Best Writing Organizer Apps

4.5😊(1K ratings)

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This app helps novelists plot and write their books by organizing story elements like characters, locations, and items. It offers tools for world-building, real-time collaboration, and writing statistics, along with weekly challenges to inspire creativity.

What We Love

🚀 Amazing tools
🚀 Interesting prompts
👍 Helpful for planning stories
👍 Detailed character and world-building
👍 Organized and easy to use
👍 Useful for writing and outlining

Room to Improve

🐛 Crashes and freezes
🐛 Unresponsive save feature
🐛 Difficulty deleting or rearranging content
🔒 Concerns about intellectual property rights
💰 Paid features for desktop version

MyStory.today: Write a Book by Richard Nespithal

Novel Writing & Story Planner

Strong Contender

4.5😐(2.5K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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This app provides a comprehensive suite of tools for writing novels, short stories, and screenplays across Apple devices. It features story management, an interactive corkboard with AI summaries, character and location linking, and a rich text editor. The app also offers AI assistance for writer's block and progress tracking.

What We Love

🚀 Organized and easy to use
👍 Helpful for writing stories
💡 Separate sections for characters and places
👍 Allows for easy writing and editing
👍 Useful for both beginners and experienced writers

Room to Improve

🐛 Glitches and bugs causing loss of work
🐛 Scrolling and navigation issues
🔒 Concerns about data/account deletion
💰 Premium features locked behind paywall
🐛 Inconsistent auto-save functionality

Writer Assistant (Wassi) by Dmitry Novikov

Characters and stories planner

Worth Considering

World-Build, Plan, Organize

3.9😐(80 ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

This app helps writers develop characters, locations, and entire story worlds. It provides guided questions for in-depth creation and allows for outlining plots and scenes. Export your developed worlds and stories to PDF.

What We Love

👍 Great for character building
👍 Excellent for world building
👍 Helpful for in-depth backstories
👍 User-friendly interface
👍 Affordable pro version
👍 Good prompts for character relationships
👍 Well-organized planning tools
👍 Detailed and easy to navigate
👍 One-time payment for pro
👍 Useful for aspiring writers
👍 Good value for money

Room to Improve

💰 Strict character limit on free version
💰 Paywall for adding more than 3 characters
💰 Deleted characters still count towards limit
💰 Limited free features
💰 Blurry character images
💰 Inaccessible with Voiceover
💰 Typing can be frustrating

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Writer's Companion

Project organizationWorld-building toolGoal setting and tracking

This app helps writers plan novels, organize content, and achieve writing goals. It features project management, world-building tools, goal tracking, and chapter outlining to keep your creative process structured and on track.

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Writer Gadget

An Intuitive Story Planner

Rich text story editorCharacter and world item trackingOutline creation with templates

Plan, organize, and track your story ideas in one place. Write drafts, create character and world descriptions, and link them together. Seamlessly sync your work between mobile and web devices.

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Gorgeous writing spaceSilky-smooth typingDeep personalization (Pro)

This app offers a clean and configurable writing environment for various creative projects. It supports Markdown and plain text, syncs with iCloud, and integrates with other tools. Users can publish drafts to popular blogging platforms and export documents in multiple formats.

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Story Planner for Writers

Outline Novels & Screenplays

$8.99

$9.99 | 10% OFF

This app helps writers of all levels plot novels, screenplays, and other creative projects. It offers intuitive tools for organizing characters, scenes, and plotlines, with options to attach images and export your work in various formats. Stay in control of your narrative and bring your stories to life with flexible organization and detailed insights.

Custom project creationDetailed character developmentScene organization and linking

Write a novel, story, book

Distraction-free editorUnified document libraryCross-device sync

A distraction-free writing environment for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. It offers robust document management, seamless syncing, and flexible export options for writers of all kinds. Includes a proofreader and editing assistant.

Organize proof into packets

Wellnote: AI Notes, PDF, Docs

Memo, Planner, Note taking

Real handwriting experience with stylusCategorize and search notesImport and annotate PDFs, Word, PPT

Experience natural handwriting with a stylus for note-taking and document annotation. Organize your thoughts with categorization and search, and study more effectively using split-screen and custom templates. Import and mark up PDFs, Word, and PPT files for interactive learning.

Notebooks: Write and Organize

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Notes, Tasks, Markdown, Files

$17.99

This app helps you write, organize, and manage documents, tasks, and files. It offers flexible writing modes, robust organization tools, and task management features, all while ensuring your data remains accessible and under your control.

Formatted text, plain text, and Markdown writingCreate documents with styles, tables, and attachmentsOrganize with nested hierarchies and 'books'

The workspace for novelists

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Novalist - Novel Writing

Write stories, scripts, books

Werdsmith: Writing App

AI-powered writing suggestionsDaily writing practice builderAutomatic formatting

This app transforms your devices into a writing studio, helping you overcome writer's block with AI-powered suggestions and build a consistent writing practice. It automatically handles formatting, allowing you to focus on your creative process.

Noteful: Notes & PDF Markup

(8K)

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Highlight. Write. Learn.

Handwritten notes with Apple PencilPDF and document annotationOrganize notes with tags

This app revolutionizes paperless note-taking on iPad, allowing for handwritten notes, document annotation, and knowledge organization. It offers a fluid writing experience, PDF markup, powerful tagging, and audio recording synced with notes.

PDF Toolkit - Organize & Edit

(23K)

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Manage, Merge & Annotate PDFs

Custom document categoriesColor tags for important filesCombine multiple PDFs

Organize, edit, and manage your PDF documents locally on your device. Create custom categories, use color tags for important files, and combine or extract pages. Extract text from scans and images using OCR, and annotate directly on PDFs.

by Institute for Excellence in Writing

Protect & access personal docs

Focused writing, anywhere

$2.99

Write, layout, and design

Pages: Create Documents

Apple-designed templatesAdd images, video, audioTrack changes and comments

Create visually appealing documents with a wide range of templates and editing tools. Enhance your work with multimedia, track changes, and collaborate seamlessly. Offers advanced features for writing, design, and presentation.

(551K)

free

Quietleaf: Writing Space

Minimal Notes & Journal