Writing Habit - Google Workspace Marketplace

Track words written over time, active time, WPM, multi-doc tracking, goal forecast based on amount written, 180 day history, writing streaks, and progress against goals. Contact us with issues.

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Track your writing stats to improve your writing habit. If you experience issues, please contact us and share a detailed list of steps to reproduce the issue. Now also an app. https://writinghabit.app

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Amy Evon

November 3, 2024

SO much false advertising. I don't want to give up control of my writing on some third-party website I've never heard of, I just want to track how much I'm writing day by day in Google Docs. This app claims to do that, but there's a persistent UI bug (per the developer testing controls) that won't update the count unless the add-on is restarted. If you're only interested in developing your personal website, that's fine. Using an add-on that half-works is scummy business practice and has removed any motivation to even try your website.

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Jose Rodriguez

December 24, 2024

Used to be great, but now it doesn't work. A bummer. Was hoping to use it for this writing retreat that I'm on.

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Aldo Sterone

January 14, 2024

I will remove the app 2 days after installing it. I think the idea behind the app is good and useful, but I think it needs more work from the developer. If I set myself a goal, say 40k words, I need to know when I will reach it at my writing pace. The app does the opposite: it forces me to set an end date and then tells me how many words I need to write each day. This approach may be useful for a minority, but I do not see the value behind it. The app needs to be triggered every day. It does not just record and run the stats. I have to start it every time.

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Penelope Stone

July 24, 2024

does not work within google docs, not an extension anymore. decent as a stand alone website, but i just prefer docs. not worth it and false advertising.

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MentallyIllInsomniac

February 25, 2023

I honestly love this completely. I like to write through NaNoWriMo for the most part and this helps so much with daily goals and keeping word count accurate. It just sits next to my document and records my progress. It helps that I can set my own goal and it gives so many stats and such. Honestly it works wonderfully. The only thing I don't like is when I write on a document and open it, close it after seeing how much needs to be done and going ahead to writing. When I'm finished I open it back up, it still records important things like my word count and progress and such but it doesn't record things like how many words in what hour and things like that when it was closed opposed to what it would collect when open. So I wouldn't mind a background feature where it does just that. Of course I can't really get mad because I still love the application.

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Syr Nikoli The Bastardous

April 4, 2024

The UI keeps failing, I do not appreciate that

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Jade

October 28, 2022

This is the best writing tracker I've ever used. Every other tracker requires you to use a whole new program and takes extra steps to understand it. This one is built right into Google Docs, so I don't have to change anything I do! I set my goal for the day and my overall goal, and it visually lets me know how I'm doing with a progress bar. It gives me cool stats like average word count and details across multiple documents. When I complete a goal, it gives me an emoji and a little green check mark for that instant boost of serotonin. And then, it encourages me to write a little bit more! It's pinned to the side of the doc so it's not intrusive at all. AND it has a dark mode?? For someone with ADHD, this is amazing. I've written every day for 2 weeks now and I don't see myself stopping. I'm already at 14,000 words. Thank you so much! You changed everything for me!

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ag gravated

March 27, 2023

this has been the force behind me writing several 30k+ works in the past two years. a huge loft goal of mine that has now been achieved. while the app sometimes works a little funny, issues are always fixed quickly and it's a reliable way of tracking your work. i would love the option to set up separate goals for deparate docs so if i'm writing more than one thing i can track them all.

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Priscilla Lewis

August 1, 2024

TY, I like it

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B Lee

May 28, 2023

This is a really useful app that incorporates well into Google Docs. If you're looking to start writing and want something easy to use, but very effective, this is the way to go! Great user interface which makes it easy to track your goals and word count. Have recommended it to other friends who write and they love it too.

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