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Craft your masterpiece in Reedsy Studio
Plan, write, edit, and format your book in our free app made for authors.
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The most enjoyable desktop app for writing a thesis or paper.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, PC
Best for: Drafting and Essay
Website: https://www.monsterwriter.app/
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Distraction free
Insert citations and cross-references
Automatic typesetting
★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Also rated 3.8 ★ on the App Store
Super-clean writing space with a lot of configurability that stays out of sight when you don’t need it.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad
Best for: Note-taking, Drafting, Book, Story, Essay, Blog, and Free
Website: https://papereditor.app/
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Plain-text writing environment
Syncs with iCloud
Works across Apple devices
★★★★★ Performance
★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.2 ★ on the App Store
The Internet's best write-reward system! Write one hundred words, get an image of a kitten!
Platforms: Online
Best for: Drafting, Book, Story, Essay, Journal, Poetry, Blog, and Free
Website: https://writtenkitten.co/
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Kittens!
★★★★★ Performance
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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
Start your book, plot your book, write your book, organize your book, and export it for publishing all in one place. Leave your word processor in the dust.
Platforms: Online, Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, PC
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Publishing, Book, and Story
Website: https://livingwriter.com/
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Smart text & story elements
Outline templates
Autosave
Import and export functionalities
★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★★ Accessibility
★★ Value
Also rated 3.5 ★ on the App Store
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
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Also rated 3.5 ★ on PC Magazine
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
Traditional word processors include dozens of options for formatting text, distracting you from what really matters: writing. Calmly Writer is an editor designed to focus on what you want to tell, with a simple, unobtrusive and ease-to-use user interface.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Online, Chrome, PC
Best for: Drafting, Book, Essay, Journal, Poetry, Story, Blog, and Free
Website: https://www.calmlywriter.com/
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Focus mode
Auto save
Light and dark mode
★★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.5 ★ on TechRadar
Textilus Pro is a great word processor app for students and business people, also being excellent for writing reports, papers, blog posts, journals or ebooks! Textilus Pro can help you organize your research, generate ideas, and remove distractions so you can focus on the most important thing: writing.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad
Best for: Note-taking, Drafting, Blog, Essay, and Free
Website: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/textilus-pro-word-processor...
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MLA and APA format and citations
Create your own templates
Dark mode & split screen mode
★★★★ Performance
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★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.5 ★ on the App Store
Hanx Writer expands recreating the permanence of a typewriter with the convenience of your iPad and iPhone. As ever, the report of SHOOK SHOOK and KLOCK-KLOCK is mated with the luxuries of the DELETE key.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad
Best for: Drafting, Book, Story, Poetry, and Free
Website: http://hanxwriter.com/
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Custom typewriter fonts
Authentic typewriter sounds
Print and manage multiple documents
★★★★ Performance
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★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 3.7 ★ on the App Store
Whatever kind of writer you are, ProWritingAid will help you improve your writing and get your ideas across more clearly. Our grammar and style checker contains over 3,000 explanations and videos written by our experts, so you don't need to remember all those crazy rules.
Platforms: Mac, Windows, Online, PC, Chrome
Best for: Drafting, Editing, Proofreading, Book, Essay, Story, Blog, and Free
Website: https://prowritingaid.com/
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In-depth writing reports
Style and grammar suggestions
Built-in thesaurus
Multiple app and browser integrations
★★★★★ Performance
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Also rated 4.5 ★ on Reedsy
A real-time rhyme suggestion engine offering color-coded rhyme highlighting, the ability to save your work to the cloud, the power to embed SoundCloud jams into your notes, customizable visual layouts, and more.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android
Best for: Drafting, Poetry, and Free
Website: https://www.rhymersblock.com/welcome
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Real-time ryhme suggestions
Slant/near ryhme suggestions
Word frequency analysis
Color-coded ryhmes
★★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.8 ★ on the App Store
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!