yWriter: Novel Writing

Elizeon Software

About this app

yWriter lets you edit your novel in chapters and scenes, making it much easier to keep track of everything.

Compatible with yWriter7 for desktop (Free software): http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter7.html

User Guide: https://sites.google.com/site/ywritersj/ywriter-for-mobile-user-guide

Ratings and reviews

It is a more organised way to write on the field than dumping massive piles of text into saved messages. However, to my great disappointment, it has little in the way of coordinating a project with the PC version. Import/export is useless, you're better off sending your yw7 file to your phone. And speaking of, why does it open 3-6 instances of the project every time I open it again? Data items are missing categories, like notes and images from characters. There is no way to interface with XMLs.

No Google drive support. The option is there, but it fails. I had to break down and remove Facebook from my hosts file to finally find any information on the problem from the author. It has been over 6 weeks since a post that there is no ETA on a fix. So... Still waiting to be able to use this software at all. I am using the windows version, and it is very useful there, but the android version needs Google drive support to be fixed before I can even load my project.

I've been using YWriter since v5, at first because it was free and portable--I could load it onto a portable drive and use it on any computer--and then because it's simple enough I can stay focused, but with the right features to help me outline and organize larger projects. Now that I'm on my phone so much more than my computer, I'm thrilled to find it's on Android! It's always been reliable on desktop and the mobile app seems great so far!