One Studio, Start to Finish.
Everything NovelOS Studio does, grouped by the stage of your book. $45 once, no subscription, on Windows, macOS and your phone. It works offline, and AI is optional.
Plan
Collect the raw material, lay the plot out, and decide how much you will write each day.
- Spark, the idea board A free-form board for notes, pictures, audio, video, links and drawings, before any of it is a chapter.
- Blueprint, the plot board Lay the plot out as cards for scenes, plot points, characters and places, and link them with labelled lines.
- Scenes and the timeline Plan each scene, link it to its chapter, and read the whole story in order on a timeline arranged by chapter.
- Goals and progress Set a word target and a deadline, see the daily pace that gets you there, and keep a record of every writing day.
Build the world
Characters, places, lore and maps, each on its own page and linked to the scenes that use it.
- Characters and family trees A page for every character, family trees built from your cast, and optional AI concepts from The Oracle.
- Places and lore Every setting, item and rule of your world as a record you can search, illustrate and link to its scenes.
- Maps and The Architect Make a map of your world and label it yourself, and draft places and lore with the optional AI.
Write
The manuscript editor, by keyboard or by voice, including the draft you started somewhere else.
- The manuscript editor Write the book in chapters and sub-chapters, with Zen, Typewriter and Vanishing modes and search that forgives typos.
- Write by voice New Press Dictate and speak. Your words appear in the chapter with punctuation, and nothing you say leaves your device.
- Smart Import Bring in a draft from Word, EPUB, Markdown, plain text or PDF, with its chapters found for you to check.
Revise
Notes on the exact words, old copies of every chapter, and a voice that reads the chapter back.
- Margin notes Comment on exactly the words you select, bookmark a paragraph, and work through every note from one list.
- Snapshots Each chapter keeps old copies of itself. Compare one with the current text and restore it if the rewrite did not work.
- Read aloud and audiobook Hear a chapter read back with each word lit as it is spoken, and export the book as audio, one track per chapter.
- The Alchemist, line edits Select the words you want polished and get suggested rewrites, each with its reason, to accept or ignore. Optional AI.
Publish
See the pages before you print them, then export the book in the format the next reader needs.
Anywhere
The same project on your phone, in the theme and the language you prefer.
See all of it in 25 minutes
The full walkthrough goes through every screen in the app, in 23 chapters. Pick a chapter to start there.
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How NovelOS Compares
Switching from another tool? See how NovelOS compares, feature by feature.
- Scrivener Alternative A current, distraction-free studio with no manual required, for $45 once.
- Ulysses Alternative The focus of Ulysses plus real story tools, on Mac and Windows.
- Dabble Alternative Plotting and goal tracking you own, stored on your device, no subscription.
- Atticus Alternative For the whole writing process, not just formatting. A third of the price.
- Notion Alternative Built for fiction, so you write instead of building a system.
Finish your story. Keep your tools.
One payment and it is yours. No subscription, no account, no telemetry. Watch the full walkthrough before you buy.