Appworthy

Essayist: Academic Writing App

APA, MLA, Chicago & More

Essayist Software Inc.
Download on theApp Store
App Store rating4.5★429 ratings
PriceFreeIn-app $5.99–$79.99
Age4+Store age rating
Size86 MBiPhone download
CategoryProductivity
DeveloperEssayist Software Inc.

What we found

Full report

Too little checked to say Store information only. We haven’t analysed this app or read its reviews yet.

Money

  • Free to download · in-app purchases $5.99–$79.99 (4 listed). Monthly plans $5.99 (about $72 a year) and $9.99 (about $120 a year); yearly plans $39.99 and $79.99.
  • If you subscribe through the store, cancel in iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Deleting the app doesn’t cancel a subscription.

Not yet tested.

The store currently lists version 2.2.0, updated 2026-10-14.

Preview

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Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

Try Essayist for free today!

"Mac App of the Year 2025" — Apple

"App of the Day" — Apple

"Editors' Choice" — Apple

"A-Plus Apps for Students" — Apple

"Mac Essentials" — Apple

No more fighting margins, hanging indents, or citation formatting. Essayist streamlines academic writing so you can concentrate on your ideas while it takes care of formatting, citations, references, footnotes, page setup, and more.

AUTOMATIC FORMATTING

Essayist automatically formats margins, fonts, spacing, headings, page numbers, references, citations, footnotes, figures, tables, and other essential elements.

UNIVERSAL REFERENCE MANAGER

Store and organize references with iCloud, then use them across multiple essays. Add sources through built-in search, Google Scholar, URLs, BibTeX, or manual entry. Essayist formats each source and adds it to your references or works cited list automatically.…

From the developer’s store description.

For developers and the curious

The full report

The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.

Findings and evidence

Not yet tested
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app. A missing label is not a clean bill of health.

What reviewers report

No review coverage

No review analysis published for this app.

Measurements

4 measured · 4 not assessed

“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.

From store data and reviews

Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
The store description doesn’t list prices (most don’t)
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description doesn’t say how to cancel (most don’t)
Themes reported by reviewers
Not assessed
This app's reviews have not been assessed yet
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.

In the app package we scanned

No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence, not a finding.

Sensitive permissions
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
How we know

Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

Not yet tested

Not yet tested. No analysis has been run for this app, so there is no version or date to report.

Store update history

Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.

App Store

Version 2.2.0 · 2026-10-14
Essay writing just got easier! Made for iPhone Duo: Write on the closed display or unfold for the full page. Half open, your essay sits on one half and the inspector on the other. Quotes from Researchist: Copy or drag a highlight out of Researchist and drop it into your essay — it lands as a direct quote with the citation and reference added for you. Refined iPhone editor: Essayist on iPhone received some user interface refinements. Researchist: Check out Researchist - Your Academic Reading Companion for Essayist: www.researchist.app Have feedback or found an issue? Email us. We usually respond quickly, and your feedback helps us make Essayist even better.

Assessment record

Status
Not yet tested
App identifier
essayist
Sources used
None recorded
Reviews read
None recorded
Package examined
No package scan
Human inspection
Not completed
How we know
Measurement vocabulary
1.4

Store facts

App Store

What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.

App Store

Store rating
4.48 ★ · 429 ratings
Version
2.2.0
Updated
14 Oct 2026
Price
Free · In-app purchases
Age rating
4+
Size
86 MB
Open in App Store
Developer
Essayist Software Inc.
Category
Productivity
Listing price
Free · In-app purchases

Purchases the store lists

 What this app sells

From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.

Subscriptions4
Monthly SubscriptionMonthly$5.99
Monthly SubscriptionMonthly$9.99
Yearly SubscriptionYearly$39.99
Yearly SubscriptionYearly$79.99

Method and limits

What this report can and cannot show

What a missing label means

Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app, so there is no method to describe for it yet. A missing label is not a clean bill of health: it means nothing has been read, not that nothing is wrong.

Limits of this report

  • A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
  • Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
  • Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
  • A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A human review gives an app hands-on, recorded measurements. None has been run for this app. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.
Review thresholds Read the methodology For developers

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