Zen Alternatives

Zen is described as 'Helps you to focus on your writing... It's writing only. It's fullscreen. It's Zen' and is a Word Processor in the news & books category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Zen for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and iPad apps. The best Zen alternative is FocusWriter, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Zen are Rentry.co, iA Writer, WriteMonkey and scrutch.

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  1. Desk icon
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    An award-winning & beloved desktop publishing client, exclusively for OS X.

    You are a storyteller, passionate about crafting narratives that capture, express, and delight in what it means to be human.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. Worst Draft icon
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    Worst Draft is a Java-based, minimalist word processor that removes access to the two biggest roadblocks for writers: editing & distractions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
     
  3. Writer icon
     5 likes

    Writer is a writing application without the fuss and distraction of a traditional word processor. It's perfect for everything from taking notes to writing a novel on your phone or tablet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  4. 130 Words icon
     3 likes

    Free Private Journaling.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. KoalaWriter icon
     6 likes

    Koalawriter is a fullscreen, distraction-free plain text editor with customizable background images and ambient music. Like its Mac OS counterpart Ommwriter, its onscreen controls fade out of sight when you begin to type and appear again on mouseover.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  6. MarkMyWords icon
     2 likes

    MarkMyWords is the ideal markup-writing tool for authors. By using Markdown, MultiMarkdown, Textile, Wikitext, HTML or BBCode MarkMyWords makes writing articles for the web a breeze and remains platform-independent by using plain text documents.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Write Honey icon
     2 likes

    Write Honey is a free online tool that helps you jot down everything that's on your mind. Doing this is beneficial for many reasons:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. CreaWriter icon
     2 likes

    Full screen text editor distraction free writing enviroment. CreaWriter increase you creativity in writing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Typewriter icon
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    Once upon a time, people pounded out their memos and missives on a typewriter. There was no backspace, spell check, or fancy formatting, just forward movement, and muttered obscenities when you screwed up. Typewriter brings some of that ink-stained experience back.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Its primary goal is to make writing the first draft of your novel as easy as possible by improving the writing experience. It pulls you into your story with audio-visual themes, makes you feel comfortable in your writing space with its minimalist approach, and helps you hit...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Kensaku AI finds winning patterns and scales them into hundreds of SEO-optimized pages that rank and drive traffic. AI-powered programmatic SEO with WP integration.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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