a meditation-inspired
writing app.
Easily import notes, text, and URLs from any app that supports sharing. To add Minimal's share extension, open the share menu in any app that provides the system share function. In the row of apps, scroll to the end and tap 'More.' Find Minimal, turn it on, and use the handle on the right side to drag Minimal.
Designed for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Featuring the Note Lifetime, Markdown-style formatting, Publish as Website, and more.
powerful features.
thoughtfully placed.
Minimal provides powerful tools designed to stay out of the way until the moment they're needed.
write beautifully.
format effortlessly.
Simple + elegant typography for clean, highly-readable notes.
Format prose as you write using the formatting keyboard or markdown-style formatting.
let your notes die.
Introducing the Note Lifetime.
By letting notes die, your notebook becomes spacious, uncluttered, and reflective of the present moment.
You'll be more likely to act on the things that matter to you while enjoying open-mindedness and clarity.
publish as website.
Transform notes into websites in microseconds.
Write an essay in Minimal. Publish it as a beautiful, simple website that's easy to read + share.
organize projects.
check things off.
Our projects live within Minimal.
From personal goals like cultivating a strong meditation practice, to professional tasks like building apps, every step of the way is elegantly managed with Minimal's todo lists.
add todos to the calendar app.
Effortlessly sync todo lists with Apple's Calendar app.
Each todo item becomes a distinct event that can be configured any way you'd like: start times, end times, alerts, and more.
send as email.
Transform notes into beautifully formatted emails.
Do all your best writing in a thoughtful, focused writing space.
sync everywhere.
Notes invisibly sync everywhere.
With features including Cloud Sync, Search, Handoff, and Siri, notes are easily accessed the moment you want them.
customize everything.
Everything in Minimal is customizable: styling + themes, preferred note actions, the formatting keyboard, and more.
You can even drag notes to reorder them in the notes list.
The best notebook is personal.
export as html, markdown, and pdf.
Exporting notes is effortless.
While notes are best-composed within Minimal, they deserve to take on a life of their own beyond the app.
import notes.
Minimalist Writing Style
Easily import notes, text, and URLs from any app that supports sharing.
To add Minimal's share extension, open the share menu in any app that provides the system share function. In the row of apps, scroll to the end and tap 'More.' Find Minimal, turn it on, and use the handle on the right side to drag Minimal's share tool to the top.
Voila – you're ready to start importing.
our ethos.
Our goal is to help writers and doers fall in love with their notes app while actualizing their highest aspirations.
Minimal is inspired by meditation, architecture, and nature.
Tap here to learn about our design principles. Get started by joining the Minimal | Notes beta on Apple's TestFlight.
a premium app experience.
priced affordably.
Enjoy Minimal free for 1 month.
After the 1-month free trial, Minimal costs $1.99 per month or $19.99 per year. That's about one-third of what we expect to pay for high-quality stationary each year.
We make it very easy to cancel with a big button in settings.
committed to quality.
Why a subscription? Because we're committed to serving dedicated writers and notetakers – not serving ads, not selling data.
Charging customers directly for actual use is the optimal business model. It ties our efforts to customer delight and real utility.
We can only make money by making Minimal better – and we love that.
education discounts.
If you're a student, educator, or non-profit employee you can save 50% on an annual plan. Just get in touch.
Contact us for help with Minimal | Notes.
translate minimal.
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April 2020
New Writemonkey v3.2.0 is ready.
Minimalist To Do List App
****************************************************WRITEMONKEY 2.7 FOR WINDOWS
Writemonkey is a Windows zenware* writing application with an extremely stripped down user interface, leaving you alone with your thoughts and your words. It is light, fast and free. With an array of innovative tools under the hood and full Markdown* support, it helps you write better.
Screenshot 1, Screenshot 2, Screenshot 3, Screenshot 4, Logo/icon
This version features new language tools and can run even more cool plugins. Plugins are locked and will only work with a writemonkey donor key.
Donate via this link if you are donating for version 2. For version 3 go here!
* You can donate with your PayPal account OR with your credit card. You don't need a PayPal account to donate, a credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover) will do. All old keys are valid. Along with premium features, you are also supporting an independent software developer and future updates.
Donors will receive a key (via e-mail) which will enable personalized name tag in splash screen (WRITER: YOUR NAME HERE) and access to many plugins that are available as separate download.
Make sure that your Paypal email address is valid or provide different one!
Easy jumps for wm | Corkboards for wm | Clandestine files for wm **NEW** |
Scratch pad for wm **NEW** | Quick search for wm | Pomodoro timer for wm |
Sentence highlighter for wm | Big Huge Thesaurus for wm | Preview for wm **NEW** |
USERS SAID
'... WriteMonkey actually has rather a lot of features but they are all ones that I really like or need. In fact, WriteMonkey has almost every feature from Scrivener that I require and that from me is high praise indeed ...'
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'... I use WriteMonkey to get a distraction-free draft out of me, since it doesn’t even tell me if I have misspelled something. I have also set it to make a clicking sound as I type, so I have come to associate that sound with productivity and type faster ...'
'... We've used WriteMonkey for years now, and its minimalist look actually helps reduce distractions, though the draggable minimized window might be better suited for everyday use like note-taking. For us, its intuitive features and Zen-like purity keeps WriteMonkey always on top.'
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Maybe the best distraction-free, full-screen, 'zen' text editor you'll find for free, WriteMonkey has lots of nice bells for the serious writer. This includes an infobar you can customize to show document info, or just hit a key to get all the stats on your work. You can set a constant position for your work cursor, so you never hit the bottom of the page.
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'... A further extreme, applicable to writers: use a word processor that's built exclusively around that kind of streamlined typewriter interface. My favorite such Windows app is WriteMonkey. For MacOS, it's WriteRoom, from Hog Bay Software ...'
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'... of all the Windows apps I used wm has the most personality ...'
David Sparks from macpowerusers.com
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With every new version conventional word processors like Microsoft Word gain more and more features, bells and jingles nearly nobody will ever need, while disregarding the needs of creative writers. When I am writing, all there has to be is me, a blank screen, my words and the current wordcount. No fancy toolbars, colorful buttons, floating windows or other useless distractions from the things that really count.
WriteMonkey closes the gap between simple editors like DarkRoom and full fledged word processors. It is fully customizable to meet the needs of any writer while maintaining a simple, clear user interface. WriteMonkey is my first choice for writing novels and can be absolutely recommended.
Richard Norden, Writer
http://www.WritersWorkshop.de >
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Quit aping around and eliminate distractions that keep you from writing with WriteMonkey, which brings the focus of the typewriter without losing some of the best tools from computers.
Seth Rosenblatt
Editor of Download.com >
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... The application is deceptively simple. The preferences reveal a huge amount of features such as text replacement shortcuts web look-ups of selected text, scratch repository and dynamic Markdown shortcuts. This application is a phenomenal implementation of a simple Markdown editor ...
macdrifter.com >
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