Essayist: Academic Writing App

APA, MLA, Chicago & More

Published by: Essayist Software
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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 tap 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 [email protected]
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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.
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Paid for the app but it wont leave “read only” mode

Can’t use the app 2323 on

United States

I bought a subscription and have had it for two weeks but it wont allow me to use the app. It keeps telling me i need to buy a subscription. When i try to buy it again, it says I already have a subscription. Very frustrating. i emailed customer service, tbd if they reply.

Can’t convert files to anything useful or even print them

Rpjhkid on

United States

Wasted time writing a paper I can’t submit

this App never opens

Piano Music Lover on

United States

I downloaded the App but it doesn't work normally, it just keeps showing multiple pages and telling you to choose an essay page.... but it never allows you to choose to *start an essay. I've never seen anything like it, but would not recommend this App for trying to write anything.

Buy it! It is worth every dollar.

American Eason on

United States

I’m gonna keep it simple. Time is money and convenience costs money. This program drastically reduces the amount of time it takes to write an apa formatted paper. The formatting is done well and adding the references is quick; especially with the google scholar function. $40 is MORE than fair for the functionality of this program.

Just short of perfect, but the glitch is significant

Golubsfly on

United States

This is an excellent app all things considered. I wish it was around when I was in college. It would be perfect in my mind but for one thing…..exporting. There is an export feature - and it exports, it just does so without carrying over any of the formatting. You can fix it in one of two ways. Get rid of the feature, and do not claim that essayist can export to word or docs with formatting, or make it work. This is an app that costs money. The export feature as it currently functions might as well not be there at all. If you do not need to export, if you are happy to simply do the entire project on essayist it is perfect. Problem is most professors are not using is, so yes…fix the export feature please. It does hurt the value of the product in my mind.

Wow. The most amazing app for student. BUY IT.

Horoscop3 on

United States

If you are contemplating of buying this app. Don’t think twice. Go ahead and do it. It takes away ALL of the stress from writing an essay on APA format and putting in those pesky citations!!!!! I cannot recommend this app enough. I wish it existed 10 years ago!!!!!

Saves soooo much time!!!

Man w/plan on

United States

I cannot stress how much time this App saves me in formatting essays and creating citations. I have always felt the formatting and citation portion of school used up a majority of my time but no more! Tip: when entering a manual citation, add the URL to the top and then hit return on the keyboard. Don’t bother filling out anything else. This concept was not intuitive for me as there was no search button and I wasted time doing more work and filling out the whole thing before I found the “how to” on a random Reddit thread. Not in the instruction manual. *An easy improvement the developer could make (hint, hint) Still a five-star app just for the time it saves me alone!

Nursing school must

MandyBlue03 on

United States

Just get it.

Can’t even open a document

Genamazing on

United States

Completely useless. I tried multiple documents and multiple ways of trying to open one, deleted the app and redownloaded it. Even when creating a document, it asks what style and then just makes a greyed out “new essay” to tease you into thinking that just maybe this might be a legitimate app. I tried buying premium, nothing changed. I literally cannot do anything on this stupid app.

Terrible APP

Aariv Bhalla on

United States

Trust me, do not get this app. You cannot use it unless you pay the subscription fee which is way too high, especially for college students who do not have thousands to spend. A rip off, scam, and waste of my time. Better off improving yourself and learning to werkte good than to use a greedy company’s app

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