Write in Runic (Runes writer)

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4.7
31.3K reviews
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About this app

With this app you can transliterate text to runes based on a phonetic correspondence with Latin or Cyrillic letters. This app translates the sounds of words, not the meaning. It is a good source for rune pronunciation and learning about the runic alphabets.

Supports the following major runic families:

• Elder Futhark runes (Common Germanic Fuþark)
• Swedish-Norwegian Fuþąrk (Rök; Younger Futhark, short twig)
• Danish Fuþąrk (Younger Futhark, long branch)
• Medieval rune alphabets
• The runes that J. R. R. Tolkien invented for Cirth (the rune script from The Hobbit / Lord of the Rings)

Supports Ogham (Old Irish script):
• Aicme Beithe / hÚatha / Muine / Ailme
• Forfeda (the letters added later)

For premium users:
• Anglo-Saxon runes (Anglo-Frisian Fuþorc)
• Old Turkic (Göktürk script / Orkhon script / Orkhon-Yenisey)
• Old Hungarian runes (rovásírás)
• Armanen runes (Armanen Futharkh)
• Gothic
• Old Italic
• Glagolitic (Old Slavonic "Glagolitsa", sometimes known as Slavic runes)
• Phoenician

Text is transcribed to runes based on a phonetic representation (English, Russian or language agnostic).
Updated on
Apr 16, 2024

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This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, App activity and 2 others
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Location, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
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Ratings and reviews

4.7
30.7K reviews
Joseph Lone Eagle
January 3, 2024
Been having some issues with it showing that it still has locked content even though I purchased the app. But it only does it once in a while...and a cache clearing of the app seems to solve the issue temporarily....I believe it may be the result of my frequent use....as i am using it to translate some historical family documents and I save a lot of the translations...I will start copying and paating in docs to maybe lessen the cache load.
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A Google user
August 28, 2019
I love this app! Simple interface. Ads are pretty much ignorable, you don't see them very much. Writing in runic is an amazing experience for those who want to learn ancient runes. Just 2 minor issues. I don't know the inputs for certain runes. For example if i wanted to write "ᚿ" the description says "Khuzdul reversed schwa", but not what letter or letter combination you need to write it. For the other issue, it's only about not being able to set these runes on your keyboard.
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Black Envelope
August 30, 2019
Kilo, thank you for your detailed review! I admit that the Cirth runes did not get proper treatment yet, in the coming update I will add more information and add the possibility to install them as a system keyboard (as much as they are supported by Android)
A Google user
May 9, 2019
I like it but.. a lot of people I send it too don't receive the lettering. they simply get boxes with an 'x' in the center. I'm guess that has to do with the compatibility on their phone as well as the age of the system, as both my iOS and Android do not have this problem. I enjoy it nonetheless. Very good way to learn and teach yourself as well if one wanted too.
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Black Envelope
May 10, 2019
Hi. You are right that this is an OS issue. Not all Android versions before 8 (Android Oreo) support runic characters natively. But new phones do, so the problem should fix itself as people upgrade their phones!

What's new

- Added feature to define custom mappings for transliteration
- Bunch of minor bugfixes
- New details screens