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24 alternatives to The Wish Dish

Authentic community-driven writing platform

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Wish Dish launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Penflip▲119

   A social writing platform

   2013 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hi▲62

   A real-time writing community.

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hardbound Writer's Program▲297

   YC for writers: experiment in a new media format

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Paragraphs▲272

   A minimalist writing app for Mac

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5WM
   WriteFreely – minimalist, federated blogging platform▲337

   2018 · writefreely.org · its alternatives →

6. 6
   s'More▲265

   A desktop app for writing Medium stories

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   WriteTheScene▲67

   Realtime storytelling with strangers

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Typewrite▲103

   Real-time collaborative writing

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Word Geeks▲133

   A curated marketplace of on-demand writers

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10FM
    Fiddle.md – a collaborative writing tool by Swipe▲129

    2015 · fiddle.md · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Kiip Platform▲113

    The ‘Surprise & Delight’ Engagement Platform

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    WeWrite▲90

    Crowdsourced Storytelling

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Irregardless.ly▲85

    A crowdsourced style guide for writers

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Studio▲124

    Roleplaying based messaging app

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Storybird▲77

    Visual storytelling and poetry writing

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Writrsbloc▲64

    A curated newsletter with the week's best writing

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Stamplay▲248

    A frontend developer's dream: IFTTT for modern applications.

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Prose▲65

    the worlds first gesture-to-speech app

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Bear▲38

    Beautiful writing app for notes and prose

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Trigger Happy▲89

    An open-source clone of IFTTT

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Prompts▲109

    Build a better writing habit

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    DataMaid▲143

    Storytelling for busy people.

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Help Me Write▲94

    Get your audience to help you decide what to write about.

    2013 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Editorially▲95

    Collaborative writing tool

    2013 · 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 →