Draftsmith

Draftsmith

Intelligent Editing
Scrivener

Scrivener

Literature & Latte
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About

Draftsmith helps you turn your first draft into your very best work. Get improvements, inspiration and ideas without leaving Microsoft Word. Save rounds of back-and-forth revisions. An AI writing refiner that leaves you in control of every change. Great content comes from editing, reviewing and revising. Whether you use AI to create a first draft or write your own, it’s the editing that matters. In a world of bland, AI-generated text, you stand out when you deliver your best work in your own voice. Staring at a mediocre, jargon-filled paragraph? Draftsmith offers suggestions and sparks ideas so that you can deliver better text in less time. Draftsmith gives you the power of AI suggestions. However, you’re always in control. You decide which suggestions to use, which to alter, and what to ignore.

About

Typewriter. Ring-binder. Scrapbook. Scrivener combines all the tools you need to craft your first draft, from nascent notion to final full stop. 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. Scrivener won't tell you how to write—it simply provides everything you need to start writing and keep writing. Tailor-made for long writing projects, Scrivener banishes page fright by allowing you to compose your text in any order, in sections as large or small as you like. Got a great idea but don't know where it fits? Write when inspiration strikes and find its place later. Grow your manuscript organically, idea by idea. Whether you plan or plunge, Scrivener works your way: hammer out every last detail before typing a word, or carve out a draft and restructure later. Or mix your methods and do a bit of both.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Writers that want to use AI to produce better drafts

Audience

Writers, novelists, students

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$18/month/user
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

$49 one-time fee
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 3.7 / 5
ease 3.7 / 5
features 3.7 / 5
design 3.7 / 5
support 4.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • It sits in the Word ribbon and is very easy to use. It doesn’t check anything unless you ask it to. It has lots of different useful features for different stages of refining documents such as Word Count Trimmer and Plain English Converter. You select which sentences you want suggestions for and you choose whether or not to accept the suggestion or you can modify the suggestion before you replace the text. It’s really helpful for making writing more succinct, clearer and sharper.

Cons

  • It makes suggestions at sentence level and I would sometimes prefer to run a whole paragraph or section through it to speed things up. However, the fact that it works sentence by sentence makes it much more secure and also gives you a lot more visibility and control over what it’s changing.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • The low one-time fee is a great model in a world where everything is subscription. The many panels and options the software offers allows for sorting and organization of incredibly deep world and plot management easily.
  • You can organize your thoughts for story writing and the text processor is alright. There's also the infamous corkboard view that so many people love, though I'm personally meh about. Still, it gives you some variety in how you view things, and I'm never against that even if I personally don't like how it looks.
  • Great interface Writing, Editing and lots of other uses Comparison tool Distraction free writing Export to multiple formats Single license for multiple installs

Cons

  • Very tricky interface to get used to. It is still a text editor at heart with robust features but not much more.
  • This is probably one of the most overrated writing software out there. All "writer" focused software is overrated, and typically overpriced. What Scrivener can do, you can do absolutely for free much easier in Evernote or any other program like that. I've actually found Notepad++ to be much better at organizing writing and notes than all of the more polished, newer programs out there. It rarely gets support, especially for the PC users. Mac is clearly prioritized. I've also known people, thanks to how they verify your license is active (which apparently needs to be done every time you use it even though it's a one time purchase!) lose access because they changed servers, resulting in them having to rebuy the exact same product again. Updates are few and far between, and discounts are promised on products that don't exist yet.
  • No updates for Windows version. No feature for collaboration.

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

Intelligent Editing
Founded: 2009
United Kingdom
draftsmith.ai/

Company Information

Literature & Latte
Founded: 2006
United States
www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview

Alternatives

Alternatives

Categories

Categories

Integrations

LivingWriter
Microsoft Word
Plottr
ProWritingAid
Wattpad

Integrations

LivingWriter
Microsoft Word
Plottr
ProWritingAid
Wattpad
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