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Write your book in Reedsy Studio. Try the beloved writing app for free today.
Craft your masterpiece in Reedsy Studio
Plan, write, edit, and format your book in our free app made for authors.
Write your book in Reedsy Studio. Try the beloved writing app for free today.
Craft your masterpiece in Reedsy Studio
Plan, write, edit, and format your book in our free app made for authors.
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Showing 27 writing apps that match your search.
Take digital handwritten notes for class, work, or fun!
Platforms: Android, Chrome
Best for: Note-taking, Essay, and Free
Website: https://www.squidnotes.com/
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Infinite pages
Vector graphics engine
Active pen technology
Annotate and markup PDFs
★★★★★ 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
With Scrittor store all your ideas, thoughts and whatever your mind tells you.
Platforms: Android, Chrome
Best for: Note-taking, Story, Book, Blog, Journal, Poetry, and Free
Website: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shahid.nid
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Search notes
Password protection
Arrange notes by categories
Dark and light mode
★★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.4 ★ on Google Play
The simplest way to keep notes. All your notes, synced on all your devices.
Platforms: Windows, iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, PC, Chrome, PC
Best for: Note-taking, Drafting, Book, Story, Journal, and Free
Website: https://simplenote.com/
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Automatic syncing
Tags for organization
Share documents and notes
★★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
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Also rated 4.5 ★ on TechRadar
Simple. Effective. Personal. Keep life moments and ideas always with you. Diaro is here to help.
Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Android, Chrome
Best for: Note-taking, Journal, and Free
Website: https://diaroapp.com/
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Search entires by tags or location
Sync across devices
Multi window mode
★★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.6 ★ on Google Play
Are you using the right tool to get your novel written? If you want a finished manuscript, you need intuitive novel writing software that keeps you on track and helps you write more novels. Writing a novel is not easy, but it should be simple. Novelize has all the features you need while minimizing distractions. Just write!
Platforms: Online, Chrome
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Book, and Story
Website: https://www.getnovelize.com/
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Easily navigable
Dozens of lists for settings and names
★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★ Value
Also rated 3.5 ★ on PC Magazine
A powerful writing tool from Reedsy. Write and export a beautifully typeset book. This is the beloved app made for authors, by authors.
Platforms: Online, Chrome
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Editing, Proofreading, Publishing, Book, Poetry, Story, and Free
Website: https://reedsy.com/write-a-book
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Distraction-free interface for writing
Collaborative editing
Export for instant distribution
Track changes & statistics
★★★★★ Performance
★★★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.6 ★ on Trustpilot
Don't let your word processor drag your process down. Ironically enough, traditional word processors weren’t designed for writers. Dabble’s book-writing software was developed for writers, by a writer.
Platforms: Mac, Windows, Chrome, PC
Best for: Drafting, Book, and Story
Website: https://www.dabblewriter.com/
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Cloud storage
Word counts & goals
Co-authoring
★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★ Value
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
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★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
SSuite WordGraph is a free and very useful alternative to Microsoft's Word, OpenOffice's Writer, or anything else out there claiming to be the latest and greatest. You don't even have a need for .NET or even JAVA to be installed. This will save you a lot of hard drive space and precious computer resources.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Chrome, Android, PC
Best for: Drafting, Story, Book, Essay, and Free
Website: https://www.ssuiteoffice.com/software/wordgraph.htm
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Text editor
Free Microsfot Word alternative
Export files as .doc and more
★★★ Performance
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A minimalist writing zone, where you can block out all distractions and get to what's important. The writing! To get started, all you need to do is delete this text (seriously, just highlight it and hit delete), and fill the page with your own fantastic words. You can even change the title!
Platforms: Online, Chrome
Best for: Drafting, Book, Story, Poetry, Journal, Essay, and Free
Website: https://zenpen.io/
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Minimalist interface
Full screen
Dark mode
★★★★★ Performance
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★★★★ Value
Capture your thoughts, discoveries, and ideas and simplify overwhelming planning moments in your life with your very own digital notepad. With OneNote, you can plan that big event, seize that moment of inspiration to create something new, and track that list of errands that are too important to forget.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android, Chrome, PC
Best for: Note-taking, Journal, Blog, Essay, and Free
Website: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onenote/dig...
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Sync across devices
Share and collaborate
Secure notes with password
Pin important pages and notes
★★★★★ Performance
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Also rated 4.5 ★ on TechRadar
Bring your stories to life
Our free writing app lets you set writing goals and track your progress, so you can finally write that book!