![]() ![]() It lets you take pictures, sync across devices, and saves weather and GPS information along with your entries. 300, Day One is an elegant and easy to use app that lets you capture your daily thoughts. Unlike the other apps on this list, Day One is a journal app. There are several other similar apps on iOS and Mac, and amongst those Byword is our pick, if you are looking for a more feature-rich alternative to iA Writer. The app also comes with Markdown support and iCloud-backed document syncing between the Mac and iOS versions. It also doesn't overwhelm you with features, so you can completely focus on getting your work done. Even basic writing apps often show slight amounts of lag while typing, which can completely break the flow of your work. IA Writer is super-fast on the iPad which is another big point in its favour. The app is completely distraction free, letting you see only the text when you are typing, and the iOS version (iPhone + iPad universal) uses its own keyboard, which gives easier access to punctuation and the cursor. 300 on both platforms (the Mac version is on sale) but having extensively used it on the iPad as well as Mac, we can say it's worth the price. Scrivener is obviously not as useful for day to day writing, but if you're sitting in office, dreaming about writing your novel, Scrivener could give you the inspiration you need - don't work on the novel on your employer's time though! This lets you more easily structure a large work and you can keep research and synopsises tagged as well, so when you move a chapter, the relevant documents can move with it in the notes. It lets you generate a full story structure, create a visual outline, and then work on each section as you require. Q10 is our favourite pick for fast, distraction free writing, and Scrivener is a great tool for working on larger projects, where you'll want to outline ideas, and work on parts of the outline at different times. Scrivener is a fairly expensive app that costs $40, but luckily, there's a 30-day free trial, so you can check it out on both Windows and the Mac to see if it feels right for you. ![]() There are different backgrounds to choose from, and also ambient and keyboard sounds, all of which have been chosen to help you focus on the work. Instead there are just some discreet buttons to one side, which fade out when you type. OmmWriter - like Q10 - keeps the focus on the text, with simple, minimal backgrounds and no visible menu. The app is available for Windows, Mac and iPad, with the desktop variants being 'pay what you want' (minimum Rs.250), while the iPad version costs Rs. People either love OmmWriter, or hate it. The app is great for writing in a focused manner, with no distractions and, for that purpose, the typewriter sounds paired with cheap earphones work better than expensive noise cancelling headphones. You can make notes, set a timer (which also measures how many words you wrote in each period) and you can customise the background and text colours, as well as set a typing sound - the default is yellow text on a black background with typewriter sounds enabled. It comes with a spell-checker, and you can enable a word and paragraph count at the bottom of the screen in a discreet strip. There is no menu bar and there are no formatting options on screen. Q10 works in full screen mode to take away any distractions. This free, simple, and yet powerful Windows text editor is loved by many for how simple it is. ![]() Whether you're a full time writer, or you want to work on essays for school, minimal text editors can be a godsend. But a full word processing app like MS Word can overwhelm you with options - and price tag. When you are writing anything that is longer than an email, basic text editors start to feel very limited. ![]()
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