Writer
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Writer, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Writer's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Writer PRO monthly subscription | $6 a month | Pro features include integrations, revision history, folders, downloadable eBooks, writing statistics, writing archive, and premium support · $6/month |
| Writer PRO yearly subscription | $30 a year | Pro features include integrations, revision history, folders, downloadable eBooks, writing statistics, writing archive, and premium support · $30/year |
| Writer Basic | Free | Free to use · no credit card required · unlimited documents of any length |
| Writer PRO Lifetime | $99, paid once | Pro features include integrations, revision history, folders, downloadable eBooks, writing statistics, writing archive, and premium support · $99 once |
The facts
Each one read from Writer's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Autosave and history
- Documents save automatically, and Writer saves multiple revisions so users can return to earlier versions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Backups
- Writer says writing is transmitted securely to its servers and backed up nightly.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Customization
- Users can customize paper and text colors, fonts, sounds, and line spacing, including optional electric or mechanical typewriter sounds.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Document limits
- Writer says users can save an unlimited number of documents of any length.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Eligibility
- The privacy policy says children under 13 are not permitted to use the service.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Export formats
- advancedchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Integrations and exports
- Writer lists exporters for Google Drive, Google Docs, Evernote, Dropbox, and WordPress, plus PDF, HTML, ePub, and text export.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Offline mode
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Offline use
- The feature list says Writer works online and off.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The privacy policy says the service does not rent or sell personal information and describes collecting account, upload, purchase, browser-log, and analytics data.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Productivity tracking
- Writer can chart writing output over time, productive periods, and streaks.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Publishing tools
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Writer is an online distraction-free writing app with a minimal fullscreen writing environment.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Premium support is listed as a Pro feature.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Version history
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Writing tools
- Features include Markdown, a built-in thesaurus, live word count, writing goals, and Hemingway mode, which disables backspace.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- The site copyright identifies John Watson LLC as the maker.checked 11 Oct 2026
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