Manuscripts.app

Manuscripts.app, created by Jamie Forrest, PhD, a Vancouver-based researcher with 15 years of experience in clinical and population-health research operations, is a Mac application that helps academics manage the full lifecycle of research papers from draft through submission, revision, and publication. It offers individual manuscript records with complete submission history, an author library with ORCID tracking and affiliation management, and a version timeline linked to submissions with timestamped notes. Manuscripts.app includes a journal requirements database with pre-submission checklists, AI-powered extraction of reviewer comments into actionable task lists, deadline syncing to macOS Reminders and Calendar, and an automatic backup system with one-click restore. Currently at version 1.0.8, it requires macOS Sonoma 14.6 or later on Apple Silicon or Intel Macs. Pricing is a one-time purchase of $49 covering up to three Macs and all 1.x updates, with a 14-day free trial, a 30-day refund guarantee, and site licenses available for groups of five or more.