Best 9 Writing Apps for Mac
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- čas přidán 11. 10. 2018
- What’s the best writing app for Mac?
Maybe you’re ready to commit to a program but aren’t sure which one is the right fit.
Whether you write on a MacBook, Mac desktop, or even an iPad, there's an app for you. Like to write on the go, in the cloud, or on multiple devices? Are you a minimalist? No problem!
This video covers the absolute best writing apps on the market right now. When it’s over, you’ll know which app is the best fit for your personality and writing style.
All the Apps:
2:38 Microsoft Word: products.office.com/en-us/home
5:00 Notebooks: www.notebooksapp.com
6:57 Bear: www.bear.app
8:33 Byword: bywordapp.com
9:19 IAWriter: ia.net/writer
10:37 Storyist: storyist.com
12:05 Shaxpir: www.shaxpir.com
14:40 Ulysses: ulysses.app
16:58 Scrivener
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Hello, Level Uppers! What app do you use to write?
And don't forget to watch my video on the Top 5 FREE Writing Apps for Mac: czcams.com/video/udQObJ0OpsA/video.html
I haven't been typeing on a computer I was writing by hand I'm waiting on my samsung cromebook.
I mix cement for a living
I use WritingPal free app for iPhone iPad
Just started using Scrivener and I'm absolutely in love!!!!!!! It's definitely an all in one and I truly appreciate the way it helps to keep me organized! Great vid by the way!
Watching this in March 2020 I cannot but be alarmed how much prices have been gauged up in only two years....
Thank you for making this video and walking through each of these!
Never heard of Shaxpir before. I'm going to check it out. Thanks for this awesome comparison video, Michael!
Thank you, that was very helpful!
Thank for the helpful video, working on writing my first book and this video helped me narrow down the list of apps to look into.
Storyist and Focus Writer are my preferred writing apps. I also have a pre-formatted word template I can copy and paste my work to once it’s edited and ready to be published.
thank you i needed this
A man of his words, Nice! I didn’t get a notification though like you said I would and yes I hit the subscribe button like you instructed, strange. I just happen to check because you said it would be posted this week. All n all, nice video.
Hmm, sometimes it takes a bit of time for the notifications to work. As long as you keep watching my videos, the CZcams algorithm will learn to send them to you. :)
I'm going to give Storyist a go. Thanks for the tip.
Hi there! Scrivener looks so interesting but it's kinda pricey for me, do you think I could get away with only the iOs version? X)
I have storyist on my iMac but I will be getting scrivener for my macbook pro.
Thanks for the helpful tips. You're appreciated
Thanks, Smokey!
wow i wish my parents told me that
Hey i know im a bit late but its maybe possible to make a full tutorial review of Storyist? cuz u explain very well :)
Another great video. So glad I found your channel. Like you, Scrivener and Ulysses are my favorites, and I agree with using Scrivener for fiction and Ulysses for non-fiction and short pieces. I agree that you have to have MS Office, but if I have to write a Word document, I'll do it in Pages and transfer it to Word. I had never heard of Shaxpir, but I'm intrigued by its analysis capabilities, and I'm going to give it a try. I bought your writing books, and I'm working through them. I like your presentation style and editing. It's amazing how many CZcamsrs don't edit.
Thank you very much. And thanks for buying my books. Hope you enjoy them. :)
hi there great video, any ideas for apps to help me write a travel guide?
My only beef with Scrivener is its wonky file sync. If you write on a Mac, iPad and iPhone, keeping them synced can get tricky. Ulysses has a great handover capability. As for word processors? Pages, for me, is simpler and more collaborative then Word ... and great for publishing to Apple Books. Thank you for your great advice ... much appreciated.
This might be a naive question, but your answer is important to me. With the writing apps you listed, would it be redundant to use another proofreading app as well. Or would these writing apps offer a robust editing/proofreading option? My short stories are piling up, and I want to start the final drafts. I have Grammarly, and it's very useful. Would I likely run my manuscripts through Grammarly after using the writing app? What would the workflow look like? Anyone can chime in for greater perspective. Thanks.
Sorry, going back to writing apps for iMac, iPads and iPads... would a Shrivener be a good writing app for songwriting? Would a Ulysses or other writing app be a better app for songwriting? Or is it just apples and oranges preference? Could you suggest a writing app with an iPhone, iPad iMac for songwriting. Thank you
Hello from Canada..... what's your opinion regarding Script Studio?
Thanks!
I use Ulysses for writing app and Bear Pro for note taking. I have Evernote Plus sub, too, making me think whether it's worth it subscribing to Bear Pro. But I can't leave Bear Pro.
If you don't use markup, is there any significant difference between Apple Notes and iaWriter?
As always, thanks for your very thorough reviews. I’m sure a LOT of time was spent investigating and trialling all of these apps - all to fit into a neat 20 minute clip. Just want to say your efforts are appreciated. I’m giving Shaxpir a spin right now. Like you, I am Scrivener all the way. I have just started using Final Draft 11 working on a screenplay - very niche writing product but I can see why it is #1 in that space. Ridiculously expensive though.
Thanks Blair! Yes, Final Draft isn’t cheap. I think a lot of people will want to check out Shaxpir. It’s different in a refreshing way, though like any app it has its cons.
Author Level Up Having had a quick initial look, I can already see a few people in my writing group that may like Shaxpir. When I tried to show them Scrivener, they felt overwhelmed, so Shaxpir may be a winner for them. I on the other hand, like the options that Scrivener offers.
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Good night, great video! Does scrivener restructure sentences? If not, which app do you recommend?
No, it does not. There is no app that can help you with this, unfortunately.
IDK about mac but for linux, Typora is amazing and beautiful.
Dude, try Speare. Almost too simple to use. Excellent.
Which ones edit files in place? Bear does not do that, it imports the file into it's own database. I'm looking for something like visual studio code. It allows you to open up a folder of markdown files.
"Pages" is amazing on Mac!
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Hi Michael, does Byword have a folder system with plenty of nesting. Or tags maybe. Please help. Am unable to find any information on this and noticed your review is pretty recent. Also does it have a few extra fonts. As you must be aware they have no trial version. Thanks.
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Hi, I haven’t used Byword enough to really be able to answer your question. I would ask their support team.
Author Level Up Sure of course :)
I use word. But I need something that I can use when away from home. Like a phone app version. Do you have a suggestion. I want to be able to write while at the park, out over a friend's, etc...
Definitely Scrivener since you’re writing fiction. It’s iOS app is second to none (assuming you have an iPhone). Outside of iOS, I don’t have much experience with Android. IAWriter allegedly has a pretty good Android app.
Word
Please, talk about "Manuskript". It is totally free and open-source. Has a lot of features, as Scrivener, outliner, focus mode, markdown, and much more.
For Windows, MAC and LINUX!
The program has some little bugs too, but, as a totally free software, still is a good alternative.
Someone else made the same recommendation. It made my shortlist but I didn’t ultimately include it because it’s still in beta. But yeah, definitely a good Linux solution. I’m surprised how many writers use Linux. :)
I had never heard of Manuskript so I was pleasantly surprised when I looked it up. It does indeed look good, and the price is certainly right -- it's free. I also like the inclusion of Randy Ingermanson's Snowflake Method. Thanks for the tip, Luis.
@@WMH98296 Thank Luis, I will take a look at it.
Hello! What is your opinion about "Write app"?
I’ve never heard of it unfortunately.
Hi Michael - I use Linux, any recommendations for writing apps there? It seems like Manuskript gets the nod on the web from some surface level research - have you tried that one out much?
No I haven’t. Check out my writing app database and filter by Linux. www.authorlevelup.com/writingapps
@@AuthorLevelUp Ah nice one, I'll have a look. After I read a little bit more last night I started wondering about going down the rabbit hole of just using markdown 🤨
I would like to know will scrivener program be able to send the project to the editor. Thanks
Not really. You can send your Scrivener project to your editor, but that’s fraught with problems. The best way to do this is to write your book in Scrivener, export to Word and send that to your editor.
@@AuthorLevelUp thanks for the response how do I go about tranfering it to the word processor
What about Affinity Publisher in Beta right now? I subbed.
I’ve heard a lot of great things about it, but I haven’t used it since I have Photoshop.
@@AuthorLevelUp Photoshop is an image manipulation program, but Affinity Publisher is for doing publication layout, much like Adobe InDesign (which I don't have). Since Scrivener can't flow text around inline images, and one of my book projects will be graphic intensive, my plan is to export from Scrivener into something that lets me do the complete layout, them reimport into Scrivener to complete the project. How would you approach it?
If that’s the case, you may not be able to reimport into Scrivener, especially if you’re working with layouts it can’t handle. I would make sure you get your novel edited/finalized before leaving Scrivener so that you can use InDesign/Etc to format the final ebook that will be published.
Cool tip: you don't actually need a subscription to MS Office/Word. Their OneDrive is basically Google Drive, and you can use Word, Power Point, Excel, etcin a browser just like you can with Google Docs. And it's free. It has all the same features, you just can't download it to your Mac/PC. MS OneDrive is hecking awesome. (I still have the subscription, though, cause I do like writing offline.)
Hey, not sure if you still respond to comments here haha
Really enjoyed the video! Shaxpir (?) looks really nice. Will definetly try this one and ofc ulysses and scrivener to find one that suits me, because I'm looking for an app that offers some planning options haha
Now to my actual question: Can you recommend any of those apps for writing outside of fiction/novels/books? I'm still in University and will have to write homeworks, papers, a thesis and all that stuff and wonder if any or even all of those apps can do that as well.
Word would be an obvious choice but I kinda wanna "level up" and get an app that works better for writing novels etc. and after all those years of using word it's just... Boring. Uninspiring. Sort of annoying haha and definetly feels more 'meh' for writing books. (Ironic, considering Sanderson writes all his books in Word)
Also, have you done a video on best writing apps for bloggers/script writers etc.?
I still read the comments. :) Short answer is that Word is probably best for uni. As far as apps that are best for blogging, definitely Ulysses. Check out this playlist: czcams.com/play/PLxzJuXcviPo8xI34X0zGCnM1AQ0sbcSEq.html
@@AuthorLevelUp thanks! Whats your opinion on Apple's pages? Guess word and I will stay companions for a while hah
Edit: i appreciate the VERY quick answer! Greetings from Germany, will definetly check more of your content and subscribed
I can barely use word on my Chromebook. most of the buttons are unavailable and Google docs sends messages to convert to google docs all the time.
FYI: Your Scrivener Essentials is NOT listed in the playlist below yor video! Just a place to buy it and give you a cut..
Sorry, but it would be so nice if it was listed below...
I use WritingPal free app for iOS
He start talking about the apps 2:40
Wow the prices of these apps have majorly increased.
After 1 month of Shaxpir subscription i really DO NOT RECOMMEND IT AT ALL! 1) very poor support 2) I signed for pro account, paid, and got the free account for many days on end, I had to send thousands of mails to fix it. 3) it deletes stuff!!! and you can't have it back.
I am sorry that you had a bad experience with it. I am glad that you shared your experience here for others to see.
IA Writer managed to get from 4.99 to 49.99 in 4 years' time 😂
Ulysses is expensive :( super high price 1 year sub is bad i wont buy program for full price and use it all the time... Best for me is Wordstar4.0 and Nano on Linux i have Scrivener also but i not like it, i wont write in markdown but i wont Ulysses only for mac and i dont bay it coz im from poland price here is rly not low... :( I also have iAwriter but windows version becouse i dont have mac when i buy app. And i must sey this, moust broken app (port to windows) i ever seen. How this possible? App is supper slow, crash meny times, problem with write long text file. Super slow, when i write with my speed who is not super fast still somtime i must wait to see what i write on screen becouse lag before all will be dispayed on screen. And last no Polish dictionary added as defoult. I must manual install it from network...