Want to write? Start thinking like a writer! Writerly will show you how.
Writerly is for everyone interested in creative writing. From first steps to advanced topics, Writerly is loaded with advice, exercises, ideas and prompts to help you develop as a writer, whether you're a beginner or a seasoned pro.
Our new AI Toolkit unleashes the power of Apple Intelligence to bring you tools to spark your creativity, brainstorm your ideas, help you research books and novels, and create characters and writing exercises - it's like having an always-available creative writing friend!
Writerly includes a huge amount of unique content that has been extensively tested and trialled by professional authors and creative writing students. So have fun, get inspired and get writing!
Key features:
- Available for your Mac, iPhone and iPad!
- Learn how to observe the world like a writer
- AI Toolkit (for research, exercises, brainstorming and more)
- Like having an always-available creative writing friend!
- Techniques to combat writer's block
- Discover techniques to unlock your creativity
- Unique 'generators' for Appearance, Mood, Character, Journeys and much, much more
- Warm-up exercises
- Meet your characters (like speed dating with your characters!)
- Ways into Character (in-depth character development tools, techniques and exercises)
- A Year of Prompts (a writing prompt for every day of the year)
- How to work with sensory detail
- Core character development exercises
- Built-in timer for exercises
- Widgets (daily prompts and character generation right on the home screen)
- Progress tracker
After looking around the program for fifteen minutes, I bought all the add-on modules and can’t believe how much rich, creative, and varied content it contains. The tiny price the developers are asking for such a beautiful and useful program is almost a giveaway. They have done a fantastic job of blending information and inspiration in a visually rich interface that is as entertaining as it is informative. I look forward to every day’s writing prompts and all the information I’m learning about characters. Huge thanks for a fantastic job. I can’t wait to see what shows up in future updates.
Great app improvements, meh widgets
marklesd1
I wrote a review before they revamped it, and I still think the app is good. I’m glad they incorporated a view of your progress. I wish there were more options for the widgets other than the add-ons you have to pay for. I’d like for it to be the timer, or the exercise you need to complete. It’d be great to see a widget for something you’d use the app for every day. Even still, it’s a great app!
Exactly what I wanted
Night Furie
This is a lovely app! The exercises are really helpful for me when I’m trying to get myself in the mood to write. My only complaint is that all the prompts are the same, it seems like it’s set up to be a random prompt, but it isn’t. Aside from that it really is a wonderful app that is exactly what I needed! Thank you for all the hard work that you put into this app.
Outstanding pieces of advice for writers
_MistaJ_
So I actually downloaded this app assuming it was just another app to jot down my thoughts and ideas. But reading through, I’ve come to find it’s full of great pieces of advice and exercises to improve your writing. I’ve tried the very first exercise on the list and I realized this actually works if you apply yourself to it!!
- Added the "AI Toolkit" in-app purchase (requires iOS 26)
- Book Suggestions. Tell the AI what aspect of creative writing you want to study and it provides a suggested reading list
- Brainstorm Buddy. AI acts like a creative partner that you can talk to in natural language. You can brainstorm plot ideas, develop concepts, or solve story problems through conversation with the AI
- Character Creation. AI can expand a simple character idea into a detailed profile. For instance, given a brief description (e.g. "a young wizard from a humble background, eager to prove herself"), the AI can produce a fuller backstory, personality traits, strengths, flaws, and even ideas for the character's arc
- Prompts. Expanded AI writing prompts
- Exercises. Generate creative writing exercises
- Updated map-related functionality to use latest Apple MapKit APIs
- Created a new universal icon that supports Apple’s Liquid Glass design language, ensuring a consistent appearance across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and the App Store
Version 2.50
In-App Purchases
AI Toolkit
An always-available creative writing friend!
$2.99
Meet your Characters
Like speed dating with your characters!
$1.99
Ways into Character
Create living characters readers won't forget
$1.99
A Year of Prompts
Titles, words or phrases to spark creativity
$0.99
The developer, Russell Archer, 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 Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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