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The writing app for brains that think too fast.
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ThirdHand Studio
ThirdHand Studio writing interface in light mode

Coming soon to

Mac App Store

Coming soon

Coming soon to

Windows

Coming later

I tried a lot of apps. Always too simple, too bloated, or everything scattered, nothing connected. So I built what I was looking for.

Nicolas SAGOT, maker of ThirdHand

Too simple

iA WriterBearUlysses

Great for notes, limited for a full novel.

The sweet spot

ThirdHand Studio

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

Too complex

ObsidianNotionScrivener

Powerful, but the interface buries what matters.

Everything a writer needs. Nothing more.

Never lose track of who's who.

Click a character

Whether you're looking for a forgotten detail or a specific scene, your chapters and characters respond instantly.

Kai Voss

Team leader / tactical operations

Nadia Reyes

ORACLE analyst / former project intern

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Chapter 1: First Contact

…A decision. "Kai." Her voice was flat, controlled…

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Chapter 3: Ghost Protocol

…"It's isolating us," Kai said. "Same playbook…"

Flow Mode

Backspace and Undo are blocked. When Flow Mode is on, you only write forward.

Chapter 1

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Flow Mode

Go fullscreen to write

Click anywhere or press Enter

Fullscreen or nothing. Total immersion.

Zero servers.
Zero accounts.

Your data never leaves your machine. No internet connection required.

Writing Heatmap

Every writing day leaves a mark. Hit your daily goal, the cell turns gold.

Your consistency, made visible.

51 sessions · 10 goals reached
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What features matter most to you?

ThirdHand Studio is still in development. Tell me what you actually need: your feedback shapes the roadmap directly.

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Frequently asked questions

ThirdHand Studio is a desktop novel editor built for writers with atypical brains (ADHD/ASD). All-in-one: writing, character sheets, relationship graph, built-in Pomodoro and daily heatmap. Your files stay on your machine, no account required.

Yes, the launch will be on the Mac App Store. A Windows version is planned for later.

One price. One time. Forever. ThirdHand Studio is a one-time purchase: pay once, use it for life. No subscription, ever. The exact price will be announced at launch.

Yes. Your stories belong to you. Export to standard formats is planned for launch.

It's not planned for launch. This is intentional: your data stays local by default. If a cloud option is ever added, it will be optional and won't change the base price.

No. And it's impossible by design: your data never leaves your machine. There's no server, no connection, no model watching your text. What you write is yours, entirely.

Generative AI has no place in your writing. No suggestions, no autocomplete, no text generated in your name: your creative voice is at the heart of the app. In the future, utility tools (chapter summaries, semantic search) may be considered, but only through local models running on your machine. Nothing will ever leave the app.

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