Essayist: Academic Writing App

Name: Essayist: Academic Writing App
Rating: 4.5 (397 reviews)
Author: Essayist Software Inc.

By: Essayist Software Inc. App

APA, MLA, Chicago & More

Overview

Version:

2.0.0

Last updated: 2026-08-18

Features & Capabilities

Essayist is an academic writing app that helps you format papers in APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian, and Harvard with minimal effort. It handles title pages, margins, headers, references, footnotes, equations via LaTeX, and more, so you can focus on ideas.

A universal iCloud-backed reference manager stores and reuses sources across essays. It supports in-text citations, BibTeX import, and exports to PDF or Word. The minimal, accessible interface is designed for distraction-free writing on macOS and iOS, with options like dark mode and spell check.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Education Writing

By:

Essayist Software Inc.

Rating:

4.50

(397)

Version:

2.0.0 Last updated: 2026-08-18

Version code:

888581503

Creation date:

2021-01-11

Compatible devices:

Size:

73.75MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-20

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 80,717 ▼ 95

Other rankings

#3 in The Best Apps for Homework Help #15 in Tap Into Apple Intelligence #33 in Level Up Your Life #5 in citation generator keyword 57 ▲ 2#81 in summary writer keyword 52 ▲

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Developed by:

Essayist Software Inc.

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/essayist-academic-writing-app/id1537845384

Website:

https://www.essayist.app

User Reviews

Overall, users praise Essayist for strong citation management and formatting support, plus a polished mobile experience for college writing. However, reliability problems like crashes and loading failures, coupled with high pricing and incomplete citation features, hinder adoption. Zotero integration is lacking and some workflows are manual, with additional copy-paste quirks noted. The app shows potential but reliability and pricing concerns are the main drawbacks.

Pros

Valuable citation management and a reference library that lets you reuse citations across assignments.
Good support for multiple formatting styles (APA/MLA/Turabian) and overall paper formatting.
Excellent mobile experience (iPhone) for writing, exporting, and submitting APA-formatted papers.
Aesthetically pleasing UI and generally easy-to-use writing experience for college-level work.

Cons

Frequent crashes, bugs, and reliability issues (content won’t load, freezes or crashes).
High subscription price and perceived poor value; the monthly/yearly plan is expensive.
Citation features are unreliable or limited (generator/search issues, non-editable reference page).
Poor Zotero integration and heavy manual import requirements (no bulk import; limited syncing).

Recent reviews

I am a new graduate school student so I am getting back into the mode of school work. One thing that I love about this app is the simplicity. It’s an interface that has very little distractions. The reference search within the app is wonderful. No, it’s not a one stop shop, but it cuts down on time creating references from scratch. Also, the auto paper formatting is a plus. That is what I primarily use the app for and everything else is secondary. I don’t want to spend time formatting papers from scratch. I can just open the app and start typing. It is 80 bucks a year, but MS Word is more. Yes, Mose schools offer MS Word for free, but MS Word is overkill and I don’t care to use it. I can export to PDF and keep moving. I will update during the second year of grad school.