Alternatives to Reedsy Studio
A browser-based writing app for authors that formats a manuscript into a finished book as you write. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Reedsy Studio
A browser-based writing app for authors that formats a manuscript into a finished book as you write.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Reedsy Studio.
Atticus
A book writing and formatting tool for producing print books and ebooks on any desktop platform.
Atticus combines writing and formatting in a paid desktop app for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chromebook, with 17 templates, a theme builder and device previews.
Vellum
A macOS app for formatting manuscripts into ebooks and print-ready books.
Vellum is a paid macOS app that formats a finished manuscript into ebook and print editions, rather than a browser-based writing environment with collaboration.
Pressbooks
A web-based platform for writing and publishing digital books and open educational resources.
Pressbooks is a paid online platform aimed at educators and institutions, adding interactive H5P content and a directory of open access books.
Jutoh
A desktop ebook editor that creates EPUB, Kindle and print-ready books from Word or text files.
Jutoh is a paid desktop editor for Windows, macOS and Linux that imports Word files and exports Kindle, EPUB and audio, with no subscription.
Kotobee Author
A desktop authoring tool for building interactive ebooks and exporting them to EPUB, apps and web formats.
Kotobee Author is a desktop tool for interactive ebooks exporting to EPUB, apps and web formats, with advanced publishing features in paid plans.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Reedsy Studio as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Manuskript
Plan and draft long writing projects on your desktop.
Reedsy Studio is a browser-based app that needs an account and formats the book as you write, adding real-time collaboration, with some features as paid add-ons.
novelWriter
Write novels as a collection of manageable text documents.
Reedsy Studio runs in the browser with an account and formats the book as you write, adding real-time collaboration, instead of novelWriter's local text project files.
Scrivener
A writing app for drafting and organising long documents such as novels, screenplays and theses.
Reedsy Studio runs in the browser with an account, formatting the book while you write and offering real-time collaboration, with some features as paid add-ons.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Sigil
An EPUB editor with a code view and a visual view side by side, plus validation and metadata tools.
EPUBCheck
The official W3C conformance checker that validates EPUB publications from the command line.
mdBook
A command-line tool that builds online books from a folder of Markdown files.
PageEdit
A visual editor for the XHTML pages inside EPUB ebooks, from the Sigil project.
Calibre
The ebook library manager: view, convert, edit and catalogue books in every major format, and talk to e-readers.
