Best Writing Apps in 2026 · page 3
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FantasyRat Novel Studio
Free planmacOSWindows7.3From $2.99 a month - 52
Gingko Writer
Gingko Writer is tree-based software for organizing and drafting complex documents.
WebLinuxmacOSWindows7.3From $117 a year - 53

ScriptDraft
ScriptDraft is a phone app for writing, formatting, and exporting screenplays on Android and iOS.
Free planAndroidiOS7.3From $29.99 a year - 54
Penpoint
AndroidiOSLinuxmacOS7.3$40 one-time - 55

Edda
AndroidLinuxmacOSWindows7.2$39 one-time - 56

LivingWriter
LivingWriter is writing software for drafting and organizing manuscripts, with chapters and subchapters in its editor.
Free planAndroidiOSWebWindows7.2Free plan - 57
Thread
Free planWeb7.2From $12 a month - 58
Flowing
Free planmacOSWindows7.2From $5 a month - 59
LyX
LyX combines structured document editing with TeX/LaTeX, equations, references and bibliographies.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.1Free plan - 60
Ulysses
iOSmacOS7.1From $39.99 a year - 61
Adobe InCopy
macOSWindows7.1From $4.99 a month - 62
SciFlow
Free planWebExtension7.1Free plan - 63

Ellipsus
Free planWeb7.1From $60 a year - 64
Writer
Free planWeb7.1From $30 a year - 65
The Novelist
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.1From €39.99 a year - 66
PenCake
Free planAndroidiOSmacOSWindows7.1Free plan - 67

Bear Blog
Bear Blog is a web blogging platform for publishing without trackers, JavaScript, or stylesheets.
Free planWeb7.0Free plan - 68
Movie Magic Screenwriter
Movie Magic Screenwriter is paid writing software for screenplays, stage plays, teleplays, musicals, comic books, novels, short stories, and other formats.
macOSWindows7.0$169 one-time - 69

novelWriter
novelWriter is a free, open-source plain text editor for organizing fiction projects and their notes as smaller documents.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.0Free plan - 70
Mataroa
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted7.0From $9 a year - 71
Poe
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.0From $6.99 a year - 726.9
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Trelby
Trelby is free, open-source screenwriting software for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.9Free plan - 74
TeXstudio
TeXstudio is a free desktop environment for creating and editing LaTeX documents.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.9Free plan - 75

Atticus
Atticus is a book-writing and formatting tool with publishing tools, real-time collaboration, and EPUB, PDF, and DOCX export.
AndroidiOSWebWindows6.9From $147 a month