Writing about PennyWrite?

Short description

PennyWrite is a motivational novel-writing app for Mac and iPad. Writers type on 13 vintage typewriters with real key, bell and carriage sounds, grow a writing companion with every word, and earn milestones for streaks and goals. Underneath are serious book tools: an index-card plan board, characters and a relationship map, an ideas inbox, a manuscript editor with focus mode, and export to EPUB, PDF, RTF and Markdown.

Facts

• Made by: Chris and Gigi, a husband-and-wife indie team. Gigi is a novelist; Chris built the app.
• Platforms: Mac (macOS 14+, available now as a direct download); iPad and Mac App Store coming soon.
• Price: PennyWrite Pro at $29.99/year with a 14-day free trial, $4.99/month, or $59.99 lifetime (launch pricing).
• Privacy: no account, no tracking, no analytics. Writing stays in the user's own files.
• AI: optional Story Coach, off by default, uses the writer's own Anthropic API key and never writes the book.
• Website: pennywrite.com

App icon

Brand colors

Typewriter Red #D42A26 · Ink Black #141416 · Paper White #FFFFFF · Penny Copper #C46A33

Screenshots (iPad)

Full-resolution JPEGs. Shown with the built-in example novel, The Salt Archive.