Byword
Draft a blog post, write that story or complete a school report wherever you are. Use Markdown to format text with easy keyboard shortcuts, subtle syntax highlighting, word counters with live update, and much more. All your documents, on all your devices. With iCloud and Dropbox, you can create documents in Byword on your Mac and access them on your iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. And vice versa. You can edit them from anywhere, on any device you use. Byword includes complete Markdown support. Preview your documents in app, export to HTML, PDF, rich text, or publish directly to Medium, WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr and Evernote. The lack of support for rich text is due to technical limitations and limited development resources. We are evaluating the cost/benefit of investing in rich text support of iOS. Meanwhile, we strongly recommend opting for plain text and markdown format for your documents. Macworld has a great article explaining why opting for plain text today is a good idea.
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Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is the world’s leading word processing software, designed to help you write, read, and create with confidence. Powered by Copilot, Word uses AI to help you generate ideas, refine drafts, and edit your writing with clarity and precision. Whether you’re working on essays, reports, proposals, or creative writing, Word delivers professional results across devices—desktop, web, and mobile. With Editor and built-in collaboration tools, teams can co-author documents in real time while maintaining consistency and accuracy. Integrated with Microsoft 365, Word also connects seamlessly with apps like Excel, PowerPoint, and OneDrive for a complete productivity experience. Trusted by millions, Word empowers individuals and businesses to create polished, impactful content anytime, anywhere.
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Effie
Effie, a light, clean yet powerful mind mapping and writing software for Mac, iOS, Windows.
Features:
All your work is in one place and within reach. So there’s no confusing file management.
Autosave and sync all your work in the cloud, so you can access anything from anywhere.
An immersive writing environment to keep you away from distractions.
One tap to convert an unordered list into a mind map, and vice versa.
Edits on the unordered list will be synced with a mind map, saving you from jumping the hoops from one app to another.
Flexible export to a PDF, DOCX, Markdown, EffieSheet, and JPEG file.
Simplified markup language allows you to finish your writing without lifting your fingers away from the keyboard.
Markup Insight panel woken by a “/” makes it much easier to use the markup language.
You can choose to write in the dark or light theme, whichever drives your creativity and productivity.
Different styles are available for your mind maps.
Built with native code.
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Plottr
Plottr lets you easily arrange (and rearrange) your scenes, plots, and character arcs so you can quickly find your way to the end of your tale — no corkboard required. Plottr automatically generates a clean outline of your story for you to review, edit, and export as the basis of your manuscript. You don’t have to start from scratch. Plottr comes with over a dozen templates (and counting) based on proven storytelling structures to help move your story from idea to execution. The fun is just beginning. Once you've finished outlining your story, Plottr makes it easy to start writing — just export your files and let your creative muscles get to work!
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