Ink Now vs PlotReader

Ink Now is a full-power word processor and a book-design studio in one. Draft with everything your old word processor gave you, format with a designer's eye, and publish to every store — without leaving your desk. NOTHING BETWEEN YOU AND THE PAGE - Focus Mode dims everything but the line you're writing - Typewriter scrolling keeps your sentence at eye level - Sprints and daily goals with a live word count - Read Aloud, for when your eyes need a rest - Corkboard and outline views for structure - Snapshots, so no draft is ever lost RETIRE YOUR WORD PROCESSOR - Open and save real .docx, .doc, .odt and .rtf — formatting intact - Track Changes with author-colored edits and comments - Footnotes, cross-references and a live table of contents - Citations and bibliographies in APA, MLA or Chicago - Styles gallery, ruler and tabs, tables, restrict editing - Compare Documents, side by side EVERY BOOK DESERVES A DESIGNER - Twelve designer styles typeset the entire book at once - Drop caps, ornaments, running heads and page numbers, set with care - Widow and orphan control for even, book-quality paragraphs - Custom paper sizes, margins and bleed YOUR BOOK, LIVE ON EVERY DEVICE Format once. Ink renders a true-to-life preview on phones, tablets, e-readers and every print trim — Trade 6×9, Digest 5.5×8.5, Mass Market and Large Format — updating as you type, so the finished page is always in view. ONE EXPORT, EVERY DESTINATION - Validated EPUB 3 - Press-ready print PDF - Clean .docx - Cover image, metadata and ISBN handled - Nothing to fix after upload YOUR STUDIO, IN YOUR POCKET - iCloud keeps every device in sync to the word - Real-time collaboration - Handoff from Mac to iPhone, mid-sentence - AirPlay presenter mode - Home Screen widget for your streak and daily count EVERYTHING ELSE, CONSIDERED Regex find and replace across the whole project. Spelling and grammar in 20+ languages. Smart typography — curly quotes, true dashes, real ellipses. Ligatures, small caps and old-style figures. Index generation. Manuscript and book-layout templates. Paper, sepia and true dark themes. Shortcuts support and deep keyboard control. Auto-save and recoverable versions. ONE APP, THREE DEVICES Ink Now is a single universal app for Mac, iPhone and iPad. No account. No ads. Your files stay yours. Requires macOS 26 or later.

PlotReader is a private ebook reader for macOS. Import TXT, EPUB, PDF, and MOBI books, keep reading progress locally, add bookmarks and notes, and customize your reading experience with themes, font size, line spacing, scroll mode, and system read-aloud voices. When you want a faster overview of a chapter, PlotReader offers optional AI reading tools, including plot summaries and relationship maps. AI features are not enabled by default. You provide your own API key and model service endpoint, and chapter content is sent only when you request generation and allow chapter sharing in Settings. PlotReader also supports optional iCloud backup and restore. Backup data is stored in your private iCloud database. API keys are stored in macOS Keychain and are never included in iCloud backups. Key Features: - Import local TXT, EPUB, PDF, and MOBI books - Local bookshelf, reading progress, bookmarks, notes, and reading statistics - Custom font size, line spacing, themes, and scroll mode - Optional AI plot summaries - Optional AI relationship maps - Read aloud with system voices - Optional on Mac, iPhone, and iPad, with reading progress and your library synced across devices via iCloud. - No app account system