Story Planner is an easy-to-use yet powerful tool that helps you plot novels, screenplays, RPG campaigns, essays, and any kind of writing project. Whether you’re outlining a new idea or organizing a complex fantasy novel, Story Planner makes the writing process clear, flexible, and fun.
Writers, screenwriters, producers, directors, and game masters—every kind of storyteller will find a powerful ally in Story Planner. Whether you’re a professional writer or just starting your first draft, Story Planner helps you focus on what really matters: your stories. Create projects your way, keep your notes and research at hand, and stay in control with quick and intuitive organization. Sync across all your devices and export to your favorite formats—so you can keep writing wherever you are.
OUTLINE AND ORGANIZE YOUR WRITING
• Create custom projects for novels, screenplays, essays, research, and more.
• Add your own sections to any project: characters, plots, scenes, objects, worldbuilding, notes—whatever your story needs.
• Customize each card: choose which fields appear, reorder them, and add new ones for the details you care about.
• Attach images everywhere: characters, locations, scenes, notes… even in your custom tabs!
• Organize projects with tags and archive what you don’t need right now.
• Take notes on your ideas within each project.
• Easily switch between the different parts of your project.
BRING YOUR STORIES TO LIFE
• Link the main elements of your story to your story structure.
• Develop characters with depth, tracking traits, fears, favorite foods, or magical items.
• Create detailed locations and attach reference images.
• Organize your plot lines and assign them a color.
• Divide your structure into acts, parts, chapters, or episodes.
• Develop the structure scene by scene.
• Write your scenes in any order and reorganize later with Drag & Drop.
• Assign tags to any element in the story for better organization.
STAY IN CONTROL
• See the big picture with Revision Mode.
• Track different threads with colors and tags.
• Set goals and follow your writing progress.
• Understand your story better with detailed stats.
• Use widgets and shortcuts on iOS and Mac to boost your productivity.
• Work distraction-free with Light or Dark Mode.
• Personalize the app with your favorite color theme.
• Sync your projects via iCloud across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
EXPORT YOUR WORK
• Export to Word, Scrivener, Final Draft, Ulysses, and more.
• Print or create PDF files for sharing.
• Choose what to export and customize the style of your files.
PRIVACY FIRST
• Story Planner respects your privacy—we don’t collect or see your data.
• All your work stays on your device, synced only through your iCloud account.
• Protect your projects with Face ID / Touch ID and automatic backups.
ONE PURCHASE, A LIFETIME OF WRITING
• Buy once, enjoy forever—no subscriptions, no in-app purchases.
• One purchase for iPhone & iPad, a separate purchase for Mac.
THANK YOU!
We’ve spent thousands of hours building Story Planner, and we keep improving it thanks to your feedback. If you enjoy the app, please take a moment to leave us a review—it really helps. And if you have ideas for new features, we’d love to hear from you.
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Simple. Powerfil. Supportive.
LarryPencil
A brilliant no-nonsense app. Has helped me organize without getting lost in a million features. I love Scrivener for writing, but until I got Story Planner, I was overwhelmed and lost in Scrivener. Starting in Story Planner narrowed it all down for me to the essentials. Then I got to writing - the BEST PART! So, all I can say is - before Story Planner I was lost in a sea of apps and features and it dissuaded me from writing consistently. With Story Planner - I am writing daily. Sometimes happily, sometimes forcing myself - after all writing is work not just fun. I think it's because I am using Story Planner as a kind of anchor I can always go back to, check back in with my story structure in a way that makes sense, and keep going. I still do all my actual manuscript writing in Scrivener, and eventually this app's structure makes it in there. But by that point I am not lost in features, I use what I need and keep going.A word about the look and feel and interface - excellent. Appealing, inviting. Truth is - no writing app in the world will do the work for you. You, of course, have to do it. A great writing app will help you to keep going and to keep coming back to writing.Support for this app is fantastic. Responsive and open to suggestions. Many reviews on the subject already so I won't go on about it.If you want something that's no-nonsense for story structure and character development, look no further. It's not an instead-of app... it's a companion app. I like to keep good company, and this app is just that - good company. Keep writing friends, your voices matter!
Developer Response
Thank you very much, LarryPencil. We are glad you think that way. That was precisely our intention when we developed Story Planner: Help and accompany in the planning process, which is a hard part. We wanted to make it a little easier and fun. Of course, any suggestions you have to improve the app, please let us know. We are always happy to have your feedback. Keep writing indeed! And happy outlining! ;)
Has potential
BeardedLadyNatsu
NOTE This will only communicate with Scrivener if you have paid for the version 3 update!! I write with Scrivener, and part of the reason I purchased this software was because you can export your project directly into Scrivener. I created an outline with Story Planner and enjoyed a lot of the features. However, when I went to export, it gave me options for Scrivener 2 (what I currently run) and Scrivener 3 (a paid update of that software, which I do not have). I created a Scrivener 2 export, which then wouldn't work in my version of Scrivener. I understand this issue is related to Scrivener's functionality as well. Instead I tried to export my outline as an RTF and just import that into Scrivener, but the export only shows previews of text, so it was basically useless- my details about what I wanted to happen in a scene cut off after the first two lines!! Instead I had to dual screen and then copy/ paste from one program to another, which was time consuming and not was I was expecting when I paid for this program. Bottom line- I enjoyed creating an outline using this software, but it stopped being easy to use as soon as I wanted to actually use that outline to write in another program. There is basically NO information about actually exporting your project on their site (a blurb paragraph). Their website doesn't have as much info as I'd like, and as an annoying large number of glaring typos, considering it's a software for writers.
Will lose work
elitedevguy
This application needs a lot of work. The concept was great and the interface is okay but the real problem I have with this app is it's incredibly lazy implementation for syncronization. It uses icloud backups and it does a horrible job. I've lost countless story ideas in this application because of the syncing. Wow it's bad. The application locks up while it syncs. Whenever you're typing it locks up as you type. I don't know if it's syncing while typing. No clue why it does this. I've had this happen on a brand new macbook as well as a brand new iphone. Async is a thing, I would look into that developer. I would never seriously put anything that I care about in this application. The upside is that you don't actually lose the work but it's hidden in one of many "back up files" in your icloud. That you have to independently load to look for the missing work.I'm glad I'm a developer because I'm just going to make my own solution and hopefully save people from the headache of this application. You should go back to the drawing board developer because the power of this "sync" is totally broken.
Developer Response
Hi there! Thank you for your comment, and sorry for the inconvenience. Obviously that is not the behavior that the app should have and that is why we are working to fix it. We don't want our users to lose any of their projects.But please keep in mind that we do not perform synchronization through the iCloud backup system. That is our own backup system, and it is independent of synchronization. We created it precisely to prevent anyone from losing their work.For the sync we were using a framework that has indeed given us a lot of problems and we were not happy with it, so we have been working to switch to using NSPersistentCloudkitContainer. The update with the new sync system will be available in the coming days, and the sync in Story Planner will become reliable then.Again, sorry for the inconvenience. Any further comments or suggestions, you can write to us. We are always happy to get your feedback.
Used Every Day
Trixie G
I'm a multi-published author and I use Story Planner every day. I don't use it exactly as it's designed, but it works very well for me. The only problem I have with it (and the reason it has 4 stars rather than 5) is the lack of font control. It would be very, very helpful to be able to use bold, italics, strikeout, and font and line colors. Otherwise, it's very useful and I get a lot out of it.Comment in response to developer feedback:Updating and improving apps is part of being a developer. Providing new features grows your customer base and encourages current customers to stay with you rather than seeking out an app that is actively making their product better. While I really like Story Planner, I look for alternatives every now and then just to see what's out there. One of these times, you're going to lose my business because your product is stagnating.
Developer Response
Hi there! Thank you very much for your comment. It's really appreciated. We agree with you that using bold, italics, etc. would be great, and that's one of the features we want to add in the future. However, we are a small company, and we cannot implement the new features as quickly as we would like. But we believe in the feedback from our users, and we take into account all your suggestions. So don't hesitate to write to us if you have any further suggestions or if you want to tell us more about how you use the app. Your feedback helps us a lot to keep improving Story Planner.
We’ve added two new languages to the app. It is now also available in Japanese and Catalan.
We’ve added a new feature that lets you close any modal view screen by simply pressing the Esc key on your keyboard.
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Story Planner is created by Iria López and Tomeu Masco, a writer and an indie developer. Your comments and suggestions help us keep improving Story Planner. If you find the app useful, a review would help us a lot. For any questions, write to us at support@storyplanner.app.
Version 6.3
The developer, Bartolome Masco Lopez, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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