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've only recently started using it, but it's an amazing app. I can free type, or organize things such as characters, events, plot, and other related things. the only thing I wish there was is an actual account. maybe by email, because if I want to use this app on a separate device, I won't have my stories for lack of an ability to sign in. if there is and I just haven't found it, could someone let me know?

Overall, this is a fairly simple app and I love that! its not so overwhelming as to give me the blank page Anxiety, and its relatively easy to understand and use right off the bat. the only thing I wish I could do was move scenes/sections around once they're created. the only way to do that is to redo the whole list, which doesn't really work when the goal is to write it down fast and brainstorm as you go. being able to move sections/ scenes around would make it so much easier to use.

I loved this app, I been using it for two years, mostly for planning. This redesign however, what a drastic change, the new icon is no where near as memorable and just makes me think of November. on the landing page you can't see the album cover through the white box element that's holding the title. It's just all around kind of ugly. please give us an option to use a different font at least, it looks like everything is in bold, and that tanks the readability. Makes me not want to use it.

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