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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
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
Every character has stories and every World has histories. Planning and building a story cannot be easier with the help of this app. It helps the writer planning the story and the development of characters, relations, groups, races, creatures, etc.
Platforms: Android
Best for: Worldbuilding, Book, Story, and Free
Website: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lfantasia.n...
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Character templates
Relationship templates
Creature templates
Deity templates
★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Also rated 3.9 ★ on Google Play
Polish & improve your novel. Identify word and phrase over-use. Monitor adverbs and clichés, crutch words and phrases. Improve sentence structure and punctuation.
Platforms: Windows, PC
Best for: Editing, Proofreading, Book, and Story
Website: https://smart-edit.com/
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Find repeated words and phrases
Identify overused adverbs and clichés
Edit long and winding sentences
★★★★ Performance
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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
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
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
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
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A minimalist writing zone, where you can block out all distractions and get to what's important. The writing! To get started, all you need to do is delete this text (seriously, just highlight it and hit delete), and fill the page with your own fantastic words. You can even change the title!
Platforms: Online, Chrome
Best for: Drafting, Book, Story, Poetry, Journal, Essay, and Free
Website: https://zenpen.io/
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Minimalist interface
Full screen
Dark mode
★★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
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
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★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.0 ★ on TechRadar
Black Note is the black theme's notepad. It's the simple notes app.
Platforms: Android
Best for: Note-taking, Story, Book, Blog, Journal, Poetry, and Free
Website: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=notepad.not...
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Dark mode only
Sticky notes
★★★★★ Performance
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★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.8 ★ on Google Play
Whether you’re brainstorming ideas, presenting in meetings, or managing tasks, Ayoa provides you with flexibility and intuitive working methods every step of the way.
Platforms: Online, Mac, Windows, Android, PC
Best for: Outlining, Blog, and Essay
Website: https://www.ayoa.com/
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Collaborative online whiteboard
Mind mapping
Focus on progress
Idea bank
★★★★ Performance
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Also rated 4.1 ★ on Google Play
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