Novelist 4+
Write novels
Alessandro Riperi
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
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.
What’s New
Version 2023.1.16
▪ 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
Ratings and Reviews
Great!
I love that I can organise my writing, it’s pretty intuitive to use and it’s amazing that it’s completely free. Only improvement is to add the function where if you hold down on the space button, you can move your cursor to anywhere in the text.
Developer Response ,
Hi, that feature should be available now. Please let me know if it doesn't work for you. Happy writing!
Finally, an excuse to write my novel.
I recently went on the hunt for apps to rewrite my story’s original draft. I had about a third out the draft done. Nothing really tickled the spot, to be honest I was kind of hopeless about apps. Tried a few, and they all locked everything behind subscription paywalls. Of course, that’s fair, have to make money somehow. But I swear none of them offered anything as helpful as this does. At least for me, I enjoy being able to tag everything and put down events and information. There’s also so much character metadata that made me realise I don’t even know the basics of my own character apparently. Anyways, I’m enjoying the app, and the fact I can export it to use as an e-book is doubly awesome. Basically I’m saying I like Novelist. Thank you for letting me switch from Google Docs, my writing life is going to be so much better now.
Fantastic app
I’m not really a professional writer but like to have a place to jot ideas down when out and about. Love how there’s just enough of what’s needed without going over the top.
The only problem personally for me is that the in app editor doesn’t allow for the iOS auto correct on the keyboard so when on the move my accuracy is rubbish while typing and I’m always going back to correct errors which can slow me down.
Whether this an API that can be utilised or integrated at a later point I am not sure. But kudos to the developer for making it free so for that I am eternally grateful.
Developer Response ,
Hi, I'm constantly improving the text editor and have inserted your suggestion in my todo list! Thanks for your kind feedback!!
App Privacy
The developer, Alessandro Riperi, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Alessandro Riperi
- Size
- 46.4 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2017 Alessandro Riperi
- Price
- Free