# Hammer-Editor — Simple story building tool

> Simple story building tool (iPhone/iPad app by Adam Brown.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hammer-editor/id6771650681 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Adam Brown](https://appshunter.io/developer/1839709021)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 107 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-05-28
- Data updated: 2026-09-08
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hammer-editor/id6771650681/reviews.md

## What is Hammer?

Please join our Discord to report issues! https://discord.gg/GTmgjZcupk

Multi-platform

This app is where ever you are. Your phone, tablet, desktop, laptop, this program can be installed and run, not simply a website-in-a-box, but instead using native client side technologies to provide the best experience possible.

Offline first

I was frustrated with most of the story writing software I was finding as they were using web technologies (aka: Web Page in a box) which always seems to run into problems while being used offline for long periods of time. Hammer is designed from the ground up to be entirely local, no internet connection required, ever.

Transparent Data

Your data is yours. It's not stored in the cloud, or some opaque database. It is stored in simple, human readable files, just using files and folders to define the project structure. You can open your OSes file browser and take a look for your self. If this program went away today you would be able to easily interact with your data.

Intelligent Syncing between devices

Your data can be synchronized between devices allowing you to work on your story from anywhere, and have no fear of a change on one device, overwriting a change on another device.

Optional and Self hosted Syncing

Syncing is entirely optional, you can install the client and use it on one device, or you can install the server and sync your data between devices.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.8.0 — 2026-08-05

https://hammer.ink/blog/news/hammer-3-8-0

New:
- Set the language a project is written in, and have spell check follow it
- Text editor: faster typing and relayout, word-wise undo with a much deeper history, and rich copy and paste that preserves formatting between apps
- Large Markdown imports are dramatically faster 
- Search matches the rendered prose, resolving Markdown escapes and formatting
- Tag search matches accented and non-latin characters, and searches entry names as well as bodies
- Chapter detection on Markdown import understands Setext-style and bold titles
- Visible scrollbars on scrolling screens, and scroll-away footers float over their lists

Fixes:
- importing a very large story no longer freezes the app
- scene drag could grab the wrong row
- literal `**` and `_` left around emphasis imported from RTF
- a number of text editor crashes around undo, paste, and joined paragraphs
- Scene drag and drop stays accurate while the list autoscrolls

Full changelog:
https://github.com/Darkrock-Studios/hammer-editor/releases/tag/v3.8.0

### 3.7.2 — 2026-07-28

[Improve]
- Translations updated for German, Spanish, French, Italian,
Portuguese (Brazil), and Ukrainian

Full changelog:
https://github.com/Darkrock-Studios/hammer-editor/releases/tag/v3.7.2

### 3.7.0 — 2026-07-22

[New]
- Encyclopedia: search by #tag, combined with name search
- Desktop: Ctrl+Q closes the app from the project selection window
- Crash reports now include the full stack trace in the exported logs
(Android, Desktop, and iOS)

[Improve]
- Server connections are now HTTPS-only. If you sync with a self-hosted
server over plain HTTP, it must be put behind HTTPS before upgrading.
- Web: story reader pages load faster and link previews now show a proper
title, description, and image when shared
- Web: sitemap and search engine discovery for public stories
- Web: reader stats no longer count bounces as reads
- Web: optional Terms of Service and Privacy Policy pages, with a
two-tier footer

[Fix]
- Web: error when saving your bio
- Client: Text editor crash

[Server operators]
- Optional Terms of Service acceptance gate on account creation
- Whitelist invites can be given an expiry date
- Configurable disk cache directory
- Configurable extra navigation links

Full changelog:
https://github.com/Darkrock-Studios/hammer-editor/releases/tag/v3.7.0

### 3.6.1 — 2026-07-13

- [New] Re-added translations
- [New] iOS can now export logs
- [Fix] Encyclopedia image selection
- [Fix] Focus mode UI padding on Desktop

### 3.6.0 — 2026-07-08

[New]
- Ideas: capture ideas for new stories
- Project Tags: tag your projects and filter the project list by tag
- "Move To" dialog for moving a scene to an exact spot
[Improve]
- Writing activity reliability improvements
- More reliable sync with automatic self-healing when data gets out of step
[Fix]
- Crash when importing an image on iOS
- Crash on some Linux systems
- Notes could revert to an older version during sync

## Apps similar to Hammer

| App | Rating | Price | Category |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Don't Forget: ADHD Focus Timer](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dont-forget-adhd-focus-timer/id6759551127) | — | Free | Productivity |
| [Ambient Lab: Focus & Sleep](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ambient-lab-focus-and-sleep/id6751447266) | 5.0 (3) | Free | Productivity |
| [Snippets: Quick Markdown Notes](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/snippets-quick-markdown-notes/id6757019836) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Productivity |
| [screnpla](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/screnpla/id6502513917) | — | Free | Productivity |
| [PinLog Text Notes](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pinlog-text-notes/id6763267903) | — | Free | Productivity |
| [Ten Ideas - Daily Brainstorm](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ten-ideas-daily-brainstorm/id6759669574) | — | Free | Productivity |

## More apps by Adam Brown

- [SnapSafe: Secure Camera](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/snapsafe-secure-camera/id6752530832)

All apps by Adam Brown: https://appshunter.io/developer/1839709021

---

*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-08.*