The Writing Desk app for iPhone and iPad keeps your books, documents and notes with you. Read on the train, capture ideas as notes, and edit documents wherever you are. Your edits come back to your Mac for you to review.
1. Update Writing Desk on your Mac
Open Writing Desk on your Mac and install the latest version when it offers. The phone features need it.
2. Download the app
Get Writing Desk: Novelist App from the App Store on your iPhone or iPad.
3. Sign in
Use the same account you use on your Mac. New here? Choose Create account in the app.
Your Mac app, the phone app and the Formatter all share one account.
4. Sync something from your Mac
Until you sync a book or document, the phone shows a prompt to sync from your Mac, or to download the Mac app if you haven’t used it yet. Notes work straight away, with no Mac needed.
Good to know
- Dark mode lives under Appearance in the menu.
- To delete your account, open the menu and choose Delete account, below Sign out.
- The Android app is on its way.
Want the overview first? See how the mobile app works.