NovelPad's online and offline novel writing software helps you organize, write, and edit your novel anywhere, on any device, from start to finish.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
+2
Atticus Alternatives
Sites and apps similar to Atticus include Manuskript, which is free and open source. Other options are Sigil, Scrivener, Ulysses and Untold Novel. There's no shortage of Novel Authoring Tools like Atticus, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and Android.
Alternatives list
Novelist Freeware is a free in browser book writing application that helps you write your book in a simple and efficient way. It is designed to be easy to use, with a clean and intuitive interface that allows you to focus on your writing.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
Romania
EU
+5
54 Insanitomeium alternativesFree Scrivener-style novel writing app in your browser: binder, corkboard, plot board, outliner, character sheets, and compile to PDF, DOCX and ePub.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
United States
+7
52 Writers Studio alternativesThe fiction writing app that keeps your manuscript, worldbuilding, and AI in sync.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
- United States
+8
Created by a writer and designed for other writers, Qenna Writer brings together a wide range of tools built specifically for the art of fiction. Whether you're managing projects and documents, tackling intense brainstorming sessions, or simply putting your ideas down on...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
Brazil
+3
77 InkBreaker alternativesInkbreaker is a full writing platform for your whole writing practice. Draft and publish in a real editor, build a body of work, and grow alongside a community of working writers. It supports fiction, nonfiction, poetry, copywriting, journalism, technical writing, screenwriting...
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- United States
+9
51 Draftline alternativesFree, open source, local-first novel editor with writing, planning, continuity checks, prose analysis, typeset export, and BYO cloud sync. No account or subscription required.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Mac
- United States
+2
A cross-platform Markdown typesetting app for writing long manuscripts and exporting ePub, DOCX, images, and print-ready PDFs.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
Hong Kong SAR China
+2
Mac app for writing a book directly on typeset print pages, with print PDF, EPUB, Word and cover export for KDP and IngramSpark.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- United States
One app to build your world, write your stories, and format for publishing. Draft your novel with every character, place, and system in your world just a keystroke away.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
+7
57 Inkbound-write alternativesBrowser-based novel writing app for drafting chapters while keeping character sheets and world-building in a linked Codex. It includes timelines, grammar tools, repetition and weak-verb checks, exports to PDF, Word, or text, plus optional AI extraction and voice dictation without AI-generated prose.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Canada
+3
Writing a book on your phone shouldn't feel like typing in a generic notes app. You need a dedicated space to draft, structure chapters, and visualize the final published page. Welcome to the only mobile manuscript studio built for indie authors.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Android
- United States
