Novelist

Name: Novelist
Rating: 4.4 (195 reviews)
Author: Alessandro Riperi

By: Alessandro Riperi

Write novels

Features & Capabilities

Join over 200k authors writing their next masterpiece with Novelist, the free, ad-free all-in-one writing app designed for novels. Plot, outline, organize, and schedule your story with powerful tools to bring your ideas to life.

From a visual plot board and rich-text writing to act-based structure, daily progress stats, autosave, and flexible exports (EPUB, ODT, HTML), Novelist keeps your manuscript organized across browsers and devices. Create templates, back up locally or to Google Drive, and switch to dark mode for long sessions.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Writing Books Content

By:

Alessandro Riperi

Rating:

4.40

(195) 4 new ratings

Version:

2025.1.10 Last updated: 2025-07-30

Version code:

876360177

Creation date:

2021-04-30

Compatible devices:

Size:

52.00MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-12

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 117,643 ▲ 940

Other rankings

#13 in author keyword 14 ▼ 1#22 in writing keyword 69 ▲ #45 in writing tools keyword 68 ▲ #63 in writer's block keyword 12 ▲

Other platforms

Novelist - Write novels (v2025.1.6)

1,995,003 4.22

(8,411)

For Developers

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Developed by:

Alessandro Riperi

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/novelist/id1564737393

Website:

http://www.novelist.app

User Reviews

Novelist is strong for free, distraction-free organization of writing with plotting/outlining features, but suffers from syncing/backups issues, lacks undo/redo, and can be confusing to learn, with limited developer support.

Pros

Free with no ads or in-app purchases
Highly organized all-in-one writing, plotting, outlining, and scheduling tool
Easy to use with a clean, simple interface
Great for keeping ideas, notes, and world-building in one place
No ads, distraction-free writing environment

Cons

Sync across devices is unreliable or stops working
Backup/restore flow can cause data loss or confusion
No undo/redo functionality
UI/UX can be confusing with unclear icons and workflows
Support response from developers is limited or unavailable; issues with compatibility

Recent reviews

I had to write a review about this app. It is amazing and so caring towards writers. I have been using this app for only few months but it is insane. I us it for writing books mostly and being happy knowing it's reliable even offline as many malfunction for the need to be online. I even use it for notes or planning and it's so essay to organize with, I even use it to organize my essays as I'm also a AP English student and needed this to help out. With it's built in features like schedules, categories, tags, scenes, search, view, sections and my favorite, color labels. It is overall a well made and amazing app to use especially with it's backup feature. The only real issue I do have with this app is, it doesn't have an automatic sync or account connection, which it absolutely makes up, for being free to use. Unlike other apps that get in my way, or cost way too much, or does the same thing but more expensive and not even worth the hassle, it's free. I appreciate what you guys do and I just wanna say, out of all the apps I would use or even had the money to use, I would still pick this. Because frankly, this is 100% better than any other one I've seen and paid for. So thank you!

by 24*****, 2026-05-14

Okay, so I’m 10 and I just got this a few hours ago. It’s a great app, and it has no subscription or in app purchases or anything. But I went to the normal mode and tried to make a bio for my main character bc I love those sort of things. Tell me why there’s like a bajillion things on there. What does Style mean?! Like, it’s detailed to the point to where if you JUST filled out bios for everything, you could make a GRAPHIC NOVEL. It’s insane. It should specify what certain things mean, and I took like an hour to figure out how to delete a copy of a character I accidentally copied. It should come with a mini dictionary for what all that stuff means. I hope the devs see this and respond. I should give this four stars but I want people to see it. Also the review Amazing app for all things words! Is phony. It’s SUPER DETAILED, and if you’re a human dictionary, or don’t mind checking definitions of things every five seconds, and like things AS DETAILED AND DESCRIPTIVE AS HUMANLY AND ROBOTICALLY POSSIBLE, this is the app for you. Also, you have to back up your own books every few minutes.