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Freedom blocks distractions across all your Mac, Windows, Android, iOS, and Chrome devices so you don’t 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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Also rated 4.4 ★ on Google Play
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
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Also rated 4.5 ★ on Reedsy
A tactile tool to randomly combine a plot, a subject and a setting or style, the Brainstormer can provide that elusive moment of inspiration for writers, painters, or any kind of creative endeavour.
Platforms: iPhone, iPad
Best for: Brainstorming, Book, and Story
Website: https://www.tapnik.com/brainstormer/
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Lists of 100s of prompts
Wheel Mode & Slot Machine Mode
Random spin to combine different ideas
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Also rated 3.5 ★ on the App Store
LibreOffice is a free and powerful office suite, and a successor to OpenOffice.org (commonly known as OpenOffice). Its clean interface and feature-rich tools help you unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity.
Platforms: Mac, Windows, PC
Best for: Drafting, Book, Essay, Journal, Poetry, Story, Blog, and Free
Website: https://www.libreoffice.org/
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Full-feature word processor
Customizable fonts and other styles
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Also rated 4.5 ★ on TechRadar
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
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Also rated 4.5 ★ on TechRadar
Notes are just the beginning. Create and annotate anything, from study guides to storyboards. We've got an intuitive, minimal interface for you to start in seconds.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad
Best for: Note-taking, Book, Story, Journal, and Free
Website: https://notability.com/
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Presentation mode
PDF import and annotation
Multimedia notes
Custom stickers
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Also rated 4.7 ★ on the App Store
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
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Also rated 4.6 ★ on Trustpilot
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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Also rated 3.2 ★ 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/
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Index cards
Outliner
Frequency analyzer
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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
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Also rated 3.9 ★ on the App Store
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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Also rated 4.5 ★ on TechRadar
Scrivener is the go-to app for writers of all kinds, used every day by best-selling novelists, screenwriters, non-fiction writers, students, academics, lawyers, journalists, translators and more.
Platforms: Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, PC
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Editing, Publishing, Book, and Story
Website: https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview
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Flexible corkboard
Structure outliner
Metadata and target setting
Print and export functionalities
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Also rated 4.0 ★ on Reedsy
Our free writing app lets you set writing goals and track your progress, so you can finally write that book!