# Writer Assistant (Wassi) — Characters and stories planner

> App for writers to plan and develop characters, stories, and worlds. (iPhone/iPad app by Dmitry Novikov.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/writer-assistant-wassi/id1468679732 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Dmitry Novikov](https://appshunter.io/developer/1268390256)
- Category: Productivity, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.80/5 from 79 App Store ratings · 60 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 27 MB
- Released: 2019-06-18
- Data updated: 2026-08-24
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/writer-assistant-wassi/id1468679732/reviews.md

## What is Writer Assistant (Wassi)?

Writer Assistant (Wassi) is an application created specifically for inventors! We all constantly invent new characters for our stories, be it a comic, a novel, a script, a play, or a game. And so that our characters are alive and riveted the attention, they need to be developed a lot! That is what the Writer Assistant was created for! Plus, with Wassi you can easily outline your stories on the go. Let's check it!

With Wassi support, you can:
- create separate projects for each of your universes
- create characters and locations
- develop characters and locations using leading questions in the program
- add photos to the characters and locations
- create worlds where your story happen
- describe every millimeter of the world by filling races, flora, animals of the world and more
- create stories with your characters
- outline stories
- create stories plots and scenes and connect them
- export created projects to PDF-documents

Free version limitations:
- 3 projects
- 3 characters, 3 locations, 3 stories, 3 worlds per project
- 3 plots, 3 scenes per story
- watermark and link to the app's AppStore webpage in the exported document
- saving and restoring backups not available

To remove all limitations you can upgrade to the Pro version by clicking the "Upgrade to Pro" menu item and purchasing Pro version license. You can share one license between all your iOS devices.

In the next update:
- ability to add items
- more details about constituents of the world
- ability to add connections between characters
- ability to set up characters and location of the scene
- export to the DOCX format

## Key features

- Create separate projects for story universes
- Develop characters and locations with guided questions
- Add photos to characters and locations
- Describe worlds with races, flora, and fauna
- Outline stories, plots, and scenes
- Export projects to PDF

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Unlock of the pro version | $2.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Writer Assistant (Wassi)?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Great for character building
- 👍 Excellent for world building
- 👍 Helpful for in-depth backstories
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 👍 Affordable pro version
- 👍 Good prompts for character relationships
- 👍 Well-organized planning tools
- 👍 Detailed and easy to navigate
- 👍 One-time payment for pro
- 👍 Useful for aspiring writers
- 👍 Good value for money

**Cons**

- 💰 Strict character limit on free version
- 💰 Paywall for adding more than 3 characters
- 💰 Deleted characters still count towards limit
- 💰 Limited free features
- 💰 Blurry character images
- 💰 Inaccessible with Voiceover
- 💰 Typing can be frustrating

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Notes not saved after iCloud sign-in on new phone
- Pictures assigned to wrong characters across projects
- Pictures assigned to new characters in different projects
- Duplicate photos when changing profile pictures
- Typing cursor jumps randomly
- Blurry character images
- Airdrop issue for saving/backing up
- App not accessible with Apple Voiceover

**Most requested features**

- Unlimited characters for free
- Ability to delete projects
- Copy/paste support
- Desktop or web version
- Customizable fields for prompts
- Examples for character attributes
- Revert profile picture to default
- Remove photo button
- Ability to write the actual story
- Folders for organizing characters/locations
- Better subsections for world/culture
- More in-depth story planning (connections)
- Ability to discriminate between major/minor characters
- Residents tab for locations
- Option to add own tabs/text boxes
- Ability to tag characters
- Towns/cities tab
- Dark mode option
- Family account sharing for pro
- Syncing across devices

## Recent user reviews (10 of 60)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/writer-assistant-wassi/id1468679732/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Spectacular! One small suggestion.

*2026-08-10*

Let me first start out with this, this is one of the greatest writing tools I’ve ever used due to how organized it keeps things. 

One thing, however, is I want to work on my project on another device, and there is no easy way to transport it between devices. I feel like it would be nice to have an account link to other devices so you don’t have to rewrite everything from square one.

### 5/5 — 100% recommend

*2025-02-18*

This app is amazing for character building, world building and getting an in depth backstory for your book. I use this to create characters, and for such a small price it is definitely worth it, I refer back to it always and it’s honestly so easy to understand and helpful

### 1/5 — Good for people who like paywalls

*2024-11-11*

This is an honest review as someone whose used wassi before, you cannot create more than three characters, otherwise it'll be locked behind a paywall. Do not get wassi unless your rich and willing to pay to add more than three characters, if you add a character then delete it, that deleted character still takes up a character slot, so no matter what you do, you have to pay.

### 5/5 — Love that app

*2024-10-22*

This app is amazing, helped me so much writing my books and the pro version is affordable.

### 5/5 — Limited amount of characters

*2024-10-20*

This app is amazing and it would be my top 1 if the amount of characters was unlimited for free.

### 4/5 — Please help

*2024-10-12*

I using this app for long time,I  used iCloud to sign up and now when I bought new phone(because unfortunately I lost the phone I used back then )I again downloaded this app.

And since I logged in through my iCloud, the app recognized me and I didn't have to pay again, but the most important and sad thing for me is that all my notes were not saved.

Unfortunately, these files were not in my file manager, I know that some apps allow you to create an account and then when you log into the account, everything is saved there

But in the case of this application, a subscription is linked to my iCloud, but somehow there is no account to which all my notes would be linked.

Is there any way you can help me to resume access to my notes,I would be very grateful to you 🙏
thank you!

### 4/5 — Is it still being updated?

*2024-09-29, version 1.1.1*

Hi! I love this app, its great for organizing my characters and concepts. Only concern is the lack of updates since 2020. Was this app abandoned?

### 5/5 — Best. App. Ever.

*2024-03-07*

I love this app so much. I have tried my fair share of novel-planning apps, and this is the one I always prefer to use. It is so user-friendly, and makes all parts of planning out your story a breeze. Specifically: it is amazing for character planning. It has so many suggestions for character details, helping to make characters complex and realistic, while keeping it from being overwhelming by separating them into tabs for easy access.

### 4/5 — Issue that needs addressed

*2024-01-10*

App is very useful and I have found it to be extremely good for keeping information organized. I paid for the pro version and I have no regrets it is well worth the low price. However; there is one issue I’ve noticed. I have multiple projects going at once, as I have several storylines planned that I would like to write. To help me keep track of what people look like, I’ve taken advantage of ai art programs and the fact that this app allows you to add a picture to each person’s profile as if they are contacts on your phone, and I’ve got a picture of each of my fictional characters. For one project. I went to add pictures of the characters on my second project and found that the pictures I’d added to the first project had assigned themselves in order of creation to the characters in all my projects. I’ve also found that when I add new characters on a different project, if there are less characters on that project than I have supplied pictures for, it will assign a picture to newly created characters as if I want them to be the same as in my other project. I can work around this by adding all the characters from all my projects to all my other projects, which actually isn’t that big of a deal as I intended for some to cross over, but it is a problem and will be more of one if I end up starting another project after I’ve created a lot of characters on my others already. I hope this is fixed at some point.

### 3/5 — Good but one big flaw

*2023-11-19*

Good app, enjoyed using it thoroughly until I realised I had to pay to upgrade to add more than three characters 😭😭 deleted out of sudden rage, realised I had a bunch of info for a character on there, redownloaded again only to find all the info gone completely 🧍 Great app probably but oh my god if I see one more app lock half its content behind a paywall I will scream
likely will not re-download and probably not recommend to anybody 
You could blame my anger problems for this but also why would you lock adding characters behind a paywall— 

However I will say that the prompts given in the app are very good and if not for that big screw up I would have given it probably 4 or even 5 stars

## Frequently asked questions about Writer Assistant (Wassi)

### What does Writer Assistant (Wassi) do?

Writer Assistant (Wassi) is designed to help inventors and writers create and develop characters, locations, and entire story worlds. It offers guided questions to flesh out details and allows for outlining plots and scenes for your narratives.

### What are the key features of Writer Assistant (Wassi)?

Key features include creating separate projects for different story universes, developing characters and locations with leading questions, adding photos, describing worlds in detail, outlining stories, and exporting projects to PDF documents.

### How much does Writer Assistant (Wassi) cost?

The app offers a free version with limitations on the number of projects, characters, locations, stories, worlds, plots, and scenes. To remove these limitations and access features like backup and restore, users can upgrade to the Pro version through an in-app purchase.

### What kind of stories can I plan with this app?

This app is suitable for planning a wide range of stories, including comics, novels, scripts, plays, and games. It provides tools to develop the characters, settings, and plot structures necessary for any narrative.

### Can I export my work from Writer Assistant (Wassi)?

Yes, you can export your created projects to PDF documents. The free version may include a watermark and a link to the app's AppStore webpage in the exported document.

## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.1.1 — 2020-01-02

- fixed bug with share dialog for exporting and saving backup for projects on iPad

### 1.1.0 — 2019-12-04

- added the ability to create worlds (includes world description, races, flora, animals and more);
- added ability to save backups and restore from backup (available only for Pro).

### 1.0.1 — 2019-07-08

- added ability to add stories, plots, acts, and scenes
- added ability to organize items in the lists
- added recycle bin with deleted items
- added beautiful dark theme
- added ability to see the full image of the character, location, story
- improved export to the PDF

### 1.0 — 2019-06-17

No release notes.

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