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24 alternatives to Kobo Writing Life -- Episode 46 "Wattpad"

Intro to Wattpad, a huge online writer / reader community

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Kobo Writing Life -- Episode 46 "Wattpad" launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Hi▲62
A real-time writing community.
2014 · its alternatives →
2
Wattpad v6.0 (iOS)▲99
Read books and stories you can't find anywhere else.
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
3
Posts 2.0▲240
Glorious paragraph creator from Slack
2015 · its alternatives →
4
Help Me Write▲94
Get your audience to help you decide what to write about.
2013 · its alternatives →
5
Umano for Writers▲117
Narrate your articles, reach listeners and earn money
2014 · its alternatives →
6
Jotterpad▲115
The writing app for creatives
2015 · 2appstudio.com · its alternatives →
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WriteRoom▲67
Distraction Free Writing
2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
8
Developer Ipsum▲110
Lorem for nerds
2021 · developer-ipsum.netlify.app · its alternatives →
9
Crunch 2!▲72
Write what you want. Save what you need.
2016 · getcrunch.co · its alternatives →
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Pagecord▲122
Hey HN I’ve been at a loose end for the past few days so I decided to build a thing. I’m largely devoid of original ideas so I built a (micro-) blogging app with a slight twist: you run it using email. All you need is an email account. No new tools to wrangle. No password to forget. Compose in your favourite email editor and send to a secret address. Pagecord does the rest. It's great for bloggy long-form writing, but it’s maybe even more fun for micro-blogging your thoughts as you would a Twitter feed (you can subscribe to people/blogs using RSS). I figured nobody would pay so it's…
2024 · pagecord.com · its alternatives →
11
Stack Overflow Podcast - A Bunch of Bald Yaks▲66
HyperDev, the fastest way to bang out code and run it online
2016 · stackoverflow.blog · its alternatives →
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Word Geeks▲133
A curated marketplace of on-demand writers
2016 · wordgeeks.co · its alternatives →
13
Tung▲96
A social podcast player
2016 · its alternatives →
14
a16z - Board Minutes▲62
A SUPER interesting episode on snooze fest board min. topic.
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
15
TIL Reddit Recap - Thu. Jan 28▲80
A podcast created entirely by a computer program
2016 · sleepybandit.github.io · its alternatives →
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Writrsbloc▲64
A curated newsletter with the week's best writing
2015 · its alternatives →
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Writers Who Don't Write Episode 20: Stephanie Danler▲53
The mechanics of writing and feeling
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
18
Typewrite▲103
Real-time collaborative writing
2014 · typewrite.io · its alternatives →
19
Awesome Office - How to End Your Year With a Bang▲61
#SPKup Episode 4
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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Geeke▲59
Connecting readers & writers in the most awesome way
2023 · geeke.app · its alternatives →
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Voo Plan for Kik▲90
Send plans to friends in your chats! 🗓
2016 · bots.kik.com · its alternatives →
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The Web Platform Podcast - 67: Keeping Fluent with Web Technology▲59
A podcast that dives deep into ‘all things’ web
2015 · thewebplatform.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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The Hacking UI Podcast #14 - Good Fucking Design Advice▲73
Abandoning fear and getting out of your comfort zone
2016 · hackingui.com · its alternatives →
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ReplyAll▲55
Podcasting meets blogging - embeddable conversations.
2014 · replyall.me · its alternatives →

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