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NovelPad's online and offline novel writing software helps you organize, write, and edit your novel anywhere, on any device, from start to finish.
Platforms: Online
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Editing, Proofreading, Book, and Story
Website: https://novelpad.co/
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Drag and drop scene cards
Distraction-free editor
Visual progress timeline
Character tracking
★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
★ Value
The best outlining app for your best work. Where brilliant ideas are captured, fleshed out, and realized.
Platforms: Online, Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows, PC
Best for: Outlining, Book, Story, Blog, Essay, and Free
Website: https://dynalist.io/
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Tags & cross-linking
Color code anything
Easy export
★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Also rated 4.2 ★ on Google Play
All great writing begins with inspiration. The writing process, however, begins with an unyielding blank page. You could keep battling it. Or you could organize your research snippets on it. So you fill the page with your ideas, data and inspiration. And write a world-class piece that's supported by cited research.
Platforms: Online
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, and Essay
Website: https://www.airstory.co/
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Organize research
Boards and outliners
Drag and drop
Research library
★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
★★ Value
Still looking for the perfect app to write your novel? Novelist might just be the perfect tool for the job!
Platforms: Android, iPhone, iPad, Online
Best for: Outlining, Worldbuilding, Drafting, Story, Book, and Free
Website: https://www.novelist.app/
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Goal setting
Rich text editor
Back up and restore
★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
The human brain is non-linear: we jump from idea to idea, all the time. Your second brain should work the same. In Obsidian, making and following connections is frictionless. Tend to your notes like a gardener; at the end of the day, sit back and marvel at your own knowledge graph.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, PC
Best for: Note-taking, Outlining, Journal, Book, Story, Essay, Poetry, Blog, and Free
Website: https://obsidian.md/
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Link pages
Graph view
Customizable with backlinked notes
★★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.5 ★ on TechRadar
ApolloPad is a feature-packed online writing environment that will help you finish your novels, ebooks and short stories.
Platforms: Online
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Story, Book, and Free
Website: https://apollopad.com/
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Project outlining & timelines
Notes in context
To-do lists
★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
We’re more than a doc. Or a table. Customize Notion to work the way you do.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows, Chrome, PC
Best for: Note-taking, Outlining, Journal, Book, Story, Essay, Poetry, Blog, and Free
Website: https://www.notion.so/product
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Create wikis
Link to different pages
Hundreds of pre-made wikis
Create table of contents
★★★★ Performance
★★★★★ Features
★★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.0 ★ on TechRadar
With our writing tools you can track your progress thus far, plan your novel, write your novel and be able to focus on what matters for you the most: FINISHING THE DAMN BOOK!
Platforms: Android
Best for: Outlining, Worldbuilding, Book, Story, and Free
Website: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.ajp_gam...
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Writing log
Progress stats & timeline
Character profile
Writing goals
★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.0 ★ on Google Play
Typing Chimp Character is designed to help fiction writers create better characters, stories, and worlds fast.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, PC
Best for: Outlining, Worldbuilding, Book, and Story
Website: http://www.typingchimp.com/
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Enneagram tools
Story generator
World generator
★★★ Performance
★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★ Value
Mind mapping starts with a main idea in the center of your mind map. As your map takes shape, add context to topics with attachments, embedded media and more. MindMeister’s features guide you through your first mind maps onto maximum creativity.
Platforms: Online, iPhone, iPad, Android
Best for: Outlining, Journal, Poetry, and Free
Website: https://www.mindmeister.com/
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Outline mode & focus mode
Comments and notifications
Collaboration
★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Also rated 4.7 ★ on Capterra
Start your book, plot your book, write your book, organize your book, and export it for publishing all in one place. Leave your word processor in the dust.
Platforms: Online, Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, PC
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Publishing, Book, and Story
Website: https://livingwriter.com/
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Smart text & story elements
Outline templates
Autosave
Import and export functionalities
★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★★ Accessibility
★★ Value
Also rated 3.5 ★ on the App Store
Story Planner is an easy-to-use and yet powerful tool for plotting novels, screenplays, and any fiction story. It works great for writers, screenwriters, producers, directors, RPG masters … All kinds of storytellers!
Platforms: iPhone, iPad
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Story, and Book
Website: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/story-planner-outline-your-...
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Organize projects by tags
Link elements
Color code and organize plot lines
★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Also rated 4.7 ★ on the App Store
Bring your stories to life
Our free writing app lets you set writing goals and track your progress, so you can finally write that book!