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Both cover writing & scripts. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| Atticus | Wordtune | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $147 | From $6.99 |
| Pricing model | One-time purchase | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Billing | One-time purchase | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | 3 days |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Everything, in an open format | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web, macOS, Windows, Linux | Web |
| Covers | Self-Publishing, Writing & Scripts | Writing & Scripts, AI Content Tools |
| Works with | Nothing in particular | Nothing in particular |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
Write and typeset a book for one payment
Atticus is a writing app and a book formatter in one, which is the pairing self-published authors otherwise buy twice. It runs in a browser and offline, so a manuscript is not stranded by a bad connection, and it exports files the retailers accept. One payment covers unlimited books and there is no subscription behind it.
Our note
The comparison people actually make is against Vellum, which costs more and is Mac only. If you are on Windows this is the answer by default; on a Mac the question is whether Vellum's output is worth roughly twice the money to you.
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Rewrites a sentence into ten other sentences
Wordtune is narrower than the tools that write from a brief: you give it a sentence you already wrote and it hands back alternatives, shorter, longer, more casual, more formal. That makes it useful to people who can write and get stuck, rather than to people who want a draft produced. The free plan allows a few rewrites a day and the trial on the paid ones runs three days.
Our note
The three-day trial is the shortest in this category, so decide what you want to check before starting it. What this does better than the general assistants is rewrite a sentence you already care about, which is a real and narrow use.
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