Manuscripts.app
For academics who have outgrown the spreadsheet tracker
Manuscripts.app launched on May 9, 2026 with 87 votes, #401 of 20,538 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
What it does
Manuscripts is a Mac app for academics who've outgrown the spreadsheet. Draft, submit, revise, and repeat. Most tools pretend to be project managers or reference managers. Manuscripts does one thing: it tracks where your papers are in the submission journey—which journal, which round, which reviewers' comments triggered which revisions. One-time purchase. No subscription. No cloud. Your data lives on your Mac. Built for how academic work actually feels: slow, iterative, and often unglamorous.
A Mac app for academics who've outgrown the spreadsheet. Draft, submit, revise — each paper with its own jacket.
Manuscripts is a Mac app for academics who’ve outgrown the spreadsheet. Draft, submit, revise: each paper with its own jacket. No cloud. No seats. Yours. The biggest release yet. Manuscripts now walks with your paper through the whole journey — the dashboard shows where everything stands at a glance, the submission editor handles cover letters and editor decisions, and deadlines live on your calendar. Draft the cover letter inside the submission editor, then record the editor’s decision when it arrives. The whole correspondence lives with the manuscript. AI review analysis now runs on OpenRouter in addition to Claude and local Ollama models — pick any model, keep your keys on your Mac.…from manuscripts-app.com
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