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

I'm enjoying this little app. It has an intuitive design and is simple and easy to understand. I tried several, and the more expensive ones seem to have a big learning curve. What I miss the most is the ability to collaborate with my friend, who reads over my writing and gives me ideas for improvement. Also the manual sync seems old fashioned and even a bit dangerous (possibility of overwriting to an older version), but that's even acceptable.

great app. Love it. Please return to turquoise app logo the new one looks like a calendar reminder. I also dislike the new UI. it was so easy to navigate before now its just a jumble of words on all the panels. I muched preferred the app before the update. I would gladly pay a 1 time fee for the old version and less attitude.

I have really enjoyed this app. The features are everything I want and more for writing short or long stories. I love the plot sections feature for adding in thoughts for when I have time to write them into the story. The preview, export, and backup features would be fantastic, if they were more user friendly. An instruction manual would remedy this shortcoming, and easily make this a 5+ star tool for aspiring writers.

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