Second Draft 1.0.0

I build apps for myself first. Second Draft is no different.

I kept catching myself spending way too long on short things. A reply to a comment that rubbed me the wrong way. A message that needed just the right tone. A caption that felt flat no matter how many times I rewrote it. I was not struggling with big ideas. I was struggling with the last 10% of a sentence.

The obvious fix was to paste it into one of the big AI chat tools. But that always felt like overkill. Open a new tab, wait for it to load, explain what you want, get back five paragraphs when you needed one sentence. And honestly, I was not comfortable pasting personal messages or work drafts into a chat box connected to a server somewhere.

So I built Second Draft. A focused tool for that one specific problem.

Four modes, nothing else

The app does four things: rewrite, reply, bullet, and roast. Each one is a single tap. Paste your text, pick a mode, copy the result. No prompting, no conversation, no settings to dig through.

On Reply

Reply is more nuanced than it looks. When you want to respond to something, the tone you pick matters as much as the words. So Reply gives you two directions: a supportive response that leans into agreement and a positive outlook, or a pushback response when you need to hold your ground. Same message, very different results. It is probably the mode I find myself using in the widest range of situations.

On Roast

Roast rewrites anything with a sharper, more playful edge. It is genuinely hard to find in any other writing app because most tools are designed to make you sound more professional. Roast does the opposite. It is built for social media replies, punchy captions, and anything where personality matters more than polish. It started as an experiment and quickly became the mode I reach for the most.

Private by design

Everything runs on your device. No account, no server, no uploads. When you paste something into Second Draft, it never leaves your phone. That was not a feature we added later. It was the requirement the whole thing was built around.

Your history is stored locally too. Second Draft Pro unlocks full history access with a one-time purchase. No subscription, no renewal.

What is coming next

There is a lot more I want to build. The feature I am most excited about is My Voice. The idea is simple: instead of rewriting your text to sound better in a general sense, it rewrites it to sound more like you specifically. Your rhythm, your word choices, your style. Not a cleaned-up version of what you wrote. A version that actually sounds like you wrote it on a good day.

I have other ideas too. But My Voice is the one I keep coming back to.

I hope it saves you some time on the short stuff.