Alternatives

Alternatives to WordPress.com

Looking for something like WordPress.com? Here are 21 writing apps that do a similar job. Closest matches come first, then the best rated.

Best writing apps

All writing apps

1
Substack
Start a newsletter and get paid by your readers.
WritingNewFree
Open
2
Medium
Read and publish essays from writers and experts.
WritingNewFreemium
Open
3
Bear Blog
A very small, fast blogging platform.
WritingNewFreemium
Open
4
Ghost
A publishing platform for blogs and paid newsletters.
WritingNewPaid
Open
5
beehiiv
Start a newsletter with built-in growth and monetization tools.
WritingNewFreemium
Open
6
Wordtune
Rewrite a sentence so it sounds like you meant it.
WritingNewFreemium
Open
7
Kit
Email for creators. This used to be ConvertKit.
WritingNewFreemium
Open
8
Typefully
Write and schedule posts for X, LinkedIn and more.
WritingNewFreemium
Open
9
DeepL
Translate text and documents with natural-sounding results.
WritingNewFreemium
Open
10
Sudowrite
An AI writing tool built for fiction.
WritingNewPaid
Open
11
Overleaf
Write LaTeX documents online with others.
WritingNewFreemium
Open
12
Hemingway Editor
Highlights dense sentences so your writing reads cleaner.
WritingNewFreemium
Open
13
Writizzy
A cozy blog and newsletter platform with no commission.
WritingNewFreemium
Open
14
Grammarly
Catch grammar mistakes and tighten your writing as you type.
WritingNewFreemium
Open
15
QuillBot
Rephrase, summarize and proofread text.
WritingNewFreemium
Open
16
Google Translate
Translate text, documents and websites in over 200 languages.
WritingNewFree
Open
17
Hashnode
A blogging home for developers, on your own domain.
WritingNewFree
Open
18
LanguageTool
Grammar and spelling for a lot of languages.
WritingNewFreemium
Open
19
Typst
Typeset a paper in the browser, faster than LaTeX.
WritingNewFreemium
Open
20
Buttondown
A newsletter you can write in Markdown.
WritingNewFreemium
Open
21
Jasper
AI writing aimed at marketing teams.
WritingNewPaid
Open