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Freedom blocks distractions across all your Mac, Windows, Android, iOS, and Chrome devices so you donโt have to fight off the temptation of distracting pings, notifications, headlines, and emails.
Platforms: Mac, Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad, Chrome, Online, PC
Best for: Productivity, Journal, Book, Story, Essay, Poetry, Blog, and Free
Website: https://freedom.to/
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Block the entire Internet
See the time you spend on sites
Set your daily limits on sites
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WhiteSmoke renders you with the highest quality proofreading abilities available, correcting not only simple spelling mistakes like old fashioned word processors, but everything from grammar, word choices and even style mistakes, all without breaking a sweat.
Platforms: Online, Windows, PC
Best for: Editing, Proofreading, and Essay
Website: https://www.whitesmoke.com/
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Grammar checker
Based on Natural Language Processing technology
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Writemonkey is a Windows zenware writing application with an extremely stripped down user interface, leaving you alone with your thoughts and your words. It is light, fast and free.
Platforms: Windows, PC, Mac
Best for: Drafting, Book, Essay, Journal, Poetry, Story, Blog, and Free
Website: https://writemonkey.com/
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Customizable with a clean text format
Visual progress bar
Timed writing
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Lists for Writers is a great addition to any writerโs toolbox. Helpful to both novice and expert writers alike, this app delivers list after list of prompts and ideas for your brainstorming sessions: names, character traits, plot lines, occupations, obsessions, action verbs, and much more!
Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Android
Best for: Note-taking, Outlining, Drafting, Book, Story, and Essay
Website: https://thinkamingo.com/lists-for-writers/
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Easily navigable
Dozens of lists for settings and names
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OmniOutliner is a powerful tool for organizing (and reorganizing) information, so you can see the full picture and structure your information effortlessly.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad
Best for: Outlining, Essay, and Blog
Website: https://www.omnigroup.com/omnioutliner/
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Resource folders
Multitasking
Document stats
Inline notes
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Unload your thoughts by creating a personal layout with notes, links and media in a second to visualize your creative process and move forward faster.
Platforms: Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Android, Online, PC
Best for: Note-taking, Journal, Blog, Essay, Story, Book, and Free
Website: https://xtiles.app/en
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Realtime collaboration
Visual search
Organize visually
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Also rated 4.9 โ on Capterra
All great writing begins with inspiration. The writing process, however, begins with an unyielding blank page. You could keep battling it. Or you could organize your research snippets on it. So you fill the page with your ideas, data and inspiration. And write a world-class piece that's supported by cited research.
Platforms: Online
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, and Essay
Website: https://www.airstory.co/
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Organize research
Boards and outliners
Drag and drop
Research library
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CorrectEnglishยฎ teaches you to write like an A+ student. Train your instincts with instant feedback, and great writing will come naturally the more you use the tool.
Platforms: Online
Best for: Editing, Proofreading, Essay, and Free
Website: https://www.correctenglish.com/
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Subject/word agreement
Word suggestions
Automatic APA and MLA formatting
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Enjoy a distraction-free writing experience, including a full screen mode and a clean interface. With Markdown, you can write now, and format later.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, PC
Best for: Drafting, Book, Story, Poetry, Journal, Blog, Essay, and Free
Website: https://ghostwriter.kde.org/
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Light and dark themes
Focus mode
Document and session statistics
Autosave
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The human brain is non-linear: we jump from idea to idea, all the time. Your second brain should work the same. In Obsidian, making and following connections is frictionless. Tend to your notes like a gardener; at the end of the day, sit back and marvel at your own knowledge graph.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, PC
Best for: Note-taking, Outlining, Journal, Book, Story, Essay, Poetry, Blog, and Free
Website: https://obsidian.md/
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Link pages
Graph view
Customizable with backlinked notes
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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
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QuillBot offers you top-notch tools for perfecting your writing, from our Paraphraser and Summarizer to our Plagiarism Checker. At QuillBot, weโre committed to making writing painless by building the most robust writing and research platform in the world.
Platforms: Online
Best for: Editing, Proofreading, Essay, and Free
Website: https://quillbot.com/
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Grammar checker
Paraphraser
Plagirism checker
Citation generator
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Also rated 4.6 โ on Capterra
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