Novel AI: Book Creator 17+

Good but Has Major Flaws

Hey there, this is an app that is very fun to use when you have the full features available to you. However, there are a couple downsides that I noticed. First of all, I am a little dismayed, that one has to sit through the entire making of the novel itself in order to tell the full story. What if I need to go to the store, the bathroom, etc? If I go back to the main menu, I can’t go back and continue. The story is done and I left a piece I made on a cliffhanger thinking I could finish the tale later. Also, how can this be $80??? That’s craziness but honestly more of a nitpick. If it’s annual, it’s reasonable to an extent.

Potential

This app has amazing potential and is great in many ways. I really appreciate the AI and overall it does a great job of generating stories. However, there are a few gripes I have with the app. First off, I really wish there was a way to disable the artwork creation part. Every once in a while the app generates a decent artwork but most of the time it’s a mutated horror that looks really bad and distracts from the story. I wish it was possible to just disable it.

Another thing is that there is only a tiny amount of details that you can give the AI for writing the story. If you like to just give the AI something super vague and see what it comes up with then it’s not a problem but if you want a story about something specific or want the characters to act a certain way or do certain things, then tough luck. With only 250 characters there’s no way to fully let the AI work with your ideas and imagination.

Last is with the AI itself. It seems like just about every story ends with some sort of happy and uplifting message. Which again is fine if you want that sort of thing. But… sometimes you just want a story to end on a dark or neutral note and instead you get one of those corny 80’s-90’s tv show endings where the characters always learn some sort of lesson.

The app is still fun and interesting and I do encourage you to at least give it a try.

Developer Response ,

Hi, thank you for your suggestions. We will work on improving the items you pointed out in a future update soon!

We would love to hear more suggestions from you, please reach out over email:
support@novelaiapp.com

I’m impressed!

I admittedly threw some paradoxical ideas at it, coupled with some bad grammar and punctuation. I have to say, it’s pretty incredible. The only thing that doesn’t make it a 5 star rating is the chapters are too short and ignores some details from the prompt given. Sometimes mistaking genders and confusing the characters when explicitly prompted who was supposed to die or attack who. Hope the dev team polishes that. Also was prompted a discount but it wouldn’t go through, if it offers the 12 month special again, I won’t hesitate to buy it.

Developer Response ,

Hi, you can create two free stories without paying for anything. We also offer a 7-day free trial to premium features of the app and have options for less expensive weekly and monthly subscriptions. Please email us if you need help accessing these features:
Support@novelaiapp.com