Poet Assistant (English)

Carmen Alvarez

About this app

A set of offline tools to help with writing poems (currently only English is supported):

* a rhyming dictionary, using the Carnegie Mellon University pronunciation dictionary.
* a thesaurus, using the WordNet thesaurus.
* a dictionary, using the WordNet dictionary.
* a screen where you can enter your poem text, have it read aloud back to you by the device's text-to-speech engine, and see the word/character count.

The dictionaries are built in the app. No internet connection is required to use them.

The app is offline: your data is only stored locally on your device, unless you choose to export or share it. The Poet Assistant app doesn’t send your data to any server.

This app is open source: https://github.com/caarmen/poet-assistant

Permissions:
* Since 1.5.0, the app has the "run at startup" permission for the "Word of the day" feature. If you enable this feature in the settings, when the device reboots, the app makes sure the "word of the day" notification is still scheduled.


Looking for other languages?

This app only contains dictionary data for English. If you are looking for other languages, please contact the developer.

Note: This is the original Poet Assistant app. It is completely free, truly offline (no internet permission), no ads, and no in-app purchases.

Share your creations and get support on the community's discord: https://discord.gg/XqzBPMFfkW

Ratings and reviews

Been using this app for 6 years now without issue or complaint. It's very heplful for writing lyrics just as it is to quickly search up a new word while reading and get a good understanding on it. The app is well laid out having tabs for rhymes, synonyms/antonyms, and definitions for the searched word in any way the word can be used (adjective, noun, etc.) It also has a neat Word of the Day tab that can only be accessed via a drop-down menu, which I like because it keeps the "home page" clean.

I really enjoy this app as it gives, when I select a word in my poem draft, right in the selection popup options for "rhymer, thesaurus, etc". Tapping one of those options then opens the appropriate Assistant mode for that word. Super-efficient way to write. Upon getting a new phone I found that I lost that feature, contacted the author, and got very rapid response, and 100% resolution via a fresh app update. Five-star experience in both the app function and then support. Highly recommended!

It's a nice app, and it's generous of you to share it for free. I can't notice how much screen space it wastes, though. In reference apps, you want to see as many entries at a time as possible, without excessive scrolling. Why? Each time you must scroll, even a bit, you change the whole screen's layout and must refocus on it. With small (single-word) entries, that's a lot of unnecessary eye- and brain-strain. Don't "reinvent the wheel"… See how other developers have done it. Cheers!

What's new

More fixes for UI (insets) on Android 15.