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Essayist: Academic Writing App 4+
APA, MLA, Chicago & More
Essayist Software Inc.
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
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Essayist allows you to write APA, MLA, Chicago & Harvard Style essays with ease. From in-text citations and footnotes to references and page setup, Essayist takes care of everything. It greatly simplifies the academic writing process.
AUTOMATIC FORMATTING
Essayist formats everything for you. Upon starting a new essay it sets up the title section/page, margins, font, line spacing, alignment, page headers/footers, etc. It formats your references, in-text citations, footnotes/endnotes, figures, tables, table of contents and more.
UNIVERSAL REFERENCE MANAGER
Store and manager references in a universal reference manager backed by iCloud. Search for, add, and store references in one place and use references across multiple essays. Create separate collections (folders) within the reference manager to organize and manage references. Add references quickly and easily using Google Scholar, Essayist’s built-in search, by pasting a URL or manual entry forms. Once added, references are automatically formatted and added to your essay’s references/works cited list.
CITATIONS (IN-TEXT CITATIONS, FOOTNOTES, ENDNOTES)
Add in-text citations and footnotes/endnotes with ease. Simply click the insert citation button and select the reference you wish to cite. An in-text citation/footnote/endnote is automatically created for you
GENERAL FOOTNOTES
Add general footnotes to any essay.
EQUATIONS
Essayist supports equations backed by LaTeX.
CITATION STYLES
Essayist supports four citation styles: APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian & Harvard.
*Supported Versions: APA 7th Edition, MLA 8th & 9th Edition, Turabian 9th Edition, Harvard Snooks Style Manual and Cite Them Right 11th Edition, among various other versions from institutions throughout the UK and Australia*
EXPORT
Export your work to PDF or Word.
MINIMAL INTERFACE
A simple interface helps you write without distractions. You know all those buttons in other word processors you never use? We got rid of those.
ABSTRACT, APPENDICES & TABLE OF CONTENTS
Add an abstract, appendices and a table of contents to your essay.
FIGURES & TABLES
Easily add figures and tables with all the required information (caption, title, numbering, notes, etc.).
REGULAR UPDATES
We are working hard to make Essayist the best academic writing app it can be. If you have feature requests or encounter issues, please don't hesitate to contact us at contact@essayist.app
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- iOS & macOS versions (universal purchase)
- Built-in Universal Reference Manager
- Pre-defined & customizable paragraph styles (Block Quote, Headings, etc.)
- Bold, Italicize & Underline options
- Import BibTeX
- Multiple reference types (News Article, Magazine, Website, Dictionary, etc. …)
- Two paper sizes: US Letter & A4
- Two font choices: Times New Roman & Arial
- Word Count & Page Count
- Multiple background choices
- Spell Check, Auto Completion & Auto Capitalization
- Dark mode
- Designed for Accessibility
FREE TRIAL
Essayist features a free trial that enables you to use all features at no cost (including export and sync).
PRICING
Essayist requires a subscription. Choose between a monthly and a yearly subscription. Both subscription options offer a free trial.
READ-ONLY MODE
Download Essayist and review essays for free! *Editing functionality is locked without an active subscription.
Terms of Use: https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/82031685
Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/82031685
What’s New
Version 1.11.0
BACK TO SCHOOL WITH ESSAYIST!
Our Back to School update is here! Introducing themes, PDF Storage and a Widget.
THEMES
Introducing four themes. Combine these with one of Essayist’s 14 backgrounds to create your own uniquely personalized writing space.
PDF STORAGE
Keep your research organized and store the PDF of a reference in Essayist's Reference Manager. Open and annotate PDFs in your favorite PDF Reader.
WIDGET
Introducing a convenient Widget that enables quick access to the Reference Manager - with or without an existing Essay.
If you have feature requests or experience an issue, please email us. We usually respond very quickly and it really helps us improve Essayist.
Ratings and Reviews
Good BUT text colour issues...
This is an incredible app BUT if you have a touchbar on your Macbook and you use the feature to change the colour of your text - (like I did, to help edit my essay and highlight areas I wanted to cut for word count) - the app will freeze and when you reopen it all you coloured text will simply look like any other black and white text.
Please fix this bug in the next update and I would happily give a glowing review!
Developer Response ,
Hi. Thank you for your review and thanks for pointing this out. We'll look into it!
Kind regards,
Till
Great But...
This app is brilliant for writing essays and has saved me hours of work citing references and writing a bibliograpy but...
It does not include footnotes in the final word count. I understand how not all universities abide by this rule, but in mine the footnotes contribute to the overall wordcount and had i not spotted that these are not included i would have gone over by about 600 words! It would be great to have an option to add the footnotes to the overall word count.
Developer Response ,
Hi, thanks so much for your review and kind words! We weren’t aware that some universities include footnotes in the word count but we will take this into consideration for a future update and look into adding an option to include footnotes in the final word count. Please don’t hesitate to email us if you have any other feature requests!
Sick
Love the simplicty and ease of writing without the bother of sorting out your refereces at the end of a long project. Wish for more flexibility in tables, ie creating tables and graphs, but great for the purpose.
Developer Response ,
Hi. Thanks for your review and feedback! Flexibility with creating tables is definitely on our list of features to add in the future :)
Kind regards, Erin.
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The developer, Essayist Software Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
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Information
- Provider
- Essayist Software Inc.
- Size
- 62.2 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 12.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2020-2024 Essayist Software Inc.
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Yearly Subscription £49.99
- Monthly Subscription £6.99