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Best Writing Apps in 2025

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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/

Base price:

Free

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Create and share new documents

Work online and offline

Export in multiple formats

Collaborate in real time

★★★★★ Performance

★★★★ Features

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★★★★★ Value

Also rated 4.0 on TechRadar

Terminology is a browser for the English language – part dictionary, part thesaurus and part research tool. Terminology makes it easy to explore words and phrases, diving down to more and less specific terms - accessing the web and other apps for more detail and sharing.

Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad

Best for: Editing, Proofreading, and Essay

Website: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/terminology-dictionary/id68...

Base price:

$1.99 one-time payment

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Spelling suggestions

Offline US English dictionary

Add notes to any terms

Word browsing history

★★★★ Performance

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★★ Accessibility

★★★ Value

Also rated 4.7 on the App Store

FreeOffice 2021 is a complete Office suite with a word processor, a spreadsheet application and a presentation program – all seamlessly compatible with their counterparts in Microsoft Office.

Platforms: Mac, PC, Windows

Best for: Drafting, Book, Essay, Journal, Poetry, Story, Blog, and Free

Website: https://www.freeoffice.com/en/

Base price:

Free

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Full feature word processor

Create and open PDFs

Track changes

★★★★ Performance

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★★★★ Value

Also rated 4.0 on TechRadar

Ginger is more than a grammar checker, spell checker, and punctuation checker. Ginger is an all-in-one writing tool that includes Rephrase to empower you to write your best in ways that traditional online grammar checkers can’t.

Platforms: Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone, iPad, Online, PC

Best for: Editing, Proofreading, Book, Essay, Story, Blog, and Free

Website: https://www.gingersoftware.com/

Base price:

Free

Premium price:

$6.99 monthly

AI-powered

Grammar and spell checker

Sentence rephraser

Punctuation checker

★★★★ Performance

★★★★ Features

★★★★★ Accessibility

★★★★ Value

Also rated 4.6 on the App Store

From boardroom to lecture hall, project plan to daily diary, Nebo makes note-taking smarter, more efficient and more enjoyable.

Platforms: Android, iPhone, iPad

Best for: Note-taking, Journal, Poetry, and Blog

Website: https://www.nebo.app/

Base price:

$9.99 one-time payment

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Write-to-text

Copy-paste to Notes

Mix handwriting with text

★★★★ Performance

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★★★★ Value

Also rated 4.3 on the App Store

Pages is a powerful word processor that lets you create stunning documents, and comes included with most Apple devices. And with real-time collaboration, your team can work together from anywhere, whether they’re on Mac, iPad, iPhone, or a PC.

Platforms: iPad, Mac, iPhone

Best for: Drafting, Book, Essay, Journal, Poetry, Story, Blog, and Free

Website: https://www.apple.com/pages/

Base price:

Free

Premium price:

Full feature word processor

Track changes

Syncs across devices

Offline collaberation

★★★ Performance

★★★★ Features

★★★ Accessibility

★★★★ Value

Also rated 3.6 on the App Store

An online writing app for novelists and storytellers

Platforms: Online, Chrome

Best for: Drafting, Book, Story, and Free

Website: https://thequill.app/

Base price:

Free

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Continous backups

Character profiles

Predicted completion date

★★★★ Performance

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★★ Accessibility

★★★★ Value

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/

Base price:

Free

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Automatic syncing

Tags for organization

Share documents and notes

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Also rated 4.5 on TechRadar

Take digital handwritten notes for class, work, or fun!

Platforms: Android, Chrome

Best for: Note-taking, Essay, and Free

Website: https://www.squidnotes.com/

Base price:

Free

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Infinite pages

Vector graphics engine

Active pen technology

Annotate and markup PDFs

★★★★★ Performance

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Also rated 4.3 on Google Play

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

Base price:

Free

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Distraction-free interface for writing

Collaborative editing

Export for instant distribution

Track changes & statistics

★★★★★ Performance

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★★★ Accessibility

★★★★★ Value

Also rated 4.6 on Trustpilot

Open to write and follow the prompt suggestions, it's that easy. Good for poetry writing, journal writing, storytelling, narration, cinema, and more. All using a patented artificial intelligence technology.

Platforms: iPhone, iPad

Best for: Brainstorming, Story, Book, and Poetry

Website: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/creative-writing-prompts/id...

Base price:

$1.99 one-time payment

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Thousands of prompts

Set a daily writing goal

View custom writing stats

★★★★ Performance

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★★ Accessibility

★★★ Value

Also rated 4.6 on the App Store

Manuskript is a perfect tool for those writer who like to organize and plan everything before writing. The snowflake method can help you grow your idea into a book, by leading you step by step and asking you questions to go deeper.

Platforms: Mac, Windows, PC

Best for: Outlining, Story, Book, and Free

Website: https://www.theologeek.ch/manuskript/

Base price:

Free

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Index cards

Outliner

Frequency analyzer

★★★ Performance

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