Tintero – Creative Writing

Francisco Nadal

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About this app

🚀 Tintero Open Beta: Creative Writing, Novels, Scripts & More

Tintero transforms your Android device into a complete and professional writing studio.
Designed for creative writers, technical authors, screenwriters, academics, students, and bloggers, this writing app lets you develop everything from novels to essays, RPG campaigns, personal journals, or academic projects — and continue your work from any other device.

📚 Write books, plan stories, and build worlds — all in one place.
Perfect for writing anywhere, hassle-free, distraction-free, and without needing an internet connection.

✨ What makes Tintero unique?

📖 Creative and structured writing
- Folder and file system with customizable colors and icons
- Distraction-free mode to focus on writing
- Professional text editor with multilingual spell check
- Advanced organization by scenes, chapters, or sections
- Contextual notes and quick references without breaking your flow

🌍 Complete Worldbuilding system (optional)
- Create detailed characters and relationship maps
- Locations, cultures, factions, races, languages, magic systems...
- Visual timelines and chronological lines
- Perfect for fantasy, sci-fi, and role-playing games

🧠 Visual planning and organization
- Cardboard-style boards to plan your project
- Mind maps and unlimited folder hierarchies
- Custom icons and color codes
- Easy drag-and-drop reorganization

🔄 Full import and compatibility
- Import from Scrivener, Bibisco, and other standard formats
- Preserve your structure, texts, and metadata
- Export to multiple compatible formats (Markdown, HTML, TXT...)
- Sync with Tintero desktop versions (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- Automatic save points on every file change to keep your data safe on the device

💼 A file manager designed for writers
- Multiple active projects simultaneously
- Quick view, filters, and custom ordering
- Compatible with external backups and modular exports

🎨 Clean, easy-to-use, and customizable interface
- Hide unused sections (worldbuilding, timelines…)
- Switch between light and dark themes
- Adjustable font and size
- Designed to offer flexibility and simplicity for every type of writer

📊 Style and productivity analysis
- Writing stats: words per day, reading time…
- Frequent repetitions, long sentences, and writing style
- Visual progress and achievement system to keep you motivated

🤝 Easy collaboration
- Share chapters or notes with one click. Sharing chapters or notes with beta readers has never been easier
- Partial and full export for Word, Markdown, HTML…

🔒 Privacy first
- Works 100% offline
- No tracking: no ads, no invasive analytics
- Optional encrypted synchronization between devices
- Your texts are yours: we never access them at any time

🎯 Ideal for:
- 🖋️ Novel and short story writers
- 🎬 Screenwriters for film, TV, or games
- 🧙‍♂️ Dungeon Masters creating campaigns and worlds
- 📝 Students with complex projects or theses
- 📚 Essayists, academics, and journalists
- 🧑‍💻 Bloggers and digital content creators
- ✍️ Hybrid writers who combine mobile and desktop

📈 Active development and vibrant community
Tintero is developed in close contact with its community of writers. New features are voted on and prioritized together with users.
Every month we add improvements based on your real needs.

🆓 Core features 100% FREE
Download the app and access all essential tools without limits.
Premium sync and AI assistance are available for those who want to take their writing to the next level.

Tintero: write, plan, create, and publish from anywhere.

Ratings and reviews

I started using the app on my desktop, and I've enjoyed everything so far. There are still a couple of bugs, which is okay for a beta version. Talking about bugs, the Android app doesn't connect to Dropbox. It gets an API request error. Outside that, I believe this app is promising. Update: The developer fixed the API error with DropBox. Now I was able to connect and I can edit my novel through my phone. Amazing work!

Editing after an initial issue with the app's native cloud backups. The devs responded to my feedback & report in a timely manner, and the issue has since been resolved. Now, to be frank, my distressed review did this program a disservice. The interface is rich with options. It's customizable, and can be extended with plugins. It's cross-platform. It can handle all sorts of file formats. The license is fair and reasonable. In all, you'd be hard pressed to find a better writing app. Good job!

This app is perfect for keeping track of your writing, being it roleplay, novel, or research and studying. I really can't fault it and it has helped my scattered brain buckle down and actually get my book outline down. It's just so handy to have everything stored in one place! I LOVE this app - seriously, if you're looking to be more organised or keep losing track of your work, try it, it really helps!