Longform
A Mac editor for chapters, notes and research.
Write a long piece as chapters with its notes and sources beside it, reorder by dragging and export a clean manuscript.
- Estimated window
- Closed beta: 2027 Q1–Q2
- Confidence
- Low confidence
- Progress
- 5%
Estimates are ranges, not delivery guarantees. Contractual wait limits and refunds are defined separately in the terms.
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- Problem
- Long writing outgrows a single document fast.
- Scope
- Chapters, side notes, sources, drag reorder, manuscript export.
- Estimated effort
- Medium — our team, roughly 4–5 months
Where it is on the line
- 1
Discovery & scopeNow
Discovery · 2–3 weeks
- 2
Name, icon & screen votes
Design · +3–5 weeks
- 3
Working prototype
Prototype · +4–6 weeks
- 4
Closed beta (founder priority)
Closed beta · +6–10 weeks
- 5
App Store review
Store review · +1–3 weeks
Every change, with its reason
Old estimates stay visible. Each revision shows what changed, why, and when the next update is due.
No estimate changes yet. The first estimate is the one shown above.
Longform updates
No public updates for this app yet. Founders get a weekly log in the club.