Amazing app!
It takes some time getting used to, but I think it’s an amazing app. I like it a lot more than Word! It has a nice and clean lay-out, lots of useful keyboard shortcuts, and just lots of useful functions in general. I first bought this app for creative writing (which I hate doing in Word) but now I’ve found myself using it all the time for all different kinds of writing. I’d definitely recommend it!
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A labor of love I love
I use it many hours everyday - for job interview preparation. An excellent tool able to record links, headings, key points. Frode is spot on. Author introduced me to new ways of thinking and connecting thoughts - job prep has evolved into research and knowledge of industry practices, logging data, identifying and exploring concepts. When I get a new position, I will have to credit Author. In anticipation, I have started building connected documents to support leading and managing. I plan to use it for executive level reporting. I have not used the VR capabilities, yet. What a wonder that will be. Thank you, Frode.
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Initial headache turned out to be a PEBKAC issue
I made the mistake (and it was a mistake) of downloading this based on the App Store promise of “…Author is ideal for EVERYTHING from note-taking to academic writing.”
Everything is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. I wanted something to help with creative writing and fiction. For this purpose, I’d rate the application at about minus 3 stars.
However.
I stuck with it after realising my mistake and found that it is the ideal tool for my “day job”. For technical reports, research papers, training material, etc. it is absolutely fantastic.
It would be 5 stars if I could find a crib sheet for all of the keyboard shortcuts.
Everything is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. I wanted something to help with creative writing and fiction. For this purpose, I’d rate the application at about minus 3 stars.
However.
I stuck with it after realising my mistake and found that it is the ideal tool for my “day job”. For technical reports, research papers, training material, etc. it is absolutely fantastic.
It would be 5 stars if I could find a crib sheet for all of the keyboard shortcuts.
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More AI Nonsense
Real writers don’t use AI, and this app puts the theft machine front and center.
“Ask AI” is not working
The “Ask AI” feature shows an infinite loading spinner and displays an unexpected price string: “199 p/месяц,” which appears to be Russian. As a US user, this raises concern and looks like a localization or billing bug.
Aside from this issue, the app is well designed. It would be significantly stronger if local AI endpoints or BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) were implemented, as this would better support privacy and trust.
Aside from this issue, the app is well designed. It would be significantly stronger if local AI endpoints or BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) were implemented, as this would better support privacy and trust.
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Crashing
I am sorry to write this, having paid for the app and wanting the great features to work. The app crashes - an example after asking it to save to iCloud it appeared to do so, although a chunk of more recent text was greyed out and then disappeared. The word count went from c.1200 to c.900. Whilst staring at the screen in disbelief at losing my work the app crashed. Using the latest version of Sequoia M4 Mac mini. Not a big loss this time, but feels now a risk.
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Love it
It’s a great tool for organizing my thoughts and improving my writing. Totally worth it!
No French
It’s not translated in French as described.
Some buttons are not in latin-like language.
Some buttons are not in latin-like language.
Great for minimalist journaling, and probably a lot more
I primarily bought Author to use as a minimalist, open-and-type journaling app. For this it’s been excellent. There are layers of features, for which I didn’t initially buy the app, that are well thought out and useful.
I use it to record daily bird watching observations. I love the way that entries expand and contract. With a few shortcut keys, I can “zoom out” to a macro level of information that just shows me the names of the birds I listed for each day. Then, it expands back with a few shortcut keys and it feels like “zooming in” to read the details I recorded for that day. The text find feature is similarly helpful.
And, it’s a joy to use with a good mechanical keyboard. It just feels satisfying to type stuff.
I use it to record daily bird watching observations. I love the way that entries expand and contract. With a few shortcut keys, I can “zoom out” to a macro level of information that just shows me the names of the birds I listed for each day. Then, it expands back with a few shortcut keys and it feels like “zooming in” to read the details I recorded for that day. The text find feature is similarly helpful.
And, it’s a joy to use with a good mechanical keyboard. It just feels satisfying to type stuff.
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Citing is the heart
I’m a PhD student, and I always wanted an app like this. When I saw it, I thought it was a dream come true so I buy the three apps, author, reader and liquid. After using them I can say that, I completely love the idea and the concept of the apps. I hope that this apps from augmented text continue evolving in order to someday become my main option to go when writing and recommend them to all my friends and colleagues (Hardware MacBook Pro M1).
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Never Worked
The Author of this app never responded to me. I also was unable to get a refund on any of the apps. I bought all the apps that came from the author of this writing app, but unfortunately none of them work for some reason, even though I’ve checked the OS, updates, etc. Very frustrating to be ignored by both Apple and this app publisher.
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Metni kopyalayamıyorum
Uygulamayı kullanıyorum, memnunum da ama yazdığım metni kopyalayamıyorum. Bu sorunu nasıl çözebilirim
Developing...
I very much want Author to soar past the other tools I've been using. I'm rating it 5-stars in faith that it will improve and become everthing it can be.
Currently I'm stuck with the following tools:
- MS Word because of its auto-outlining capabilities. I desperately want Author to match or exceed it. I long for freedom.
- IA Writer for its massive editing feature set, but Writer's sans/humanist fonts are apalling to me. Author does not have this flaw.
- Byword for its simplicity (and .txt default. I never got into markdown; its useful but I just don't like it).
Most of Author's features I have not yet explored, but the concept map looks fascinating, and the ability to make notes in the margins is nice. There's a lot of promise in this tool, no matter how niche, and I look forward to being part of the developer's journey. Best to you, sir. I'm on your side.
Currently I'm stuck with the following tools:
- MS Word because of its auto-outlining capabilities. I desperately want Author to match or exceed it. I long for freedom.
- IA Writer for its massive editing feature set, but Writer's sans/humanist fonts are apalling to me. Author does not have this flaw.
- Byword for its simplicity (and .txt default. I never got into markdown; its useful but I just don't like it).
Most of Author's features I have not yet explored, but the concept map looks fascinating, and the ability to make notes in the margins is nice. There's a lot of promise in this tool, no matter how niche, and I look forward to being part of the developer's journey. Best to you, sir. I'm on your side.
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Tedirginim
Uygulama harika çok beğendim ama neden yükleyen olmamış yorum yapan yok? Telefonuma güncelleme gelirse uygulama desteklemezse çalışmamı kaybetmek istemem.
Back to 5 Stars
I wrote a review previously that was more negative as the Author app was not working, so I could not use the shared functionality between my phone and MacBook to make writing notes during the day and expand on them at home. This seems to have been fixed and I am very excited about this as now I can go back to my old routine. It really is a fantastic app, I’ve tried so many physical and digital ways of writing over the years and Author really feels like the only software designed for the writing experience. It has lovely shortcuts and tools that are worth learning, it definitely seems like a lot of thought has been put in and I look forward to seeing where it goes. If you’re on the fence, get the free version to try it out, I’m sure it’ll win you over. The only thing I’d like is to be able to add photos on the MacOS version, just to add context to my writing. Wonderful app and very glad it has been redeemed in my eyes.
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Neurodivergent Necessity
The Concept Map feature is a true gem and something you don’t know you need until you have it. Citations are a breeze and keeps me from getting distracted by a Zotero quest.
It doesn’t work on iPad at all
I can’t open any document or write anything. It’s a shame that I can’t work from my iPad. When are you going to fix it?
My New Go-to Writing App
I have finally found an app that is minimal, powerful, and syncs to all my devices! Though this app is primarily designed for academic writing, I have found the concept map and Journal to be helpful for fiction writing. Excited to see where this app goes in the future. :)
Läuft unter iOS 18.1.x nicht.
An sich eine echt tolle Schreibapp. Und macOS läuft die Software. Auf meinem iPhone mit iOS leider nicht. Neues Dokument anlegen, geht, ansonsten schwarzer Bildschirm. Nachbessern wäre toll., Dann gibt es auch fünf Sterne.
Not working with the last ios
Can ´ t open liquid files
