Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
United States
+8
Manuscript.no Alternatives
Sites and apps similar to Manuscript.no include Zettlr, which is free and open source. Other options are Manuskript, Scrivener, Rentry.co and Dendron. You're spoiled for choice with Novel Authoring Tools like Manuscript.no: we list more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and iPad.
Alternatives list
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
Inkbreaker 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
Free, 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
Browser-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
A distraction-free writing app for novelists whose AI never writes your prose — it tracks characters, checks consistency, and keeps your structure in view.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
Slovakia
EU
+2
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
France- EU
Extypis is a writing studio built for the long haul — novels, theses, essays, poetry collections, screenplays, in-depth blog series. Anything that falls apart in Google Docs past chapter twelve.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- France
- EU
+9
Skrivana is a writing workspace for storytellers. Write your story, plan your plot, track your lore, and build your world all in one place.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
+3
CipherWrite is a web-based book writing application designed for long, unfinished works such as novels or memoirs. It encrypts every word in your browser before storing it, ensuring your draft remains unreadable to the service, safe from breaches, and can't be used for AI...
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
India
+5
A macOS writing environment whose AI reads your whole manuscript to help you revise — it won't write it for you. Manuscript, notes, and built-in library research in one local-first window.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
Japan
+1
Guided platform for fiction authors offering structured workflows from idea to publication, with an intelligent AI writing partner, manuscript revision, packaging tools, full author control, privacy, markdown export, and flexible, template-free authoring.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
