Writer's Foundry
Write novels, distraction-free
Free
A calm, native iPad & Mac writing studio for novelists. Organize chapters, keep a story bible, and write in deep focus, all on your iPad or Mac, no account needed.
Writer's Foundry is a calm, native iOS & macOS app for writing your novel, built for deep focus and long-form fiction, with everything stored privately on your iPad or your iCloud.
DEEP FOCUS WRITING
Focus Mode dims everything but the lines you're working on, with an adjustable focus radius so you decide how much stays lit. Typewriter scrolling keeps your current line centered as you type. Hide the chapter title and the page becomes nothing but your words.
ORGANIZE YOUR BOOK
Manage every chapter from a clean sidebar. Reorder, rename, and duplicate in a click. Each chapter keeps its own version history, so earlier drafts are never lost, and anything you delete goes to a Trash you can restore from.
A STORY BIBLE THAT KEEPS UP
Keep your world in one place: Plot, Characters, Places, Items, and Notes. Switch between categories instantly and build out your story details as you write.
NOTES ANCHORED TO YOUR TEXT
Attach color-coded notes to any passage. They underline the exact words they belong to and follow the text as you edit.
FIND ANYTHING, FAST
Search across every chapter with a preview of each match, or narrow to the current chapter and step through occurrences one by one.
WRITE THE WAY YOU LIKE
Choose from classic writing fonts: Georgia, Baskerville, Palatino, American Typewriter, and clean monospace faces, then tune font size, line spacing, and paragraph spacing. Optional page-break guides show how your manuscript falls onto the page. Light and dark modes, with an accent color of your choosing.
STAY ON TARGET
Live word counts and page estimates for the current chapter and the whole book. A word-analysis view surfaces overused words and suggests alternatives.
EXPORT WHEN YOU'RE READY
Send a polished manuscript to PDF, with your author details in place.
Use the Mac app to export as PDF or Word document.
SYNCING
Write from anywhere, on your Mac or on your iPad and make sure that your writing is always synced across your devices with iCloud enabled.
Ratings & Reviews
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Improved iCloud sync between devices.
The developer, Alexander Benz, 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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Information
- Provider
- Alexander Benz
- Size
- 1.7 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
- iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPad
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Alexander Benz