750 Words vs Journalistic
We give 750 Words a 2.6 GPA and Journalistic a 3.2, out of 4.0. Journalistic grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Journalistic
Micro journaling web app built around short bulleted entries
Free
How we grade them
| 2.6GPA750 WordsGood | 3.2GPAJournalisticVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BWe can't put a number on it. Every page except the home page refused automated readers, so no price is on record. A B is where we put a tool whose paid side the listing can't describe. | ARight now it costs nothing. A Pro plan is shown at $4.90 a month but marked coming soon, and its features are free until it launches. That price would sit about level with the category's typical $4.99. |
| Free plan and trial | CIt's listed as a paid product, and nothing on record says if there's a trial or how long one would run. So this is the grade we give when a listing can't say. | AUnlimited entries, all the standard modules and sync on unlimited devices, free. The warning is in the docs: Focus, Insights and other Pro features will leave free accounts once Pro goes on sale. |
| Features | BOne job, done fully: a live word count that tells you when you pass 750, autosave, points and streaks, and stats on how fast you wrote and how often you got distracted. No titles, tags or comments, on purpose. These details come from the original site, and sign-ups now go to a newer version. | BBulleted days with #tags, @mentions and highlights, plus modules for dreams, notes, quotes, ideas and goals. Reflect shows you yesterday, a year ago and a random old entry. But nothing can be imported, end-to-end encryption is only planned, and the site's news page has no post after January 2024. |
| Ease of use | BNo App Store rating on record, so B is as high as we go. There's one page to write on, it scrolls like a typewriter and it saves as you type. | BNo App Store rating on record, so B is as high as we go. A day is a handful of short bullets, which is hard to get wrong. Any module you don't want can be switched off. |
| Platforms and integrations | CA website and nothing else. The pages that could be read mention no phone app, no desktop app and no integrations. | CA web app that you install from the browser on phones and desktops. There's no App Store app, the Google Play listing the site links to wasn't found when checked, and it connects to nothing else. |
| Best for | a daily free-writing habit | a few bullet points a day |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: 750 Words and Journalistic. How we grade
Where they differ
- Journalistic has a free plan. 750 Words does not.
- 750 Words also covers long-form writing.
- Journalistic also covers notes and goals.
In commonWebDaily notes
At a glance
| 750 Words | Journalistic | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Starts at | Not published | Free |
| Free plan | None | Everything is free at present: unlimited entries, every module and sync across devices. A Pro plan is listed at $4.90 a month but marked coming soon, and its features are free until it launches. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | 750 Words | Toni Engelhardt |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | journalisticapp.com |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
Who each one suits
750 Words
- People building a habit of free writing every day
- Writers who want a private page with no audience, titles or tags
- Anyone who is motivated by streaks and points
Journalistic
- People who want a few bullet points a day instead of long entries
- Keeping count of activities and people with #tags and @mentions
- Logging dreams alongside a daily journal
Worth knowing
750 Words
- Prices and trial terms could not be confirmed: every page except the home page refused automated readers when checked.
- The feature details come from the vendor's original site; sign-ups now go to a newer version of the app, which may differ.
- It is built for one private stream of daily writing: the original site says entries have no titles, tags or comments.
- It runs in a web browser, and the pages that could be read mention no mobile or desktop app.
Journalistic
- A Pro plan at $4.90 a month is announced but not on sale; the docs say Focus, Insights and other Pro features will leave free accounts when it launches.
- There is no App Store app, and the Google Play listing the site links to was not found when checked; phones install it from the browser.
- Nothing can be imported, not even Journalistic's own exports; Day One and Journey imports are on the roadmap.
- End-to-end encryption is planned but not available, and the site's news page has no post after January 2024.
Key features
750 Words
- A daily 750-word target
- Three standard pages at 250 words each come to 750 words, the amount the site asks you to write each day, following the morning pages exercise.
- Private by design
- The original site describes the writing as all online and private. It is not blogging: entries are not titled, tagged or opened to comments.
- Live word count and autosave
- The page counts words as you write and tells you when you pass 750. It scrolls as you type, like a typewriter, and saves your writing as you go.
- Points and streaks
- Each month starts from zero. Writing anything earns 1 point, 750 words or more earns 2, and consecutive days earn more. You can see how other writers are scoring.
- Writing statistics
- Each day's writing produces stats, such as how fast you wrote and how often you were distracted, plus an analysis of the feelings, themes and mindset in the words.
Journalistic
- Bulleted micro entries
- Each day is logged as a few short bullet points instead of long paragraphs, which the vendor describes as a bullet journal with a low word count.
- Tags, people and highlights
- A #tag marks an activity and an @mention marks a person, and tapping a bullet marks it as a highlight. Tags and mentions are visible only to you.
- Optional modules
- Dreams, Notes, Wisdom (quotes and lessons), Ideas and Focus (a prioritized goal list) sit beside the daily log, and each module can be switched off.
- Reflect
- A customizable stream shows yesterday's entry, the past week's notable items, the entry from one year ago and a random older entry called Memory lane.
- Insights
- Statistics, timelines and charts are compiled from your entries, such as words per day or which weekdays you dream most. It is marked as a Pro feature and is free for now.
- Data export
- All journal data can be downloaded from the Account page as plain text, Markdown or JSON. The JSON file carries most of the metadata.
Plans
750 Words
Pricing could not be confirmed. See 750words.com.
Journalistic
Basic$0
Unlimited entries, the standard modules (Reflect, Dreams, Highlights, Tags, People, Notes, Wisdom, Ideas) and sync on unlimited devices.
