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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/
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Full feature word processor
Create and open PDFs
Track changes
★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.0 ★ on TechRadar
Most writers have at least one old notebook lying around somewhere, full of old story ideas, interesting characters, enchanting locations, or a myriad of other margin-scribbled thoughts. Notebook.ai is a worldbuilding tool that organizes, saves, and helps in fully fleshing out your fictional world, your way.
Platforms: Online, Chrome
Best for: Worldbuilding, Book, Story, and Free
Website: https://www.notebook.ai/
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Create universes
Create characters
Create family trees
★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
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Bear is a beautiful, flexible writing app for crafting notes and prose.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad
Best for: Note-taking, Drafting, Book, Story, Essay, Blog, and Free
Website: https://bear.app/
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Focus & dark mode
Encryption
Convert into PDF and Word Docs
Cross note links & tags
★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Also rated 4.3 ★ on the App Store
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
A reliable proofreading tool and essay editor for any writer or student.
Platforms: Online
Best for: Editing, Proofreading, Essay, Blog, and Free
Website: https://typely.com/
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Proofreader
Distraction free
Pomodoro timer
★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
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★★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.3 ★ on Capterra
Your thoughts in words. Say exactly what you mean through clear, compelling and authentic writing.
Platforms: Online
Best for: Editing, Proofreading, Blog, Essay, and Free
Website: https://www.wordtune.com/
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Find synonyms
Rephrase sentences
Avoid plagirism
AI autocomplete
★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Also rated 4.4 ★ on Capterra
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/
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Create and share new documents
Work online and offline
Export in multiple formats
Collaborate in real time
★★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.0 ★ on TechRadar
Drafts opens to a new page with the keyboard ready so you can type immediately. Go hands-free with Dictation. Drafts lets you get things down before you forget without fiddling folders, naming, etc.
Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac
Best for: Note-taking, Journal, Essay, Blog, and Free
Website: https://getdrafts.com/
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Dictation
Tags for organization
Customizable ediitng
Fast sync
★★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.8 ★ on the App Store
The best outlining app for your best work. Where brilliant ideas are captured, fleshed out, and realized.
Platforms: Online, Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows, PC
Best for: Outlining, Book, Story, Blog, Essay, and Free
Website: https://dynalist.io/
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Tags & cross-linking
Color code anything
Easy export
★★★★ Performance
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★★★ Value
Also rated 4.2 ★ on Google Play
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
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Search notes
Password protection
Arrange notes by categories
Dark and light mode
★★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.4 ★ on Google Play
Hemingway makes your writing bold and clear. It's like a spellchecker, but for style. It makes sure that your reader will focus on your message, not your prose.
Platforms: Windows, PC, Mac
Best for: Editing, Proofreading, Book, Essay, Story, Blog, and Free
Website: https://hemingwayapp.com/
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Grammar and spell checker
Readability score
Style checker
★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.0 ★ on Reedsy
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
★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Also rated 3.9 ★ on the App Store
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