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Show HN: Verso – A $14.99 Mac word processor with no subscription

#1

Post by tammis08 » Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 5:43 PM UTC

Show HN: Verso – A $14.99 Mac word processor with no subscription
versowriter.app

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#2

Post by jonplackett » Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 6:10 PM UTC

Hey thanks for sharing. This looks great.

How do you see this positioned VS just using Pages? Why did you decide to make this instead?

Also is there an iPhone version that syncs with it or is it Mac only?

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Post by allurahqdev » Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 6:11 PM UTC

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Post by helloplanets » Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 6:13 PM UTC

jonplackett wrote: post #2

Hey thanks for sharing. This looks great. How do you see this positioned VS just using Pages? Why did you decide to make this instead? Also is there an iPhone version that syncs with it or is it Mac only?

From the page:

> Pages is a lot of app. TextEdit tops out at bold and italic. Others are too single-minded.

> So I built my own. It does what I need, nothing I don’t, and it never asks me to log in.

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#5

Post by rubslopes » Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 6:15 PM UTC

If it's really fully compatible with docx files, I'm very interested in this. No matter the advances Apple makes with the M chips, Office apps are always slow to open. Not to mention the obligatory background services.