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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Apr 20, 2024 at 09:52 AM
@Dormouse, Ulysses is strictly Apple products, which doesn’t work for me, because I spend my work days on Windows. Dabble and other apps like it really focus on long-form fiction writing. Whereas, Speare looks as if it will work well for writing of most kinds and of any length. I’ll see if I continue to agree with that assessment after I’ve used it more.
Steve
Posted by Darren McDonald
Jan 16, 2026 at 03:48 PM
Has anyone ended up tryng out Speare?
There has been no development of the app since May last year (2025), the website is still 2025, and I have sent an email to support a couple of times over the last few weeks but have never heard back. So, I am wondering if anyone is still using it and what their experience has been of the app.
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
@Dormouse, Ulysses is strictly Apple products, which doesn’t work for
>me, because I spend my work days on Windows. Dabble and other apps like
>it really focus on long-form fiction writing. Whereas, Speare looks as
>if it will work well for writing of most kinds and of any length. I’ll
>see if I continue to agree with that assessment after I’ve used it more.
>
>
>Steve
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jan 16, 2026 at 04:57 PM
I had tried Speare a couple of years ago. It has some useful and almost unique features. But I ran into a bug of some kind (I don’t remember what now), so stopped using it. The developer tried to help me out, but by then I’d moved on. I think he is a single developer, which may explain the slowness of development and the fact that the date on the website hasn’t been changed. I did get the feeling from my interactions with him that he genuinely was trying to make a good product. Still, if no one is subscribing, maybe he’s put it on the back burner.
Darren McDonald wrote:
Has anyone ended up tryng out Speare?
>There has been no development of the app since May last year (2025), the
>website is still 2025, and I have sent an email to support a couple of
>times over the last few weeks but have never heard back. So, I am
>wondering if anyone is still using it and what their experience has been
>of the app.
>
>Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>@Dormouse, Ulysses is strictly Apple products, which doesn’t work for
>>me, because I spend my work days on Windows. Dabble and other apps like
>>it really focus on long-form fiction writing. Whereas, Speare looks as
>>if it will work well for writing of most kinds and of any length. I’ll
>>see if I continue to agree with that assessment after I’ve used it
>more.
>>
>>
>>Steve
Posted by Darren McDonald
Jan 29, 2026 at 09:42 AM
I hope that the developer is still interested in developing Speare, even if it is on the back burner.
I still have not received any reply to my email enquiries that were about subscriptions.
I wanted to try Speare out as it appears to have some tools that would help me work on the process of drafting a research paper.
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
I had tried Speare a couple of years ago. It has some useful and almost
>unique features. But I ran into a bug of some kind (I don’t remember
>what now), so stopped using it. The developer tried to help me out, but
>by then I’d moved on. I think he is a single developer, which may
>explain the slowness of development and the fact that the date on the
>website hasn’t been changed. I did get the feeling from my interactions
>with him that he genuinely was trying to make a good product. Still, if
>no one is subscribing, maybe he’s put it on the back burner.
>
>Darren McDonald wrote:
>Has anyone ended up tryng out Speare?
>>There has been no development of the app since May last year (2025),
>the
>>website is still 2025, and I have sent an email to support a couple of
>>times over the last few weeks but have never heard back. So, I am
>>wondering if anyone is still using it and what their experience has
>been
>>of the app.
>>
>>Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>>@Dormouse, Ulysses is strictly Apple products, which doesn’t work for
>>>me, because I spend my work days on Windows. Dabble and other apps
>like
>>>it really focus on long-form fiction writing. Whereas, Speare looks as
>>>if it will work well for writing of most kinds and of any length. I’ll
>>>see if I continue to agree with that assessment after I’ve used it
>>more.
>>>
>>>
>>>Steve