# Story Writer - Write Novels

> Write novels, scripts & stories with a clean markdown editor & offline support.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.futuretech.storywriter](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.futuretech.storywriter)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.futuretech.storywriter`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Futuretech Apps
- **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY
- **Downloads:** 139,504
- **Rating:** 3.74 / 5 (518 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.10
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-18
- **First published:** 2021-08-26
- **Publisher country:** IN
- **Size:** 43 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.futuretech.storywriter)
- **Website:** [https://futuretechmobileapps.blogspot.com](https://futuretechmobileapps.blogspot.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sites.google.com/view/futuretechweb](https://sites.google.com/view/futuretechweb)

## Description

Story Writer - Write Novels is a lightweight, distraction-free writing companion for novelists, screenwriters, and storytellers. Write anytime—even offline—with a clean Markdown and rich-text editor, customizable themes, live writing stats, and no ads or sign-up required. Ideal for drafting novels, screenplays, character notes, and quick ideas.

Organize projects with folders and chapters, build plots and characters with AI-ready story structure, and import/export as PDF, TXT, or Markdown. Track word and character counts, sync backups to Google Drive, and restore work when needed. Whether you’re plotting a book, building world details, or keeping a daily writing habit, Story Writer helps you write, edit, and organize with ease.

## Rankings

- #189,467 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.futuretech.storywriter.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

## Review summary

Users appreciate the app's simple UI, font customization, folder organization, and writing progress indicators. However, many complain about critical issues like the app not saving their work reliably, no auto-save feature, and data loss after exiting. Ads disrupt the writing experience, and missing functionalities such as adding images or formatting hinder its utility. Overall, users find it basic, unreliable for serious writing, and recommend fixes to the saving mechanism and feature enhancement.

### Pros

- The app provides a smooth and simple interface that some users find easy to use for writing on the go.
- It has basic organizational features, such as creating folders and subfolders to organize documents.
- Includes font customization options, which some users like as their favorite font setting.
- Features a word and character count, and estimates reading time for the written content.
- The app lacks tracking or invasive permissions, which some users appreciate for privacy.

### Cons

- The app frequently fails to save user work properly, causing loss of content when exiting or downloading files.
- No auto-save feature, leading to frustration when users lose large amounts of progress unexpectedly.
- Advertisements sometimes interrupt the writing process and cause progress loss or app crashes.
- Lacks advanced writing features such as inserting images, diagrams, bullet points, multiple fonts, text formatting (bold, italic), and collaboration tools.
- Saving and renaming folders can be buggy or not work as expected, reducing organizational reliability.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.futuretech.storywriter)