Alternatives to Scrivener

Writing & Content

Scrivener

Writing app for long texts such as novels, screenplays and theses

Paid iOS Mac Windows

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iA Writer Plain-text Markdown writing app with Focus Mode, made by iA

Costs US$49.99 on Mac versus US$59.99, keeps documents as plain Markdown files in a folder you choose, and shows which text was typed, pasted or written by AI.

Paid iOS Mac Windows

Ulysses Markdown-based writing app for Mac, iPad and iPhone

Syncs through iCloud between Mac, iPad and iPhone and publishes posts directly to WordPress, Ghost, Medium and Micro.blog.

Paid iOS Mac

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Draftwell

A quiet editor for long writing

Freemium Windows Android

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Draftwell Lite

A quiet editor for long writing

Paid Linux Android

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Ghost

Open-source platform for blogs, newsletters and paid memberships

Open source Web Linux API / CLI

Writing & Content

Google Docs

Google's online document editor for writing and editing together

Freemium Web iOS Android Browser extension API / CLI

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Grammarly

AI writing assistant that checks, rewrites and drafts text in apps and websites

Freemium Web iOS Android Mac Windows Browser extension API / CLI

Writing & Content

Hemingway Editor

Writing editor that highlights hard-to-read sentences and scores readability

Freemium Web Mac Windows

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