Novelist - Write novels

Alessandro Riperi

About this app

Join over 200k 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 used to love this app. It was very simple to set up and write but now it doesn't seem to recognize line breaks. so if I copy and paste into it, instead of having 3 or 6 paragraphs as it should, it smashes it all into one long paragraph. Then I have to go over my text and find the line break and space the paragraphs manually. It didn't operate like this before. Something changed and now the app is more trouble than helpful.

This is an incredible app with some serious issues. First, the web interface was clearly not designed for a PC. The right-side pane does not activate for editing category descriptions. Second, on Android, reordering items is a huge pain, and the bottom items are always covered up by my phone's navigation buttons. Third, there's no way to prevent the full list of scenes from expanding every time you go to the categories. You should be able to collapse them all at once and keep them collapsed.

I love this app, great for my personal stories. I used other apps before but one of them randomly got rid of my account, I spent an hour recovering my account and stories. I don't think I'll have a problem with the account issue since there's no accounts for this app. So if you lose your device you can't recover what was written. Only reason it's not 5 stars for me is cause I wish I could insert images into the story, that's all. If you want a recoverable app, this probably isn't the best option

What’s new

▪ Introduced a dedicated page for third-party licenses
▪ Scene status colors now visible in the Organize screen
▪ Added a sample book to help new users get started
▪ Implemented various bug fixes to enhance stability