Leave a Review Werdsmith
Best Free Writer
I am a writer in my spare time, but I still take my writing quite seriously. Werdsmith is a great app for small projects. I personally use it to write one-shots (or single chapter) pieces of fan fiction. I find it to meet my every need. Werdsmith has a lock feature, which is very useful. I was concerned at first about the limitations on how many projects you can write but I have yet to find myself with that number of projects. I am IN LOVE with the word counter and goal tracker. It is immensely satisfying to write for hours, days, weeks, and see that green color pop up telling you you’ve met your word goal. 10/10 would recommend for any writer.Show lessDany020202
Impressed BUT Two Things
I really love writing with this app. It makes things so much easier organization-wise. I also love the different settings/fonts/etc in the app to organize further. HOWEVER I’m somewhat disappointed with two things. One (which is more of a minor issue) is that when I try to bolden or italicize a word little stars appear on each side of the word and you cannot delete them. (**) The second thing is that I was only able to have 9 different projects before I have to start paying $50 a year or $5 per month (which is even more expensive than to pay the year amount.) Other than those two things, the app’s worked really well for my writing. One more thing, I’d really love to have a night setting if that would ever be possible. :)Show lessCamomazing1212
Amazing!
This app is super-helpful. And it doesn't need wifi to write, like Google Drive and other apps, and saves automatically. I can access my stories and write anywhere, anytime. It's a great app, with helpful word goal settings. I enjoy fanfiction, and unlike Google Drive, it automatically corrects mistakes and tells me about the errors. It's so much easier to write coherent stories without the typos that sometimes slip through. I love it.
Update (2019): Paid 99 cents as a broke teen to get rid of the space limit and I’m still using it as a young adult. Love the app. When I finally get my life together, I’ll probably purchase a subscription. App is still 12/10 for me. :)Show lessPangga12
Amazing, highly recommended.
Hello Werdsmith team,
I would like to start this off to say, how this app has encouraged my love of writing into a passion. I am very glad I downloaded this app when I had the chance. Even though, I’ve had Werdsmith for less than a year, I still adore it. I used to not even know how to properly use a comma, semi colon, nor have a A in my English class. My favorite part of the whole set up would have to be, how you distinguish ideas and projects into separate categories. Love it! It’s to die for, therefore I am that type of person. 😂 Anyways, even though I did give you guys a five-star rating, I hope you wouldn’t mind if I made a suggestion. I know a heap load of apps have this nowadays, and was wondering if you could add an (a free) nighttime theme. That would help out a lot. I normally write later in afternoon when I have the chance and it’s almost blinding to look at a full out white screen. Now, I know you have different themes, but I don’t want to spend that type of money. I simply have the free version. I hope you guys take my commentary to consideration. Thank you, have a good day and or night.
-Summer WerdsmithShow lessMLP_Lover23
Developer Response
Hi, thanks for taking the time to write your review and we're glad you're liking the app! To answer your question about who the membership is benefiting, we personally believe that both parties benefit. The membership allows us to continue working on the app so that the user has a product that is constantly evolving and improving. Without our subscribers, we wouldn't be able to spend as much time improving it, updating it with suggestions made by our users and providing customer support. Thanks - Nicole.Awesome Planner!
Im 13 years old turning 14 very soon. I aspire to be a writer/illustrator. Sometimes I have ideas and I dont know what to do with them. I either draw an original character with a bio or just make a random plot filled with holes. WeirdSmith has really helped me just jot them down and edit and publish where no one really sees. I sometimes post my stories on websites for criticism. I have yet to publish one but im pretty sure it will be succesful! WeirdSmith has really helped me just write plots and chapters for potential stories i post on websites. My original stories dont get much love but people read them. I’ve been thinking of making a fanfic for someone to notice me putting myself out there. Do some originals and some fanfics at times. I feel like writing a fanic will help boost me up. But anyway. Im going to stop ranting and just recommend this to anyone who has awesome ideas and wants to create stories and inspire people! Thank You WeirdSmith ❤️Show lessWu Leigh
Love this
I’ve had the app for about a week and a half now, and I love it. When you first download it, notifications pop up about a premium with different settings and themes, but you don’t need them to use the app. It’s easy to use and is very helpful. I definitely recommend it! I’ve written a lot more since I downloaded this app. You can set a reminder on it as well to remind yourself to write. It’s set up well organized and it’s very easy to access documents, it saves automatically, there are two sections (ideas and projects) and is an overall clean app. I really enjoy using this and you should totally download it if you want a simple, easy to use writing app!Show lessp.bates
I have now bought this app twice and they still want more money
EDIT
I am going to leave what I originally wrote just so people can see why you responded but I would like to follow it up. The restore purchases thing did work. The app is now working correctly with all of my features restored. Sorry for the knee jerk reaction. I love the app and would highly recommend it. Also thank you for the speedy reply. I really do love your app and use it for everything from list making to novel writing and everything in between.
I thought Wordsmith was a fantastic app. I even bought and paid for it. Originally I paid the 2.99 to own the app and all its features. Awhile later when things changed I paid 4.99 to own the app and all its features. Today when I went to use the app I discovered I have had a limit set on how many items I can save and that if I want to use all the features of the app that I have now paid for twice that I will need to pay a monthly subscription. I am very disappointed and will be looking for a new writing appShow lesserrah138
Developer Response
Hi, thanks for letting us know about this. This can occasionally happen in the app where it doesn't recognise that your membership has been renewed. All you need to do is restore purchases and the button to do this can be found in the "Help" section of the app. This should fix the problem but if you're having any more issues please let us know or feel free to get in touch with us on email via the app. Thanks - NicoleFavorite writing app!
I've had this app for about two years now and absolutely love it. Being able to put down ideas easily without having to bring out the notebook and pen is great. I think I will decide to pay the $4.99 a month because it's worth it, Microsoft word is now making you pay for your work and that is just not fair to me personally and it's cheaper for this route. Love the app and will sure keep using it for more years to come!
Update: I still stand by my review and love this app so much! The only criticism I would give is the error of writing on a laptop and app, it doesn’t update as quickly as I’d like. I wish somehow it would update and save every word written as I go on laptop and app together. But other then that, it’s the best app for writing out there.Show lessBoowolf21
No Folders
I like the ability to choose what you are writing from the options menu hope they add song writing at some point. That said the big drawback of this app is it’s user interface with projects on one side and ideas on the other it gets cluttered fast. You would have to work on one project at a time with this app so if you’re looking for an app to write and store all your projects this likely isn’t going to be the one for you. Despite its great formatting options it lacks a comprehensive foldering system and it’s the downfall of this app. If you’re working on 5 different novels and have to go through and open all the chapter 3 files just so you could find the one you’re working on it gets very inconvenient very fast! Also deleting things from the projects side of the app can be tricky and take several tries to get the delete button to show.Show less#Tamier#
I Like The App, But...
Okay, Let me start off my saying, I do like the app! I do! It is great as a whole and really useful!
I like how you can add a word-goal and it gives a little ‘notification thingy’ when you have hit that goal!
But—
My only real issue I have ever had with this app was that it deleted my writing.
Okay, So, I closed the app about three hours ago so I could go do something else for a bit. I had quite a bit done and I was happy with it!
Just moments ago, I decided to go back and write. When upon entering the app, everything seemed fine. When entering my writing, I saw a *blank page*.
My 5,000 (ish) words written earlier that day were all gone. And that’s really discouraging. Have all that effort put to waste.
I’m not sure but I don’t think it’s an issue on my phone. I have read other reviews and saw that others were having this issue as well.
To be honest, I would think this is the main issue that needs to be taken care of— Because, Whats a writing app without being able to write? (And keep your writing)(Thats actually why I’m giving it 3 stars. 5,000 words down the drain. ;-; )
I have only had this issue once, but, other than that, I enjoy the app.Show less•Ethan•
