Better Writing

Send important work messages with confidence

Emails, client replies, manager updates, and team messages can be exactly the text you do not want copied into a remote writing service. Better Writing is a private English correction coach for that important work. Paste the message, choose Natural, Polite, Direct, or Formal, inspect the exact word-level changes, and decide whether the correction still means what you intended.

The app uses Apple’s built-in model when that runtime is available. On other supported hardware, it can offer a downloadable local model. Once a compatible model is ready, editing works offline. There is no Studio AM account or writing server.

What it does

• Choose the outcome first. Use Natural, Polite, Direct, or Formal for the professional effect the message needs.
• Correct and inspect. Improve grammar, spelling, punctuation, clarity, word choice, and natural phrasing, then see the exact words removed and added and why.
• Draft from your notes. Turn rough points into a message, email, clear paragraphs, or an outline. The app marks which supplied points it used; review the result before sending it.
• Reply from a screenshot. Share a conversation screenshot, confirm the locally recognized transcript, and draft the next English reply.
• Learn only from verified corrections. Coach admits a saved English correction only when deterministic evidence supports the mistake type. Style-only changes and unverified labels stay in history without being taught as mistakes.
• Ask your writing. Ask about your progress or past rewrites. Answers are constrained to your saved history; if the app declines, a web search opens only after you tap it.
• Read it aloud. The system voice highlights words as it reads, including saved results in archive mode. Pro can also download an optional natural voice of about 320 MB that runs on-device; natural-voice playback does not highlight words yet.
• Reach it from elsewhere. On iPhone and iPad, use Share, App Shortcuts, or the Improve Clipboard widget. On Mac, correct copied text from the menu bar with Shift-Command-V, run a Shortcut, or send selected text through Services. Each route uses the same on-device correction pipeline and saved history.
• Keep control. App Lock uses the device’s authentication result. Optional private iCloud sync for saved writing and study progress is off by default and uses a database Studio AM cannot read.

AI suggestions can still be wrong or change meaning. Better Writing’s checks and narrow task reduce that risk; they do not remove the need to review important text.

Subscription and archive access

Better Writing has no permanent free tier for new writing work. Eligible new subscribers may receive a 3-day trial on either the monthly or yearly plan. Apple decides eligibility and shows the current local price and renewal terms before purchase. Prices can change.

The earlier lifetime product is retired from sale but remains restore-only for verified owners. If active access ends, the app does not hold prior writing hostage: saved sessions remain readable, searchable, copyable, playable with the system voice, and individually deletable. Both export actions remain available. The readable Markdown file contains saved sessions, pending drafts, and distinct source notes such as the notes behind a saved Draft. The complete JSON archive contains all app-owned writing and state, including pending handoffs. Creating or continuing edits, drafts, replies, coaching, practice, reminders, model work, natural-voice playback, and other fresh writing features stays locked until access is active again.

Local processing, with explicit network boundaries

Depending on the hardware, Better Writing may use Apple’s built-in model or offer a one-time local download: a lighter model of about 0.9 GB on supported devices with at least 3.5 GB of physical memory, or an enhanced model of about 2.6 GB on devices with at least 5.5 GB. Devices below the local-model memory floor need Apple’s compatible built-in runtime to perform editing. Compatibility is based on the active model runtime and device memory, not an iPhone-generation promise.

A connection may be used for the first model or optional natural-voice download, StoreKit plans and purchase or restore, optional private iCloud sync for saved writing and study progress, and links you choose to open. If Ask Your Writing cannot answer from saved history, it offers a DuckDuckGo search that sends the exact question only after you tap Search the web. User-directed exports and Share actions go only to the destination you choose.

The optional model and Natural Voice controls request fixed files directly from Hugging Face, not through a Studio AM server:

• Gemma uses litert-community/gemma-4-E2B-it-litert-lm revision 6e5c4f1e395deb959c494953478fa5cec4b8008f.
• LFM uses the deployment bundle in LiquidAI/LeapBundles revision e25183d6d4afe9cc0364c6330064d0744be5b5ec. That revision is provenance only, not a cryptographic mapping to a separate source-model commit; the repository does not publish a conversion manifest, so no stronger relationship is claimed.
• Natural Voice attributes its base model to hexgrad/Kokoro-82M and requests deployment files from mweinbach/Kokoro-82M-Swift revision 98623f832fc74ac3e2eaf2074171af7ac364b183. No conversion or cryptographic mapping from that base model to those deployment files is claimed.

Those requests contain no writing, dictated audio, screenshot, transcript, or other saved app content. Hugging Face may process data it classifies as CoarseLocation, OtherDiagnosticData, and ProductInteraction, with linked=true, tracking=false, for AppFunctionality, Analytics, and Other purposes. Studio AM receives none of that provider data, analytics, or tracking. See the Hugging Face Privacy Policy and Better Writing’s complete privacy policy.

Better Writing keeps anonymous aggregate funnel and model-quality counters locally on the device. They contain no writing or identifier and are never transmitted automatically. There are no ads, third-party analytics, tracking, or Studio AM AI-processing logs.

One private history across your Apple devices

Corrections made in the app, through Share or Improve Clipboard, or with the Mac Service stay in one history instead of disappearing after you copy them. The return-value Improve Writing Shortcut remains a quick unsaved utility. If you enable private iCloud sync, Apple can sync supported saved writing and Coach progress through your private iCloud database; Studio AM cannot read it.

Requirements

Better Writing requires iOS 26 or iPadOS 26 on iPhone and iPad, or macOS 26 on an Apple-silicon Mac. It corrects English text; the interface is localized in several languages, and explanations can use a supported language selected in Settings, while corrected writing remains English. Model and feature availability depend on the device and whether compatible model setup has finished. Share and widgets are iPhone/iPad features; the native Mac routes are copied text, App Shortcuts, and Services for selected text.

Common questions

Better Writing is a private, on-device English correction coach for important work messages on iPhone, iPad, and Apple-silicon Mac. Paste an email, client reply, manager update, or team message and choose Natural, Polite, Direct, or Formal. Better Writing corrects the English, explains the wording, and saves the result in one history. Coach teaches only recurring English corrections that the app can verify; style-only changes and unverified labels stay out of coaching. On iPhone and iPad, use the app, Share, or Shortcuts. On Mac, use the app, the menu-bar clipboard command, Shortcuts, or Services for selected text. Editing runs on an Apple or downloaded on-device model; after compatible model setup, it works offline and no Studio AM AI server processes the writing. Optional private iCloud sync for saved writing and Coach progress is off by default.

Does Better Writing send my text to an AI server?

No. Editing, screenshot text recognition, coaching, and Ask Your Writing run on the device. Better Writing has no Studio AM account or writing server, and no analytics or writing content is transmitted to Studio AM. Saved writing and study progress stay local unless you enable optional private iCloud sync. An export, Share action, or declined-question web search leaves only after you explicitly choose it.

Is Better Writing free? How much does it cost?

There is no permanent free creation tier. Eligible new subscribers may receive a 3-day trial on either the monthly or yearly plan. Apple shows eligibility, the current local price, and renewal terms before purchase. Prices can change. The earlier lifetime product is no longer sold, but verified owners retain Pro through Restore purchase.

What happens to my writing if a subscription ends?

Previously saved sessions remain readable, searchable, copyable, playable with the system voice, and individually deletable. Both exports remain available without active access: readable Markdown contains saved writing, pending drafts, and distinct source notes, while the complete JSON archive contains all app-owned writing and state. Creating or continuing edits, drafts, replies, coaching, practice, reminders, model work, natural-voice playback, and other fresh writing features requires active access or a restored lifetime entitlement.

What can it write or improve?

Paste an email, client reply, manager update, or team message and choose Natural, Polite, Direct, or Formal. Better Writing corrects the English and explains the wording while preserving the supplied meaning. Suggestions are AI-generated and can be wrong, so review important text before using it.

Can I use it from other apps?

Yes. On iPhone and iPad, share selected text to Better Writing or run its Improve Text or Improve Clipboard Shortcuts. On Mac, press Shift-Command-V to correct copied text, or select text in another app and choose Services › Improve Selection with Better Writing. Mac App Shortcuts are also included. Fresh work requires verified Pro access.

Do I need Apple Intelligence?

Not necessarily. Better Writing uses Apple’s built-in on-device model when it is available. Other supported devices with enough physical memory can use a downloadable on-device model. Better Writing requires iOS 26 or iPadOS 26 on iPhone and iPad, or macOS 26 on an Apple-silicon Mac; model availability depends on the device.

What happens when I download a model or Natural Voice?

The app requests fixed Gemma, LFM, or Kokoro files directly from Hugging Face; Studio AM does not proxy the transfer. No writing, dictated audio, screenshot, transcript, or saved app content is included. Hugging Face may process CoarseLocation, OtherDiagnosticData, and ProductInteraction with linked=true, tracking=false, for AppFunctionality, Analytics, and Other purposes under its privacy policy. Studio AM receives none of that provider data, analytics, or tracking.