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.
Great tool for planning and outlining! Highly recommend!!
JonSolo42
So I’ve only been using the app for about a week or so, but so far, I’m loving it. I had been considering Scrivener’s iPad app, among other options, but I love that Story Planner has native iCloud syncing built in. It’s also a very nice-looking app, with all of the features I’m looking for, in capturing the overall message or theme for a novel, as well, as being able to drag-and-drop scenes and is exactly what I wanted to capture all of the needs for planning a novel, and to build an outline. It’s also extremely affordable, with only a single price for the app, and no subscriptions or other nonsense to worry about. It also seems to be updated regularly. I love all of the little tooltip suggestions, which are great for not only helping to use the product, but also teach one to structure and plan a story. I have noticed what _might_ be a bug on iPadOS 18, however, in that writing very long-form content (such as the Project’s Plot Summary, which can be many lines), the editor doesn’t automatically scroll down when using an external keyboard to navigate with up and down arrows beyond the current text being displayed. It could be that this is a problem with iOS 18 (however as I type it, this review is showing the same behaviour). Other than that, it’s been a pretty flawless experience and I can’t think of any other hurdles I’ve experienced or “nice to haves” that I would want to have in the product. I do sometimes use a Windows PC and MacOS, and it would be nice to have a way to use some of these same tools from Story Planner there as well, but the majority of my writing I do on an iPad.
Developer Response
Hi JonSolo! Thank you very much for your feedback. It's greatly appreciated. We're glad to hear that you're enjoying the app. We'll look into the issue with the keyboard and the editor to see if we can fix it. Thank you for making us aware of this bug. :)Regarding the option of having these features on Mac, I'm glad to tell you that the Story Planner is also available for MacOS with the same features and synchronization with your iPad: https://apps.apple.com/app/story-planner-for-writers/id1290342643I hope this helps. Any further comments or questions, please feel free to write to us at support@storyplanner.app. We will be happy to assist you.
So useful
jazwaz86
I can’t speak to how well this app serves seasoned writers but i can attest to its usefulness for us novices. I am in the middle of penning what I hope to be my debut novel and have found this little known gem invaluable.Pros; Can work on multiple projects simultaneously while keeping everything separate and organised.Keeps everything in one place and is easy to tag themes, locations, plots, characters, making it easy to world build and develop ideas.Helps keep things on track as you can easily access an idea or thought to work on by searching key terms. I found with a physical notebook (of which i have hundreds!) I often lose ideas or scene starters i scribbled in a moment of inspiration. Here i can always find themSupports split screen which is immensely useful when needing to research the density of air or the speed of light. While in the distance of writing a scene, so as not to lose my flow, I will fill in uncertain measurements or facts with [x] and then afterwards I will go back through and add them in later. The ability to split screen on iPad is essential to this purpose. Additionally, I like being able to Pinterest open with my inspo boards while I write. I tend to write directly in the app, but of course if you are writing in a word doc, the split screen function would be ideal for this as well.I like that I can add photos for the locations and character helping me to visualise and become immersed in my story. It also helps keep things consistent having that constant reference available.Cons;I quite literally can’t think of any.I love this app. If you are a budding writer, get it!
Developer Response
Thank you very much for your comment. We are glad you enjoy Story Planner. Any doubts or suggestions to improve the app, don't hesitate to write to us at storyplanner@liternauts.com. We are always happy to get your feedback. :)
Thank you!
AxelVanHorn
Long time screenwriter, tried them all. This is it.The app, is a phenomenon of highly thought after functionality, with the user in mind. If the developer isnt one, they either married or kidnapped a writer.The price is right, and thats why this will sell again and again, contrary to the competition who try to milk the user with the subscription malarkey.Thank you!
Developer Response
Hey there! Thank you for your comment. We are glad you like Story Planner! And you're right about the developer. ;)Any suggestions or comments, feel free to write to us. We are always happy to get your feedback and chat with other writers.
Great for Capturing Ideas
Lydia Mae.
I like having a specific place on my phone to keep quick notes and ideas I have for a story when I’m out and about rather than loose bits of paper (adhd). Years ago I was using an app that I can see in the App Store hasn’t been updated since 2016 or something so I downloaded this one instead. One thing I think story planner is missing that I found really useful in the other app is the ability to add character relationships! I suppose the tag feature could be used to show groups of characters together but I would also like to be able to have a list of the characters friends/relatives/enemies/whathaveya on their profile.
Developer Response
Hi Lydia! Thanks for your comment and feedback. It's really appreciated. We've added your suggestion to our users' wish list. You're right it would be great the ability to add character relationships beyond the character tags. We've added your suggestions to our users' wish list, and we'll consider implementing it in the future. Any further comments or suggestions, you can write to us at storyplanner@liternauts.com. We will be happy to get your feedback. It helps us to keep improving the app. :D
Fixed an issue with Word export when the project contained certain special characters.
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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 6.3.1
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