Novel Airline vs Excerpt Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Novel Airline
Create novels anytime, anywhere with this writing app. It offers tools for organizing plots, characters, and locations, along with features to enhance vocabulary and protect privacy. Export your work in various formats.
- Vertical and horizontal text preview
- Plot, character, and location management
- Custom dictionary
- Cloud backup
- Pincode lock
- File import and export (Text/PDF)
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While commuting, taking a bath, or before going to bed... You can create novels anytime and anywhere you want. Novel Airline will guide you on a comfortable creative journey. You'll soon get the environment to immerse yourself in writing. This app is equipped with a custom dictionary to enhance your vocabularies, and quick insert to input frequently used symbols such as brackets, dashes, etc. There are also some features to protect your privacy, such as the pincode lock or sleep mode. You can also share data with other devices by using Cloud Backup. All features of Novel Airline are optimized for smartphones. [ Main Features ] - Vertical text preview (supported single or double columns) - Horizontal text preview - Rubies and dots - Multiple chapters - Illustration insertion - Background image setting - Book cover, title page and bibliographic information (colophon) setting - "Plot Board" that manages plots - "Cast room" that manages characters and items - "Locations" that manages views of the world - "Archives" that manages images - "My Dictionary" that manages vocabularies - Cloud Backup - Edit History - Logbook - File Import (Text) - File Export (Text/PDF) [ Writing Assistance ] - Characters count - Tabbed editor - Ruled lines - Irregular diacritical characters - Quick Insert to input frequently used symbols and texts - "Note" that can be used to make a draft - Find and Replace - Undo, Redo - Quick shape - Automatic indentation - Automatic save - Quick copy [ Privacy Protection ] - Pincode lock - Shoulder hack measures (prevention of peeping) - Sleep mode --- Subscription: "First Class" [ Benefits ] - Remove ads. - Cloud Backup. - Export as PDF. - Unlock higher-level features. [ Price ] - ¥180 / month - It will be charged via Apple ID. [ Cancellation ] - Please check out Settings App > Apple ID > Subscription. - If you want to stop the subscription, please cancel it at least 24 hours before the next expiration date. - Even after the subscription is canceled, you can get the benefits until the next expiration date. [ Notice ] - Please tap the 'Restore' button to restore your previous purchase. - We cannot accept the cancellation for the current month. [ Terms of Service ] https://terms.novel-airline.com/ [ Privacy Policy ] https://privacy.novel-airline.com/
Excerpt Note
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This is an app for registering words that are important to you. Registered words can be referenced using various search criteria (search word, author, source, category, stars, encounter date and age). [ Features ] - Text recognition allows you to copy and paste text from images in your camera and photo library. - The registered data can be output to a CSV file. - There is a function to display your age at the time of encounter, but you can choose not to use it. [ Also a way to use it like this ] For example, it maybe also good to register the following words. - Words to understand when studying - Words that will help you solve problems in the future [ Privacy ] - The registered data is stored securely on your device and cannot be accessed from outside. - Passcode lock function available. Your passcode information is securely stored in Keychain, provided by Apple. Please try registering many words.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Excerpt Note at none against Novel Airline's 1. Novel Airline's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.2). On price, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Novel Airline sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.49 per month. Excerpt Note asks for nothing beyond the download.
Novel Airline ships an update every 2 weeks, Excerpt Note weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Novel Airline | Excerpt Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 82.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hiroya Tanaka | Takatoshi Suzuki |
In-app purchases
Novel Airline
- First Class1 Month trial$1.491 Month
Excerpt Note
No in-app purchases









