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24 alternatives to Concordance

An application for authors who like to sweat the details.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Concordance launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Paragraphs▲272

   A minimalist writing app for Mac

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Baselance▲113

   Personal talent storage for studios, agencies and producers

   2019 · baselance.co · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Irregardless.ly▲85

   A crowdsourced style guide for writers

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Terminology▲126

   A comprehensive research tool for words

   2017 · agiletortoise.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Atavist▲116

   A web-based word processor as beautiful as Medium

   2015 · magazine.atavist.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   iA Writer 3▲207

   The quintessential writing machine, rewritten.

   2015 · ia.net · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Programmar▲88

   A place for developers to read and write

   2015 · programmar.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hawkee▲73

   A writing platform for web developers

   2014 · hawkee.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Power Thesaurus▲78

   A crowdsourced thesaurus

   2015 · powerthesaurus.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    CotEditor▲102

    The free plain-text editor for OS X

    2014 · coteditor.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Stack▲120

    A beautiful and smart key-value based writing app

    2017 · stack-writer.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Liquid Text 2.0▲157

    A better way to understand text - across multiple documents

    2016 · liquidtext.net · its alternatives →

13. 13
    TheRightMargin▲130

    A smart writing app built for writers, by writers.

    2016 · therightmargin.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Remarq▲91

    Beautiful documents for consultants

    2015 · remarq.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Co-writing a Book▲54

    Collaboration and co-creation for authors

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Commonplace Book App▲78

    Digitally record quotes and book notes

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Authorea▲94

    GitHub for scientific works

    2014 · authorea.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Proseful▲146

    Focused, beautiful & free blogging

    2019 · proseful.com · its alternatives →

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    Origin▲132

    Typewriter styled, minimalistic writing app for Mac

    2017 · origin.star-lord.me · its alternatives →

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    Slate▲109

    Making Spreadsheets Understandable.

    2014 · useslate.com · its alternatives →

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    Tiny Docs▲121

    Simple place to write

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Citationsy for Mac▲125

    Create citations, reference lists, & bibliographies on OS X

    2018 · citationsy.com · its alternatives →

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    Two Margins▲102

    Annotate financial documents (ex. SEC filings) w/ the crowd

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Typewrite▲103

    Real-time collaborative writing

    2014 · typewrite.io · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →