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   Ulysses for iPhone▲165

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   2016

2. 2
   Ulysses III▲293

   A powerful writing tool for Mac, iPad, and iPhone

   2014

3. 3IT
   I trained a neural network to write Kanji▲166

   2018 · otoro.net

4. 4MT
   Muse – Tool for Thought on iPad▲266

   2020 · launch-preview.museapp.com

5. 5
   Ulysses for iPad▲96

   Desktop-class writing on the go

   2015

6. 6
   Ulysses 18▲119

   A writing app that helps you focus on what you want to say

   2019

7. 7IM
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8. 8
   Ulysses 21 for iOS▲110

   Writing app with grammar & style check in over 20 languages

   2020

9. 9TA
   Thoughtwriter – a digital whiteboard for your thoughts▲99

   2017 · thoughtwriter.org

10. 10WA
    WriterKata – a site for writers to practice their craft▲93

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11. 11BA
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12. 12BW
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    2013 · trevorah.github.com

13. 13IB
    I built an app to improve your Vocabulary▲69

    2011 · wordstash.com

14. 14HU
    Hibou – Use spaced repetition to remember what you read▲69

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15. 15PH
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    2018 · isittoasted.com

16. 16IM
    I made a tool that uses AI to turn my ADHD brain into a super power▲8

    I really struggle to keep my notes organised, and often can't make any sense of hand written notes after meetings. I did some experiments with Claude and ChatGPT where I blast random thoughts at them during a meeting or brainstorming session and then have them output a nice document that pulls it all together at the end. It worked incredibly well but it was a bit cumbersome to keep sending messages to the chat and telling the ai each time what to do. So I took the idea and built a tool, it makes it easy to throw random notes and voice recordings (images and document support on the way) and…

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17. 17IB
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18. 18BA
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19. 19IA
    Intuitive – A Rust crate for writing declarative TUIs▲5

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20. 20IB
    I built a tool to help writers share images of their writing▲10

    2021 · typeshare.co

21. 21TI
    Today I Learned, tool I created to help me document things I learn▲15

    2020 · todayilearned.wiki

22. 22IG
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    2025 · chromewebstore.google.com

23. 23RA
    Rhythm – a daily markdown notebook, calendar, and task list▲28

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24. 24SS
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