | $2.99 |
| St. Vincent & The Grenadines | $2.99 |
| Suriname | $2.99 |
| Swaziland | $2.99 |
| Sweden | SEK 39.00$3.90 |
| Switzerland | CHF 3.00$3.59 |
| Taiwan | NT$90.00$2.82 |
| Tajikistan | $2.99 |
| Tanzania | TZS 9,900.00$3.74 |
| Thailand | THB 99.00$2.95 |
| Tonga | $2.99 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $2.99 |
| Tunisia | $2.99 |
| Turkey | TRY 149.99$3.06 |
| Turkmenistan | $2.99 |
| Turks and Caicos | $2.99 |
| Uganda | $3.99 |
| Ukraine | $3.99 |
| United Arab Emirates | AED 12.99$3.54 |
| United Kingdom | £2.99$3.97 |
| United States | $2.99 |
| Uruguay | $2.99 |
| Uzbekistan | $2.99 |
| Vanuatu | $2.99 |
| Venezuela | $2.99 |
| Vietnam | ₫99,000$3.82 |
| Yemen | $2.99 |
| Zambia | $3.99 |
| Zimbabwe | $3.99 |
Danger Notes - Write or Die FAQ
- Is Danger Notes - Write or Die free?
- Yes. The app and its basic features are free, in all 175 countries it sells in. Premium features are paid: they start from $0.99 (US), across 2 one-time purchases.
- Does Danger Notes - Write or Die have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- Where is Danger Notes - Write or Die cheapest?
- A one-time purchase costs QAR 9.99 (≈$2.74) in Qatar and HUF 1,490 (≈$4.61) in Hungary, its cheapest and dearest countries.
- What are the best alternatives to Danger Notes - Write or Die?
- Werdsmith: Writing App (4.6 from 11,666 reviews, premium from $4.99), MyStory.today: Write a Book (4.5 from 3,451 reviews, premium from $2.49) and Fortelling - Story Writing (4.5 from 1,886 reviews, premium from $7.39).
Danger Notes - Write or Die download
Last updated 3 months ago.
Danger Notes - Write or Die sells in 175 countries. It was released 8 years ago, on 12 Sept 2018. It holds a 4.8 rating from 2,935 reviews.
Supports 1 language: English.
How much does Danger Notes - Write or Die make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.
Revenue by plan
- One-time 100%
Revenue by country
- United States 85%
- Canada 4%
- United Kingdom 2%
- Germany 1%