I’m happy to see it available for Microsoft because I really like it. It has a very Apple feel, and it figures because OmmWriter was originally for Mac.

If I turned its preset background music off, I may far better with it (for I hate typing on a laptop whose internal CPU temperature is 174C … you do the math), but otherwise, it does tend to eat my RAM and CPU. OmmWriter: I really like it, but it eats at my memory. Or click the thumbnails below to see if you like it! See their website (towards the bottom of their site) to see what more you get with the donor version. Personally, I prefer something more customizable, and while typing sounds are a little perk in these sorts of programs, I find it a little strange that they’d leave it out even in a free version. I feel that the buttons on the right could be designed better. Visual customization is good, though the white “wings” where the buttons are on are a little distracting (they disappear when you start typing). Fonts are limited to three basic fonts (mono, serif, and sans serif), and font sizes come in only three options (small, medium, large). In the free version, the background, background transparency, and background sound file is customizable, and typing sounds are donor-only. There are two versions, a free and donor version (any donation over 5€ accepted). It’s easy on my memory, which is important because I use a laptop that likes to overheat a lot. That’s all I’ll say about that! CreaWriterĬreawriter was the first distraction-free writing program I tried. I find Scrivener messy and aesthetically very unpleasing. I’m sure it’s fine for what it is, some people even claim to “live” in Scrivener, but I just can’t. While some areas in it are customizable, its layout and format just rub me the wrong way. While certain areas are customizable, its layout and format just rub me the wrong way.

* Just as a side not, I tried Scrivener again for the second time in as many years, and I still don’t like it.

Recently, I’ve tried a few other distraction-free writing programs that are currently out there, and I’ll give you a quick review of those I tried. As mentioned in a previous post, I partook in NaNoWriMo 2011, and rather than use my beloved WriteMonkey like I did for NaNoWriMo 2009, I used yWriter 5.

Ommwriter vs writemonkey