Here are a list of my top 5 recommended apps that I have either personally used or researched. I do want to note that I am an android user, so I'm more familiar with those apps. However, I have broken the list into Android/Apple based on what I could find in each store. However, there are some apps that can be found on both, such as MyStory.today and Post-it. So make sure to check both lists, just to be sure. Also, the majority of these apps are free. If you're like me, then you're a writer on a budget.

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Android Apps

Color Note Notepad
Color Note is a simple notepad app. It gives you a quick and simple notepad editing experience when you write notes, memo, email, message, shopping list and to do list. Color Note makes taking a note easier than any other notepad and memo apps. 

ListNote Speech to Text
Notepad with Speech-to-Text, Password Protection, and Encryption. Take notes even when you don't feel like typing! Just speak your note, and it will be saved as text. This notepad app was designed to quickly jot down your ideas, with minimal hassle. And it makes it easy to keep those ideas organized.

Writer
Writer is a writing application without the fuss and distraction of a traditional word processor. It's perfect for everything from taking notes to writing a novel on your phone or tablet. Writer's philosophy is Keep It Simple. Writer tries to be as basic as possible, giving you somewhere to turn your thoughts into text, markdown support, and some statistics. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Diaro- Diary, Journal, Mood Tracker
Diaro is a multi-platform diary, journal, notes & mood tracker, designed to record your activities, events, appointments, experiences, thoughts, feelings, ideas & secrets throughout the day & sync data across all your devices & PC.​

Write
Write is a word processor for handwriting. Write provides a unique set of tools which ease the editing of handwritten text by grouping strokes into lines, much like typed text in a word processor.

Post-It
Use Post-it® Notes anywhere and anytime. Whether you use Post-it® Notes for teamwork and collaboration, or for reminders and personal note taking, Post-it® App helps you keep the momentum going.

Apple ApPs

Writer: Write A Book, write a story
This app helps you create notes & stories very rapidly and also make recordings during, as well as take or add photos. The notes and stories are color coded so you can find them instantly and you can change the note color on the fly. You can also set future alert reminders on individual notes.

MyStory.today
With MyStory.today you can write short stories and novels on your computer, tablet or smartphone. Write whenever you want wherever you are.

Features overview:
- Story management with chapters and scenes
- Corkboard with multi-labels support
- Character and places management
- Rich text editor with many formatting options
- Dynamic character and places linking
- Spell check and basic grammar check
- Auto-sync to your smartphone, your laptop and PC
- Export to MS Word or LibreOffice Writer

Just Write
Just Write text editor aims to simplify writing process. Just Write is carefully designed so that only things that are absolutely essential to the writing process are included.

Werbsmith
Werdsmith turns your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch into a portable writing studio, so you can write any time, any place. Hundreds of thousands of writers rely on Werdsmith to capture their ideas and work on their novels, screenplays, stories and articles. 

Danger Notes - Writer's block
​Danger Notes is the ultimate writing tool to help fight writer’s block. Whether you are writing a term paper, an essay, a book, your best-man speech, promising rap lyrics or just free writing, Danger Notes will help you fight writer’s block by forcing you to keep writing in order to save your progress from being deleted.