Hog Bay Software just released WriteRoom 3. It’s available now from the Mac App Store, and its price has plummeted from $24.99 to just $9.99.

WriteRoom is one of two apps I use daily for writing (the other being Scrivener), and it was the earliest of the full-screen, streamlined Mac text editors that was worth a damn. Over time, rivals eclipsed WriteRoom in terms of looks and price, but the original retained the mix of customisation and efficiency that I require, and so I stuck with it (although on iPad I’ve been seduced by iA Writer, which on the Mac I find has a few too many shortcomings). Now, the latest release is sleeker, cheaper and bounds ahead of its rivals in most ways.

I’ll be reviewing the app in an upcoming issue of MacFormat, but if you’ve been mulling over checking out WriteRoom for a while, I wholeheartedly recommend jumping on board right now.