Changelog

1.2.0 — Aug 23, 2026

Hear Your Book

  • • Added: Read chapters aloud, with the voice generated on your own machine, so it needs no account and no internet connection once the voice has downloaded
  • • Added: The words light up as they are spoken and the rest of the chapter dims, so it is easy to follow along
  • • Added: Audiobook export from the Publish page, as MP3 or WAV, with one track per chapter
  • • Added: Narration voice and speed settings, with the voice downloaded on demand rather than bundled into the app
  • • Added: OpenAI alongside Gemini for Muse, with an automatic switch to the other provider when one is unavailable
  • • Added: Sidebars can be dragged to any width in Manuscript, Spark, Blueprint, Cast & World, Cartography and Genealogy
  • • Added: Spark cards can be resized from any edge or corner
  • • Added: Image and audio can be uploaded into Spark, and generated images can be downloaded
  • • Added: Spark notes open in a full rich-text editor
  • • Added: The Spark drawing editor gained shapes, selection, panning, zoom and a custom colour picker
  • • Added: Tidy Up in Blueprint, to lay the board out again after editing
  • • Added: The mobile app gained narration, audiobook export, the full drawing editor, card resizing, media upload and download, and the new settings layout
  • • Fixed: The blinking cursor in the manuscript editor was taller than the text
  • • Fixed: A Spark note reported "Updated a minute ago" the moment it was opened, before any edit
  • • Fixed: The drawing tools sat underneath the zoom controls on phone-sized screens, which left Fill and Eraser impossible to tap
  • • Fixed: The drawing canvas was not announced by screen readers
  • • Fixed: Muse blamed a missing API key for problems that had nothing to do with keys, such as rate limits and provider outages, which sent you to re-enter a key that was already working
  • • Fixed: Every Muse setting except creativity was lost when a project moved between mobile and desktop, including prompts you had written yourself
  • • Fixed: The OpenAI key field asked you to paste a Google key
  • • Fixed: Inactive Spark cards showed a blue outline, and their title sat too far from their content
  • • Fixed: The drawing editor in the mobile app was missing the tools the desktop editor has
  • • Improved: Sidebars follow the cursor while being resized instead of lagging behind it
  • • Improved: Blueprint now drafts a tighter outline of at most five beats rather than filling the board
  • • Improved: Colour swatches in the drawing editor meet contrast requirements against any background
  • • Improved: Chapters are narrated several sentences ahead in parallel, so playback does not stall between paragraphs
  • • Improved: Interface wording reviewed across all 23 languages
  • • Removed: Expand Idea in Spark
  • • Changed: Spark notes and drawings now open in their own editor rather than a small inline field
  • • Changed: The licence key description no longer mentions premium features, which this one-time purchase does not have
  • • Security: Muse API keys now live in the operating system keychain, and in encrypted browser storage on mobile, instead of app settings; a key saved earlier is moved across on first launch
  • • Security: API keys are no longer written into .novelos project archives, which are shared and backed up
1.1.0 — Aug 8, 2026

NovelOS on Your Phone

  • • Added: Mobile app for iOS and Android, installed from the browser at app.novelos.studio
  • • Added: Manuscript, Blueprint, Cast & World, Spark, Overview and Export on mobile
  • • Added: Cartography and Genealogy editors on mobile
  • • Added: Activation with the same lifetime licence key as the desktop apps
  • • Added: Export to DOCX, EPUB, PDF, RTF, Markdown, HTML and TXT from mobile
  • • Added: Project transfer between mobile and desktop
  • • Improved: Install instructions now match the browser you are using, including Chrome and Firefox
1.0.0 — Jan 29, 2026

Initial Release

  • • Added: Initial Release
1.0.0-beta.6 — Jan 7, 2026

Fixes and Improvements

  • • Added: Support multi-languages
  • • Fixed: Genealogy Editor glitch
  • • Fixed: Cartography Editor translations
1.0.0-beta.5 — Dec 27, 2024

The Ownership Update

  • • Added: Refined Editor & Typography settings with writer-friendly labels.
  • • Added: Dynamic synchronization between typography settings and the main editor.
  • • Added: New 'About' section in settings with official branding and mission statement.
  • • Fixed: Responsive grid layout for novel cards (5/3 column logic).
  • • Fixed: Project sorting by last updated timestamp.
  • • Fixed: Splashscreen and window state visibility conflicts.
  • • Improved: Standardized global text sizes for better accessibility.
  • • Improved: Enhanced 'Typewriter Mode' with smoother scrolling and better descriptions.
  • • Improved: Premium paragraph spacing and line height options for a literary feel.
1.0.0-beta.4 — Dec 20, 2024

Fixes and Improvements

  • • Added: Initial Beta release of the core writing environment.
  • • Added: Support for multi-chapter manuscripts.
  • • Added: Character and World-building databases.