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Plan, write, edit, and format your book in our free app made for authors.
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NovelPad's online and offline novel writing software helps you organize, write, and edit your novel anywhere, on any device, from start to finish.
Platforms: Online
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Editing, Proofreading, Book, and Story
Website: https://novelpad.co/
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Drag and drop scene cards
Distraction-free editor
Visual progress timeline
Character tracking
★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
★ Value
Typing Chimp Character is designed to help fiction writers create better characters, stories, and worlds fast.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, PC
Best for: Outlining, Worldbuilding, Book, and Story
Website: http://www.typingchimp.com/
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Enneagram tools
Story generator
World generator
★★★ Performance
★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★ Value
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
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
Scrivener is the go-to app for writers of all kinds, used every day by best-selling novelists, screenwriters, non-fiction writers, students, academics, lawyers, journalists, translators and more.
Platforms: Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, PC
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Editing, Publishing, Book, and Story
Website: https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview
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Flexible corkboard
Structure outliner
Metadata and target setting
Print and export functionalities
★★★★ Performance
★★★★★ Features
★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.0 ★ on Reedsy
Life Note is an AI journaling app that lets you reflect with history's greatest minds—Jung, Marcus Aurelius, Thich Nhat Hanh, and 1000+ others—each trained on their actual writings.
Platforms: Online, iPhone, Android
Best for: Journal
Website: https://www.mylifenote.ai
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Great Thinkers as Mentors
Wisdom Council
Weekly & Yearly Reflection & Art
★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★★ Value
Also rated 5.0 ★ on Apple Store
LanguageTool’s multilingual grammar, style, and spell checker is used by millions of people around the world.
Platforms: Online, Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, PC
Best for: Editing, Proofreading, Essay, Blog, and Free
Website: https://languagetool.org/
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Personal dictionary
Distraction-free writing experience
Quality scoring for your texts
★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.8 ★ 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
Remember everything and tackle any project with your notes, tasks, and schedule all in one place.
Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android, Mac, Online, Chrome, PC
Best for: Note-taking, Outlining, Book, Essay, Journal, Poetry, Story, Blog, and Free
Website: https://evernote.com/
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Syncs across devices
Search within documents
Clip web pages and PDFs
Dozens of app integrations and templates
★★★★ Performance
★★★★★ Features
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.4 ★ on the App Store
Simple. Effective. Personal. Keep life moments and ideas always with you. Diaro is here to help.
Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Android, Chrome
Best for: Note-taking, Journal, and Free
Website: https://diaroapp.com/
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Search entires by tags or location
Sync across devices
Multi window mode
★★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.6 ★ on Google Play
Write more than ever before! Your words have the power to defeat monsters! Discover over 500 unique monsters that will push your writing to the next level!
Platforms: Online
Best for: Drafting, Book, and Story
Website: https://4thewords.com/
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Personlized writing editor
Cloud backups
Project management
Complete quests and earn items
★★★★ Performance
★★★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
iWriter Pro is elegant and minimalist text editor with built-in MultiMarkdown support. Distraction-free and subscription-free.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad
Best for: Drafting, Book, Story, Blog, and Free
Website: https://serpensoft.info/
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Distraction-free writing
Markdown highlighting
iCloud support
★★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.8 ★ on the App Store
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