Marky

Marky opens straight to a blinking cursor. No folders to pick, no title to fill in, nothing between the idea and the page. Type, or dictate with any keyboard you like. Every word saves as you go, and a note names itself from its first line.

Tell Marky what you're writing (flash fiction, a short story, a poem) and the limit you're writing to, and the count shows how much room is left: 175 / 1,000 · 825 left. Poems count lines instead of words. Choose whether the title counts toward your limit.

Plan a piece as movements or acts, then write them in any order: the ending first, if that's what's arriving. Each part is its own note, the story keeps them in order, and the whole story counts toward one limit as you type.

Marky quietly keeps a record of each time you write: when, for how long, and how the piece grew. Look back at any earlier version, see exactly what changed, bring an old version back, or recover lines you cut. You can also export a writing record as a PDF.

Save your writing as Word, PDF or plain text. Choose the font, spacing and manuscript layout for prose or poetry. Include your name, leave it out, or add a separate cover sheet. Marky checks anonymous exports for your name and details.

Your notes are plain text files in your own iCloud Drive, in a folder called Marky, and you can open them anywhere. Marky backs them up every day you write. It has no AI, no ads, no accounts and no subscription, and it collects nothing about you.