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Best Poetry Writing Apps in 2025

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Werdsmith turns your iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch into a powerful writing studio that inspires you to write. With features to motivate you and help you break through writer‘s block, you‘ll find yourself writing more than ever.

Platforms: iPad, Mac, iPhone

Best for: Drafting, Book, Story, Poetry, and Free

Website: https://werdsmith.com/

Base price:

Free

Premium price:

$4.99 monthly

Syncs across IOS devices

Sets writing goals

Minimalist interface

★★★★★ Performance

★★★★ Features

★★ Accessibility

★★★★ Value

Also rated 4.7 on the App Store

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

Base price:

Free

Premium price:

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

Create beautiful handwritten notes, sketch your ideas, record audio, and organize your notes like never before.

Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android

Best for: Note-taking, Journal, Book, Story, Essay, Poetry, and Blog

Website: https://www.noteshelf.net/

Base price:

$9.99 one-time payment

Premium price:

Create your own diary

Search your handwritten notes

Syncs across devices

★★★ Performance

★★★★★ Features

★★★★ Accessibility

★★★ Value

Also rated 4.4 on the App Store

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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

Premium price:

Distraction-free interface for writing

Collaborative editing

Export for instant distribution

Track changes & statistics

★★★★★ Performance

★★★★★ Features

★★★ Accessibility

★★★★★ Value

Also rated 4.6 on Trustpilot

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/

Base price:

Free

Premium price:

Full screen hide-away interface

Timers & daily goals

Customizable themes

Live statistics

★★★★★ Performance

★★★ Features

★★★ Accessibility

★★★★★ Value

Also rated 4.0 on TechRadar

Writer Plus is a writing application without the fuss and distraction of a traditional word processor, perfect for writing notes, novel, lyrics, poems, essay, draft on your phone or tablet.

Platforms: Android

Best for: Note-taking, Poetry, Story, Essay, and Free

Website: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.easy4u.w...

Base price:

Free

Premium price:

Markdown format

Plain text editor

Word and character count

Night mode

★★★★ Performance

★★ Features

★★ Accessibility

★★★★ Value

Also rated 4.6 on Google Play

Capture what’s on your mind. Add notes, lists, photos, and audio to Keep.

Platforms: Online, iPhone, iPad, Android

Best for: Note-taking, Story, Book, Blog, Journal, Poetry, and Free

Website: https://www.google.com/keep/

Base price:

Free

Premium price:

Set reminders

Share easily

Quick search and filter

★★★★ Performance

★★★ Features

★★★ Accessibility

★★★★ Value

Also rated 4.5 on TechRadar

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/

Base price:

Free

Premium price:

Custom typewriter fonts

Authentic typewriter sounds

Print and manage multiple documents

★★★★ Performance

★★★★ Features

★★★★★ Accessibility

★★★★ Value

Also rated 3.7 on the App Store

A focused environment where you can write freely. With iA Writer, you can gain unparalleled insight into your writing structure, detect superfluous words and clichés, and navigate through your documents and notes with ease.

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

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

Website: https://ia.net/writer

Base price:

$49.99 one-time payment

Premium price:

Focus mode

Markdown & syntax highlight

Style check

Wikilinks

★★★ Performance

★★★ Features

★★★★★ Accessibility

★★ Value

Also rated 4.0 on PC Magazine

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

Premium price:

Full feature word processor

Create and open PDFs

Track changes

★★★★ Performance

★★★ Features

★★★★ Accessibility

★★★★ Value

Also rated 4.0 on TechRadar

With Scrittor store all your ideas, thoughts and whatever your mind tells you.

Platforms: Android, Chrome

Best for: Note-taking, Story, Book, Blog, Journal, Poetry, and Free

Website: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shahid.nid

Base price:

Free

Premium price:

Search notes

Password protection

Arrange notes by categories

Dark and light mode

★★★★★ Performance

★★★★ Features

★★★ Accessibility

★★★★ Value

Also rated 4.4 on Google Play

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

Premium price:

Thousands of prompts

Set a daily writing goal

View custom writing stats

★★★★ Performance

★★★ Features

★★ Accessibility

★★★ Value

Also rated 4.6 on the App Store

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