Essayist
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Essayist, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Essayist's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $9.99 a month | Subscription · A 3-day free trial, then $9.99/month |
| Yearly | $79.99 a year | Save 33% · A 7-day free trial, then $79.99/year |
The facts
Each one read from Essayist's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audience
- Essayist is designed for academic paper writers, including high school and college students, researchers, and professionals.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Automatic formatting
- It formats page setup, citations, footnotes, and references according to the selected citation style.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Citation styles
- The site lists APA 7, MLA 8 and 9, Turabian 9 (Chicago), and several Harvard variations.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Data storage
- The privacy policy says essays and attachments stay on the device and in the user's iCloud account, and the company does not run servers that store this content or have access to it.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Export formats
- standardchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Import and export
- The site lists PDF and Word export and BibTeX import.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integration
- Essayist offers an optional Zotero connection for importing collections, reference metadata, and PDF attachments.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Offline mode
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Privacy
- The policy says the apps have no advertising, third-party analytics, or tracking, and do not use documents, notes, or references to train AI models.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Essayist is a specialized word processor with a built-in reference manager for writing, citing, and managing references.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Reference lookup
- References can be added through built-in Google Scholar and book and journal search, by pasting a URL, or through manual and custom entry.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Reference types
- Essayist supports references such as journal articles, books, websites, legal cases, datasets, and interviews.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The site provides a Help Center and lists [email protected] for email support.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Writing tools
- Users can add figures, tables, and equations with formatted titles, captions, and numbering, along with sections such as tables of contents, abstracts, appendices, and chapters.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Canadachecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile apps
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Platform requirements
- Essayist is available for Mac, iPhone, and iPad; it requires macOS 11 or later and iOS 15 or later.checked 12 Oct 2026
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