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Write without distractions. WriteRoom is a full screen writing environment. Unlike the cluttered word processors you're used to, WriteRoom lets you focus on writing.
Platforms: Mac
Best for: Drafting, Book, Story, Journal, Essay, Blog, and Poetry
Website: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/writeroom/id417967324?mt=12
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Distraction free
Full screen
Plain text editor
★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★ Accessibility
★ Value
Also rated 3.6 ★ on the App Store
Writing can be so much fun when our creative juices are flowing. Cultivating this flow is why ilys exists -- to release within you a gushing torrent of latent creative-potential as your writing explodes through the box that once constrained it.
Platforms: Online
Best for: Drafting, Book, Story, and Poetry
Website: https://www.ilys.com/welcome
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Can't delete or edit anything
Track your writing
Text turns invisible as you write until you finish
★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★★ Value
WPS Office is a lightweight, feature-rich comprehensive office suite with high compatibility. As a handy and professional office software, WPS Office allows you to edit files in Writer, Presentation, Spreadsheet, and PDF to improve your work efficiency.
Platforms: Mac, Windows, Android, iPad, iPhone, PC
Best for: Drafting, Book, Essay, Journal, Poetry, Story, Blog, and Free
Website: https://www.wps.com/
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Cross platform file management
Free templates
Colorful themes
★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Also rated 4.0 ★ on TechRadar
Track your progress. Stay accountable. Finish your drafts.
Platforms: Online, Chrome
Best for: Drafting, Book, and Story
Website: https://www.writinganalytics.co/
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Write alongside friends or strangers
Automatic analytics
Habit tracker
Draft versioning
★★★★ Performance
★★★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
You have a story to tell, article to publish, or class notes to take. Scrivo Pro can help you organize your writing, research, generate ideas, and remove distractions so you can focus on the most important thing: writing.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Journal, Book, Story, Essay, Poetry, and Blog
Website: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/scrivo-pro-for-scriveners-a...
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Organize projects in tree-like structure
Live counters
Works offline
★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Also rated 4.4 ★ on the App Store
If you write thrillers, romance, mysteries, fantasy, sci-fi, young adult, horror or one of a thousand other subgenres, we’d like you to meet our fiction-loving A.I., Marlowe. She can read and critique your work with a comprehensive 36-page report in a matter of minutes and deliver fascinating, actionable insights.
Platforms: Online
Best for: Book, Editing, and Story
Website: https://authors.ai/marlowe/
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Flag misspellings
Writing tips
Book comparisons
Cliche finder
★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Black Note is the black theme's notepad. It's the simple notes app.
Platforms: Android
Best for: Note-taking, Story, Book, Blog, Journal, Poetry, and Free
Website: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=notepad.not...
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Dark mode only
Sticky notes
★★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.8 ★ on Google Play
Build your best ideas together, in Google Docs. Create, edit, and collaborate with others on documents from your Android phone or tablet with the Google Docs app.
Platforms: Online, Chrome, iPhone, iPad, Android
Best for: Drafting, Book, Essay, Journal, Poetry, Story, Blog, and Free
Website: https://www.google.com/docs/about/
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Create and share new documents
Work online and offline
Export in multiple formats
Collaborate in real time
★★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.0 ★ on TechRadar
The only writing platform with unlimited potential through project management, collaboration, and publishing.
Platforms: Online, Chrome
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Book, and Story
Website: https://www.squibler.io/
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Goal tracking
Collaboration
Corkboard organization
★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Plot your next masterpiece with Pluot, the writing planner packed with features and there for you whenever inspiration strikes.
Platforms: Android
Best for: Outlining, Worldbuilding, Book, Story, and Free
Website: https://pluotstudios.com/
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Plot template
Character profiles
Location template
Interlink elements
★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.3 ★ on Google Play
Elevate your writing, create beautiful documents, and collaborate with others—anywhere, anytime.
Platforms: Online, Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Chrome, PC
Best for: Drafting, Essay, Journal, Book, Story, Poetry, and Blog
Website: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/word
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Sharing and real-time collaboration
Premium templates and stickers
Dictation and transcription
★★★★ Performance
★★★★★ Features
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.5 ★ on TechRadar
Writer Assistant (Wassi) is an application created specifically for inventors! We all constantly invent new characters for our stories, be it a comic, a novel, a script, a play, or a game. And so that our characters are alive and riveted the attention, they need to be developed a lot! That is what the Writer Assistant was created for! Plus, with Wassi you can easily outline your stories on the go.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad
Best for: Outlining, Book, Story, and Free
Website: https://apps.apple.com/app/writer-assistant-wassi/id14686...
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Outline
Interlinking
Character building template
Worldbuilding template
★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Also rated 3.9 ★ on the App Store
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