This is not a review. This is just a quick note to tell you guys, writers looking for a new tool, about a new interesting app. Scrilys seems to incorporate useful features from major writing software like Scrivener and Ulysses. You can write separate notes, manage them as you would do in Scrivener’s corkboard mode, export…
Category: online writing software
Four online novel writing tools: a quick review
Are you looking for online writing software to write your novel? If you google “online novel writing tools,” you will find tons of blog posts and websites covering the topic. The problem is lots of software included in those sources are not “novel writing tools.” For example, you don’t want to read about what timer…
Review of Squibler, online writing software for book writing
I came across Squibler, online book writing software, while I was writing my previous book, “the Non-fiction writers’ toolbox.” At that time, I did not look into the software deeply because, in the book, I was not writing about the software as a whole but one of its interesting components called “writing prompt generator.“ The writing prompt…
Review of Speare: a block-based writing software
Recently I came across Speare, online writing software with an interesting interface, somewhat belatedly because it seems the software was released back in 2017. The first impression you get from the software is that it looks beautiful with its modern and clean interface. I could call it a block-based software because the idea is to…
Writing Streak is one of the best online writing apps
These days, the number of newly released book writing apps has decreased. Their quality is not impressive, either. In that regard, Writing Streak is quite refreshing. The online software in a beta stage has lots of useful features. Here are some of its nice features. Progress bar on top of the editor screen Real-time word count…
Checkvist and Workflowy: How do they compare as an outliner and a task manager?
As far as I know, at the present, there are only two top-notch online outliner software in the market. They are Checkvist and Workflowy. I have been using Checkvist for ten years now. I have used Workflowy for six months. I think I have spent enough time to form an idea about their respective strength…
Comparative Review of collaborative writing software: Quip, Microsoft Word and Google Docs
Vinay Patankar wrote a detailed and comprehensive review of three software for collaborative writing. He compares Quip, Google Docs and Microsoft Word with regard to major features of writing in collaboration such as sharing, concurrent editing, revision history, chatting and commenting, and organization. He rates Quip as the best among the three software. Based on…
Novlr is a promising web-based novel writing software with nice features
Novlr is an online app for writing a novel. What makes Novlr attractive is its uncluttered distraction-free style screen. As soon as you start typing, all the menus are hidden giving you an immersive environment for writing. I tried the two weeks’ trial and loved the software. There are many things to like about Novlr…
Alternote is a good alternative and complement to Evernote
I started using Evernote in the late 2009. It was early days of the now-world-famous note taking software. I used it for storing most of my personal and work-related information. I also used it for clipping book for interesting websites. Instapaper did not exist at that time so Evernote was the most useful software for website clipping….