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Are you a poet who writes when inspiration strikes? a student taking notes and writing essays? A novelist who usually uses a desktop computer, but needs their new iPad Pro to work on the go?
While the idea of writing more than a few hundred words on an ipad may seem crazy, using ipad as a powerful portable writing tool lets you tap into inspiration whenever and wherever it strikes. And with iPad screens now approaching 13″ and able to support USB connections to enable stand-alone keyboards, it’s easier and more convenient than ever to draft a masterpiece while away from your desk with the help of one app, an iPad and a good idea.
50 of the best writing apps for ipad
1. ulysses
developer description: An enjoyable and focused writing experience combined with efficient document management, fast synchronization and flexible export make ulysses the first choice for writers of all kinds.
2. synonym
developer description: Compose a blog post, write that story or fill out a school report on the go. use markdown to format text with easy keyboard shortcuts, subtle syntax highlighting, live-updating word counters, and more.
3. 1writer
developer description: 1writer provides a distraction-free writing environment. can create and edit plain text or markdown files. has many features, including online markdown preview, word count, dark theme, text expander support, photo insert, extra keyboard row, and many more.
4. scrivo pro for writers & writers
developer description: You’ve got a story to tell, an article to publish, class notes to take, whether it’s today’s journal entry, tomorrow’s thesis, or a future bestselling novel. scrivo pro can help you organize your writing, research, brainstorm, and eliminate distractions so you can focus on what matters most: writing.
5. hanx writer
developer description: hanx writer, created by tom hanks, recreates the experience of a manual typewriter, but with the ease and speed of an ipad.
6. story skeleton
Developer Description: Ideas spring up wherever you are. Get ready with StorySkeleton, the best story mapping and organization tool for iPad and iPhone. Create the structure for your project with storyskeleton’s streamlined and easy-to-use interface.
7. historian
developer description: storyist is a powerful writing environment for ios that lets you create, proofread, and revise your work wherever inspiration strikes.
8. story planner
developer description: The outline is one of the most powerful weapons for a writer. now you can easily outline your stories wherever you are thanks to story planner, the best organizational story and story mapping tool.
9. scribe
developer description: Tailor-made for creating long manuscripts, scrivener takes the fear out of the page by letting you typeset your text in any order, in sections as large or small as you like. Have a great idea but don’t know where it fits? write when inspiration strikes and find your niche later. grow your manuscript organically, idea by idea.
10. Textileus Pro Word Processor
developer description: textilus pro is a great word processing app for students and business people, also great for writing reports, documents, blog posts, journals or e-books! textilus pro can help you organize your research, brainstorm ideas, and eliminate distractions so you can focus on what matters most: writing.
11. verse – write poems, song lyrics and compositions
developer description: write poems, lyrics, haikus or even odes and more with verse for ipad and iphone.
12. mla writer – mla style writing tool
developer description: view, edit and create mla documents with mla writer. mla writer is the first step to a modern writing tool for ipad and iphone that aims to support 100% of the standard mla style. mla (modern language association) specifies guidelines for formatting manuscripts and using the English language in writing.
13. guided essay writer
Step-by-step guided instructions for writing essays written by a college English professor and includes explanations and examples to help you write a college-level essay that includes the following: introduction paragraph, supporting paragraphs, and conclusion paragraph. includes essay writing tips to help you write a successful and organized essay.
14. scheme
Developer Description: Notes with more creative freedom and better organization. Captured anywhere on a page and draggable around, organized in the world’s most natural hierarchy, and synced across devices with your favorite cloud. freedom but clear structure.
15. pages
developer description: pages is the most beautiful word processor you’ve ever seen on a mobile device. this powerful word processor helps you create great reports, resumes, and documents in minutes.
16. blacksmith
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developer description: werdsmith turns your iphone, ipad and apple watch into a portable writing studio, so you can write anytime, anywhere. Hundreds of thousands of writers trust werdsmith to bring their ideas to life and work on their novels, screenplays, stories, and articles.
17. unlock
developer description: Say goodbye to writer’s block. unblock makes writing easy, with professionally designed writing exercises to help you overcome even the most difficult obstacles.
18. wording
developer description: editorial is a plain text editor for ios with powerful automation tools and beautiful inline preview for markdown, taskpaper and fountain documents.
19. touch of daedalus
developer description: daedalus touch is the first truly next generation text editor on ios. no file lists, no folders, no documents in the classical sense, just stacks of paper and an infinite number of sheets. you navigate with standard gestures, all perfectly mapped and adapted to the tasks at hand.
20. write for ipad
developer description: writing. automatic dropbox/icloud sync. reduction. share faster. beautiful design.
21. chapters
developer description: Chapters allow you to create and manage multiple notebooks, each one searchable and with its own settings. Keep a travel journal, photo log, work-in-progress notebook, and your own personal journal in one app.
22. printcentral pro
developer description: The best file management, transfer and printing solution for ipad. print to all printers (not just airprint printers). view, store & print email, documents & pdf, all major cloud servers, attachments, photos, contacts & websites. convert documents and images to pdf files.
23. writer
Developer Description: The perfect app for writers. notes + recordings + photos + reminders perfect for writing books, stories, poems, reports, novels and more. write, record or write while recording/playback, also add photos and capture everything.
24. good reader
developer description: amazing goodreader app 4th edition is a universal app for all your ios devices to read and annotate pdf files.
25. chronic
developer description: take notes of life with chronicle, a simple journaling app that offers more than just bound pages without overcomplicating the writing experience. focused writing. multiple photos per post that you can move, resize, rotate – your words flow around you.
26. mytypewriter for ipad
developer description: this is your typewriter on ipad. features: – realistic typewriter on your ipad – email by image or text – backspace to delete text – fonts (old typewriter/american typewriter) – keyboard layouts (qwerty, qwertz, azerty and qzerty) – colors (red/black ink ribbon).
27. I’m a writer
developer description: ia writer is designed to provide the best digital writing experience: keep your hands on the keyboard and your mind on the text.
28. merriam-webster dictionary
Developer Description: Get America’s most useful and respected dictionary, optimized for your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. This is the best ios app for english language reference, education and vocabulary building.
29. smart board hd
developer description: This is an extremely simple whiteboard that is convenient for your work, life and study.
30. page: english grammar & spell checker + translator
developer description: ginger typing app gives you a better way to write in english. Get everything you need to quickly compose high-quality text that amplifies your message, wherever you type. Take advantage of ginger’s powerful editing tools to quickly check your text for grammar, spelling, and punctuation issues with the world’s leading proofreader.
31. storyboard
developer description: With the storyboard, you can create visual and interactive stories. stories can be written and then the words can be replaced with sets of images. when your story is finished, it becomes an interactive activity.
32. characterize
developer description: character is the perfect creation tool for writers, role players, storytellers, and anyone who needs to create original characters on the go. Drawing from an extensive database of names and vital statistics, character can spawn literally quadrillions of new characters.
33. microsoft onenote
Developer Description: Capture your thoughts, discoveries, and ideas with OneNote, your very own digital notebook. With onenote you can seize that moment of inspiration, take your class notes or keep track of that list of errands that are too important to forget. Whether you’re at home, in the office, or on the go, your notes go with you.
34. Microsoft Word
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developer description: Now word documents look better than ever on your tablet and phone. When you edit or create documents, you can be sure they’ll look exactly the way you want on your PC, Mac, tablet, and phone. word has the familiar office look and feel coupled with an intuitive touch experience, so you’ll be up and running in no time.
Note: On iPhone, iPad Air, and iPad Mini, the core Word experience, including viewing, creating, and editing documents, is free. Or unlock the full Word experience with a qualifying Office 365 subscription. On iPad Pro, you need Office 365 to create and edit documents.
35. a new idea
developer description: a fresh idea is the main tool to trace your history and record bursts of inspiration. use its simple interface to create your characters, locations, scenes and novels and then connect them to create the plot of your story. use the ideas feature to quickly jot down your creative sparks.
36.penultimate
developer description: penultimate combines natural, distraction-free writing and sketching with the power of evernote sync and search. take notes from classes or meetings, write your thoughts in a journal, or describe your next big idea, at the office or on the go.
37. rex thesaurus by dictionary.com
developer description: dictionary.com’s thesaurus rex revolutionizes the thesaurus for the first time in 160 years. we’ve added modern content and synonyms for new words like epiphany & amp; interested party, plus 30,000 more new entries. works offline.
38. sound curtain
Developer Description: Sound Curtain is a unique app that masks distracting noise by automatically adapting its volume, tone, and pitch in response to the noise around you.
39. notoriety
Developer Description: Students, teachers, and business professionals use notability daily to take notes, sketch ideas, annotate pdfs, markup photos, record lectures, provide audio feedback, and more. is uniquely designed for each device to provide the best note-taking experience at school, home, and work. And with iCloud, your notes are always up to date.
40. write or die
developer description: Unless you have a looming deadline, it’s hard to find the impetus to keep writing. write or die aims to address this difficulty and help you hack your writing process and get your words out. is a new type of writing app that provides consequences for distraction and procrastination. as long as you keep typing, that’s fine, but if you get distracted, there are customizable consequences.
41. myscript nebo – note taking for apple pencil
developer description: Structure your notes using headings, paragraphs, and bullet lists. add interactive diagrams, editable equations, freeform sketches, and annotate images. Finally, turn your captured ink into a digital composition document on demand. nebo documents can be shared as text. powered by myscript interactive ink: work better with your apple pencil!
42. creative writer
developer description: An endless source of writing ideas, words, prompts, and sentences for your writing sessions. millions of text segments analyzed and grouped into 7 powerful predictive models: prose (best-selling novels), dialogue (movies, TV series), you & amp; me, lyrics (popular songs, rap), romance, classics (shakespeare, goethe, joyce, kafka, proust, dostojevski and others), and quotes.
43. lists for writers
Developer Description: Writer Lists are a great addition to any writer’s toolbox. Useful for novice and experienced writers alike, this app offers list after list of tips and ideas for your brainstorming sessions: names, character traits, plots, occupations, obsessions, action verbs, and much more
44. rory’s story cubes
developer description: 9 cubes, 54 images, more than 10 million combinations and endless stories. shake to roll the cubes. Create a story using the 9 face up images.
45. creative writing prompts
developer description: Get over 1000 starter lines and creative writing tips to inspire you and give you ideas to improve your creative writing. ideal for students, hobby writers, or professionals who want to freewrite frequently.
46. writing challenge: creative prompts for your story
developer description: with the writing challenge you will enjoy a game with creative prompts to spark your inspiration and master freewriting.
47. brainstorming
developer description: the idea generator is stimulating for creative minds. A touch tool to randomly combine a plot, theme, and setting or style, Brainstorm provides a moment of inspiration for writers, painters, or any creative mind. Beat creative block, brainstorm new ideas, and gather quick topics to doodle, draw, or write in a journal.
48. forest: stay focused, stay present
developer description: forest provides an interesting solution to beat your phone addiction. you can plant a seed in the forest. in the following time, this seed will gradually grow into a tree. However, if you can’t resist the temptation and leave this app to check Facebook or play games, your tree will wither. With this interesting mechanism, the sense of accomplishment and responsibility will drive our users to stay away from their phone painlessly.
49. evernote
developer description: Let evernote change the way you organize your personal and professional projects. dive in: take notes, create to-do lists, and save things you find online in evernote. we’ll sync everything between your phone, tablet, and computer automatically.
50. ink on – track word counts, typing time and days in the chair – inked voices
developer description: write with your favorite tool, be it word, scrivener or another platform. track your progress in ink on. Whether you prefer to set goals by project, overall, or both, write down what you’ve covered.
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50 of the best writing apps for ipad
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