NovelOS Studio on Your Phone

The same studio, the same project, the same licence

NovelOS Studio on your phone is the same novel writing app as on your computer, for iPhone and Android, and a whole project moves between the two as one file.

  • $45 once, no subscription
  • iPhone and Android
  • Same licence as the desktop app
  • Installed from the browser
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The phone app's My Projects screen with one book card showing a cover, genre, word count, goal and progress bar, above an Import Project card.
A chapter open in focus mode on a phone, with the chapter title, a row of tool buttons and the opening paragraph with the place name Citadel of Light highlighted.

Write your novel on your phone

Open a chapter and keep writing wherever you are. The phone has the same editor as your computer, and you can set the text size and line spacing to suit a small screen.

A chapter open in focus mode on a phone, with the chapter title, a row of tool buttons and the opening paragraph with the place name Citadel of Light highlighted.
Write on your phone
The Writing & Reading drawer open over a chapter on a phone, with Write, Read and Bionic buttons, a text size control set to Standard and three line spacing buttons.
Text size and spacing

Write by voice New

Tap the microphone and speak, and your words appear in the chapter. Nothing you say leaves your phone. For books written in English.

The manuscript editor on a phone showing the chapter Echoes of the Citadel, with a toolbar that starts with a microphone button, and the word counts along the bottom.

Leave a note on the exact words

When a line needs fixing later, mark it and write a note. The words stay highlighted, and one list shows every note in the book.

The Manuscript Notes sheet on a phone showing one note on the current paragraph, a box to write another, and the Add Note and Bookmark this paragraph buttons.

Plan your story scene by scene

See every scene in order, chapter by chapter, and move a scene to another chapter with your thumb. Each scene keeps its own picture, status and viewpoint.

The Blueprint Timeline on a phone with the ten chapters down the left, one scene each, and the first two scene cards placed under day headings.
Timeline by chapter
The Scene Editor on a phone showing the scene The Weaver's Inheritance with a picture of a mountain citadel, status buttons with Final selected, its chapter and narrative time.
A scene with its picture

Your characters and your world in your pocket

Every character and every place in your story has its own page, with pictures. Check a detail or add a new one the moment you think of it.

The Cast list on a phone with tabs for Cast, World and Lore, a search box, The Oracle and Add buttons, and character rows with portraits and roles.
Your cast in your pocket
The character Elara open on a phone, on The Dossier tab, with fields for name, full legal name, role, age and era.
A character page
The world entry Citadel of Light on a phone, with tabs for Entry, Map, Properties and Links, a picture of a mountain citadel and name and type fields.
A place in your world

See your book as printed pages New

Book Preview shows your chapters laid out like a real book, at the page size you chose. Turn the pages and zoom in before you export.

The Book Preview on a phone showing page 2 of 45, the opening of chapter one as a printed page, with page and zoom controls along the bottom.

Move your book between phone and computer

Save the whole project as one file on one device and open it on the other. Your chapters, notes, characters and pictures all come along, and the app asks before it replaces a book.

The Overview on a phone scrolled to Project actions, with an Export & Backup card that reads Download a complete .novelos archive, above Delete Project.

Install it from your browser

The phone app is not in the App Store or on Google Play. You add it to your Home Screen from the browser, on iPhone and Android, and unlock it with the same licence key as your computer, at no extra cost.

  1. Open app.novelos.studio in the browser on your phone.
  2. On iPhone, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. On Android, open the browser menu, then Install app.
  3. Open NovelOS Studio from your Home Screen and enter the licence key from your purchase email.

More screens

The Publish / Export screen on a phone with a preset name field and format cards for Microsoft Word, Rich Text Format, Plain Text and Markdown, with Word selected.
Export from your phone

Also in the phone app

  • Everything the desktop app has. Plot boards, scenes, a timeline, characters, world building, maps, family trees, an idea board and export are all on the phone.
  • Export a finished book. Make a Word, EPUB or PDF file on the phone. All seven formats are there.
  • A word goal and a daily pace. See how many words you have written and how many a day will finish the book on time.
  • Listen to a chapter. Have the phone read a chapter back to you in its own voice.
  • Bring in a draft you already have. Import a manuscript you wrote somewhere else and keep working on it.
  • Earlier versions of a chapter. Save a snapshot before a big edit and go back to it if you change your mind.
  • The same book, there and back. A project that goes to the phone comes home as the same book, not a second copy.
  • Your book stays on your phone. Projects are stored on the device, not on our servers.
  • No cloud sync yet. Your phone and computer do not sync on their own. You move the project as one file.

Related features

See every feature

  • 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

    Press Dictate and speak. Your words appear in the chapter with punctuation, and nothing you say leaves your device.

  • Margin notes

    Comment on exactly the words you select, bookmark a paragraph, and work through every note from one list.

  • Book Preview

    See your book as printed pages at your trim size while you are still writing it.

  • Themes and languages

    23 themes, a custom theme editor, and the whole app in any of 23 interface languages.

  • Publish and export

    Export to Word, EPUB, PDF, HTML, Markdown, RTF and plain text. The PDF follows your trim size, margins and font.

Common questions

Is the phone app a separate purchase?

No. It uses the same lifetime licence key as the desktop apps.

Where do I get it?

Open app.novelos.studio in the browser on your phone and install it from there. It is not in the App Store or on Google Play.

Does my project sync between my phone and my computer?

Not automatically. There is no cloud sync yet. You move a project as one .novelos file, with Export & Backup on one device and Import Project on the other.

What is in the .novelos file?

The manuscript, Cast & World, Spark, Blueprint, family trees, notes, pictures, snapshots and export history. AI keys are never written into the file.

Will importing on my phone change its settings?

No. Each device keeps its own language, theme and editor settings.

Which phones does it run on?

iPhones and Android phones, including older ones (Chrome before 122, Safari before 18.4) since 1.4.

What does it cost?

Nothing beyond the $45 one-time purchase of NovelOS Studio.

Guides for writing anywhere

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A Clarity Test for Every Dialogue Tag

Test dialogue tags by speaker clarity, reset points, placement, action, and rhythm so readers never need to reconstruct who spoke.

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