Almost Drafts
A quiet place to write verse on your phone, and a simple way to share it when it is ready.
Your verses stay with you.
Almost Drafts keeps writing and sharing apart. You write in private, for as long as a verse needs, and share only the version you choose.
Private by design
No account and no sign-in. The app does not even ask for internet access, so your drafts stay on your phone unless you share or back them up yourself.
Made for verse
Syllables, rhymes, stanzas and forms are part of the editor, not an afterthought. Indents and line breaks stay exactly where you put them.
Ready to share
When a verse is finished, turn it into an Instagram post, a story or a PDF, in six designs and a range of page colours.
Tools that help a verse along.
Each one is there when you want it and out of the way when you don't.
Counts in the margin
Syllables and rhyme letters appear beside each line as you write, so you can hear the shape of a verse.
Rhymes and synonyms
Look up rhymes for the line you are answering, or another word for the one you have. All of it works offline.
Classic forms
Haiku, tanka, cinquain, sonnet, villanelle, limerick, ballad and ghazal, each with its pattern shown as you go.
Version history
Earlier versions are kept as you write. Open any of them, and bring one back when the old line was better.
Posts and slides
Export as an Instagram post, square or story. A long verse continues onto the next slide instead of shrinking.
PDFs for print
Make a clean PDF in A5, A4 or Letter, ready to print, send or keep.
A line to start from
A new writing prompt each day on the Today page, with an optional reminder at the hour you choose.
Lock drafts
Ask for your fingerprint, face or screen lock before your drafts are shown.
Write first. Share when it is ready.
Drafts can be tagged, pinned and searched. Deleted drafts wait in Trash for 30 days, and the whole library can be saved to a single backup file whenever you like.
Almost Drafts
Write verse privately, then share it beautifully. For Android.
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