Essayist: Academic Writing App

APA, MLA, Chicago & More

Published by: Essayist Software

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 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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Essayist Reviews

Been amazing until lately

mkarlson24 on

United States

I love essayist. It makes formatting for essays quick and easy! However, one issue that I’ve recently come across is that the bold and italics will stop working while I am writing my essay. It will say it is on but no formatting changes are seen. I will have to entirely close out of the application and open my work again to get it to work for a little bit and then it will stop working again. It’s a little frustrating but manageable.

Great but slightly short of perfect…

youraverageappleuser on

United States

Essayist is an absolute time-saver while writing academic papers. You don’t have to deal with the annoyances of word, plus it’s significantly cheaper if all you use in M365 is word. I love the bibliography features, plus the ability to save PDFs of my sources is pretty darn cool. Where I have an issue is the fact there is no grammar tools if you aren’t running an M-powered iPad. I feel relying on Apple for their AI writing tools isn’t a great idea, since, being an app aimed at students and academics, locks key features behind expensive hardware upgrades. Don’t get me wrong, this app is still awesome. It’s just disappointing that grammar features are missing.

Yes

Cherng charting. on

United States

Yes

Pretty solid

Me-O!!! on

United States

Been using this for about two months and I have to say it is extremely helpful. No problems as of yet. User-friendly interface.

APA 7 Citations

Mama AGES on

United States

I have been using this software for my Batchelors degree and now working on my Masters and have seen repeated corrections on APA citations by my teachers. Kindly update the APA citation algorithm to the latest requirements to prevent loss of points due to citations. This is my reason for 4 stars, otherwise I would give it 5 stars. Thanks for the great job in creating and maintaining this helpful software. Blessings!

Major time saver

Conscious creative ape on

United States

This app has been a big efficiency booster for essay writing and saving references in the correct format. It’s been a big help in my graduate program and I’ll no doubt be using it almost daily.

JUNK

Newmanj79 on

United States

Installed, and the bibliography manager crashes every time you attempt to use it. Unistalled and cancelled. THANK GOD for free trials. DO NOT WASTE YOU TIME.

Essay list

Noelleann85 on

United States

It’s a great app and help tremendously

It is great but could improve

Cam of death on

United States

Have the hot keys work the same. I will really like my "end" button to work like it does in word.

No Features

KiwiYa on

United States

$40 subscription and you're not even able to change your font size or see an outline of your sections? This thing markets itself as an app for academic writing? Is this a joke?

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