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Compose bold, clear, mistake-free writing with Grammarly. Work with an AI writing partner that helps you find the words you need—to write that tricky email, to get your point across, to keep your work moving.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, Chrome, Online, PC
Best for: Editing, Proofreading, Book, Essay, Story, Blog, and Free
Website: https://www.grammarly.com/
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Grammar & plagiarism checker
Tone detector
Citation generator
★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Also rated 4.4 ★ on the App Store
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
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
★★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.5 ★ on TechRadar
Traditional notes apps are great for writing, but getting things done requires something more. Clover’s Daily Notes introduce a new way of documenting thoughts, keeping track of tasks, and planning work within the context of your daily agenda.
Platforms: PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad
Best for: Note-taking, Journal, and Free
Website: https://cloverapp.com/
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Rich text with rich media
Networked notes
Whiteboarding
★★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Also rated 4.6 ★ on the App Store
Ever scribbled ideas on a piece of paper and drawn lines between related thoughts? Then you already know what Scapple does. It's a virtual sheet of paper that lets you make notes anywhere and connect them using lines or arrows.
Platforms: Mac, Windows, PC
Best for: Note-taking, Outlining, Journal, Book, Story, Essay, Poetry, and Blog
Website: https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scapple/overview
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Write notes anywhere
Connect notes using drag and drop
Completely freeform
★★★★ Performance
★★ Features
★★★★ Accessibility
★★ Value
Also rated 5.0 ★ on TechRadar
Campfire is a versatile writing tool organized into modules, each one offering a different type of story element you can create. Keep track of each character's motives, history, eye color, and more. The Characters Module gives you an easy way to make quick notes or detailed character sheets about anyone in your story. Upload your map to the Maps Module, add pins to integrate it with the rest of your story, and nest other maps to keep things organized.
Platforms: Mac, Windows, Online, PC
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Book, Story, and Free
Website: https://www.campfirewriting.com/
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Character Modules & Maps Modules
Flexible panel system
Create customizable DIY themes
★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.0 ★ on Reedsy
Get organized. Stay creative. Milanote is an easy-to-use tool to organize your ideas and projects into visual boards.
Platforms: iPhone, iPad, PC, Windows, Mac, Android, Chrome, Online
Best for: Note-taking, Outlining, Book, Story, Journal, and Free
Website: https://milanote.com/
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Boards for notes and to-dos
Web clipper
Collaborative functionalities
Integration across platforms
★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 3.0 ★ on PC Magazine
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
★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Also rated 4.9 ★ on Capterra
Zoho Writer is a fully-featured word processor on the cloud, designed for collaborative work that gives you everything you need to create powerful documents. With a clean UI, intuitive interface and document modes, it introduces you to a new way of writing.
Platforms: Android, Windows, PC, iPad, iPhone
Best for: Drafting, Book, Essay, Journal, Poetry, Story, Blog, and Free
Website: https://www.zoho.com/writer/
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Focus mode & Night mode
Auto save
An AI-powered writing assistant
Hundreds of templates
★★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 3.4 ★ on Google Play
FocusWriter is a simple, distraction-free writing environment. It utilizes a hide-away interface that you access by moving your mouse to the edges of the screen, allowing the program to have a familiar look and feel to it while still getting out of the way so that you can immerse yourself in your work.
Platforms: Windows, PC
Best for: Drafting, Book, Essay, Journal, Poetry, Story, Blog, and Free
Website: https://gottcode.org/focuswriter/
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Full screen hide-away interface
Timers & daily goals
Customizable themes
Live statistics
★★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.0 ★ on TechRadar
So, You’re looking to write a book. Well, wavemaker is here to help. It’s much much more than a text editor.
Platforms: Mac, Windows, Chrome, Android, Online, PC
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Book, Story, and Free
Website: https://wavemaker.cards/
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Connects to Google Docs
Mind maps
Timelines
★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Also rated 3.7 ★ 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
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.5 ★ on TechRadar
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