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When comparing Poe vs Dark Room, the Slant community recommends Poe for most people. In the question“What are the best distraction-free word processors?” Poe is ranked 8th while Dark Room is ranked 12th.
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Pros
Pro Free
Pro Beautiful UI
It might be the typewriter fan in me, but I'm a big fan of serif fonts, and this app comes with dark mode and serif font readily accessible and gorgeous together (see screenshot).
Pro Custom Theme support
Pro Simple, easy to use interface
Pro Wordcount goal and timer features
Pro Built in list of writers resources
Pro Portable
As long as the target machine has .NET Framework 2.0 or later installed (and most Windows machines do by default) the software can be run without requiring an install. It can be carried around on an external device, such as a USB thumbstick, and run directly from that.
Pro Decent customization options
Pro Completely free
Cons
Con Only has options to save as markdown or .txt
Con Currently only available on Windows 8/8.1/10 through the Windows Store
Con Requires .NET to be installed
It depends on .NET before it is able to run.