Novelist - Write novels

Alessandro Riperi

About this app

Join over 150k authors writing their next masterpiece with Novelist!

Novelist is the all-in-one app for writing your novels—completely free with no ads or in-app purchases.

We give you the freedom to create without limits. Whether you're plotting, outlining, organizing, or scheduling, Novelist provides powerful tools to help bring your story to life.


Key Features:

▪ Plot: Organize your story elements like on a board. Easily edit, move, merge, reorder, and add notes, tags, metadata, or images. Everything is customizable.
▪ Write: Craft scenes directly in the app. Annotate or write with rich formatting tools.
▪ Organize: Structure your story into acts, chapters, or any format you like.
▪ Schedule: Set word count goals or deadlines to stay on track.


Advanced Tools:

▪ Autosave, find/replace, add comments, and restore previous versions from history
▪ Mention story items directly in your text for quick reference
▪ Split your screen with reference panels to inspect items while writing
▪ Track your progress daily with detailed stats
▪ Real-time preview without leaving the app
▪ Export and share your manuscript in EPUB, ODT, or HTML formats
▪ Enjoy an interface optimized for large screens
▪ Write on any browser with the companion web app
▪ Create templates for book series to streamline your workflow
▪ Backup and restore locally or with Google Drive
▪ Switch to dark mode for comfortable writing during long sessions


Your story, your way—with Novelist.

Ratings and reviews

Wow! Can't express how good this app is. It took a little bit to understand how to work the app, and the tutorial videos are no help. It was worth the struggle because this app has thought of everything to keep you organized. While filling everything out for the story I'm working on, seeing it all laid out in front of me helped to inspire all new directions my story can go. I haven't even mentioned the fact that it's free with a lack of ads. Amazing!!

I absolutely adore this app! Used on android and pc browser. It's been very helpful with getting my thoughts down in an organized fashion. I've always wanted to write something, but could never figure out my own formatting. Being able to create events and basically tag them in chapters as a personal guideline has been amazing. I just figured out how to rename tabs! Now I have a notes folder where I jot down random ideas before they go into the draft. Thank you so much for your hard work!

I just want to give a huge thanks to Alessandro Riperi. This is a great great app, its free, its awesome in its job, it can export, I've been using it for years and its crazy how much I've been able to put together with it. If I could ask for something, it would be some more visual stuff, background images or so, if the framework even allows it, wich I guess not otherwise it would be already. Anyways, thanks a bunch to this dev, and hey, put a "Donate" button somewhere! I'd be first there :3

What’s new

▪ Optimized interface for large screens
▪ Updated to Material Design 3
▪ Redesigned UI for a fresh look
▪ Complete rebranding for a modern experience
▪ New option to easily share your work