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Showing 59 writing apps that match your search.
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/
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Custom typewriter fonts
Authentic typewriter sounds
Print and manage multiple documents
★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 3.7 ★ on the App Store
Do you have a story to tell? Unlike conventional word processors, Storyist helps you track your plot, characters, and settings, and keeps all of your writing organized and accessible—so you can focus on telling your story.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Book, and Story
Website: https://storyist.com/
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Stylesheets for manuscripts
Flexible outliner
Story development tools
★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Also rated 4.0 ★ on PC Magazine
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
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/
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Syncs across IOS devices
Sets writing goals
Minimalist interface
★★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.7 ★ on the App Store
The Internet's best write-reward system! Write one hundred words, get an image of a kitten!
Platforms: Online
Best for: Drafting, Book, Story, Essay, Journal, Poetry, Blog, and Free
Website: https://writtenkitten.co/
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Kittens!
★★★★★ Performance
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Create professional print books and eBooks easily with the all-in-one book writing software.
Platforms: Mac, Windows, Chrome, PC
Best for: Drafting, Publishing, Book, and Story
Website: https://www.atticus.io/
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Book level goal tracking & word count
Drag and drop chapters
Customizable formatting templates
★★★★ Performance
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★★★★ Value
SSuite WordGraph is a free and very useful alternative to Microsoft's Word, OpenOffice's Writer, or anything else out there claiming to be the latest and greatest. You don't even have a need for .NET or even JAVA to be installed. This will save you a lot of hard drive space and precious computer resources.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Chrome, Android, PC
Best for: Drafting, Story, Book, Essay, and Free
Website: https://www.ssuiteoffice.com/software/wordgraph.htm
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Text editor
Free Microsfot Word alternative
Export files as .doc and more
★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
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
★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★ 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/
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Automatic syncing
Tags for organization
Share documents and notes
★★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.5 ★ on TechRadar
Mellel is a word processor designed from the ground up to be the ultimate writing tool for academics, technical writers, scholars and students. Mellel is strong, stable and reliable, and is the ideal companion for working on documents that are long and complex, short and simple, or anything in between.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, and Essay
Website: https://mellel.com/
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Outline
Bibliography
Footnotes and endnotes
Multilingual support
★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
★★ Value
Also rated 3.2 ★ on the App Store
Step-by-step guided essay-writing directions written by a college English professor and includes explanations and examples to help you write a college-level essay including the following: introduction paragraph, supporting paragraphs, and conclusion paragraph.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, and Essay
Website: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/guided-essay-writer/id11731...
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Essay writing tips
Help documenting sources
Easily check progress
★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Also rated 5.0 ★ on the App Store
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
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★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.5 ★ on TechRadar
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