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I come here offering two cheap-ish alternatives and an extra:
-Bibisco it's scrivenier but open -coded anyone can use the base features, but for some bell and whistles you have to pay... 20-30€ ( one time payment)
-AiWriter Same as bibsco, buty with better compatibility with mac. one time payment aswell.

as extra, there's Hemingway, which is a offline Grammarly. , sames as the two above, one time payment of... iirc 10€

Libre office (free vesrion of Word). I don't need more complicated programs

I use Google Docs with a special extension to track my word count. The addition of a progress bar while I write makes writing feel like a game.

i use ms word for writing chapters, and excel for calculation, data, back story or just reminder of something like concept...

Word Doc. I can't depend on Google doc because I can't depend on my network. At least it keeps the format when I copy it, so that's a plus. 

Google docs 

I used to write in Google Docs and it was very good but then I turned to Dabble. It has a great interface and helps me with my world building and designing plot of my story. 

The only minus is that in Docs I had grammarly on and in Dabble it has some other grammar checking softwere that is not as good.

I just check my story more throughly when I write on Dabble, which I guess is a good thing. 

The price is not atrocious, and you can get discount codes pretty easily on the net.

I write in Microsoft Word... then use the ol' reliable ctrl+c & ctrl+v. Using this method, I get to keep backups for my works. 

I used to use Google docs, but I moved to Visual Studio Code with markdown for formatting. I will never go back. I use Git for cloud saving and version control, which is way better than just cloud saving since I can track every change I've ever made and when. I've also configured some plugins to allow me to highlight sections of text and have ChatGPT give me grammar and wording suggestions on the fly.

TL;DR: VS Code has a learning curve, but for those who take the time to learn it, it's the best writing tool I know of.

Here are some bloggers who showed me the way:

https://jaypenner.com/blog/writing-novels-and-non-fiction-with-visual-studio-code/
https://levelup.gitconnected.com/turn-vs-code-into-the-perfect-writing-tool-a22a136e4360

And here's an extension pack for writing.

JetBrains Rider 

Word. Pretty easy to use identifies some spelling and grammar errors. 

I use Google Docs. On mobile. Yes, I am of questionable sanity

I originally wrote in Word and Wordpad. But I turned to 4thewords to write because fighting monsters in a gamification RPG is enough to motivate my procrastinating brain. I do copy a finished chapter at Google Docs to edit it.

I use Scrivener. I love it because it allows me to go through the whole process in one app. I prewrite using the digital index cards for storyboarding. I love drafting bc there are tons of spaces to include notes, reminders, weblinks, etc. You can publish from Scrivener as well.