Y/n vs Novelium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Y/n
Engage with interactive stories where your choices shape the narrative and character relationships. Explore a vast library of community-created tales or write and publish your own.
- Play interactive stories
- Choices affect story and characters
- Rewind and change decisions
- Explore 1M+ community stories
- Write and publish own stories
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On Y/n, you play a character in your story. Be a boarding school student and get the boys to fall in love with you, or plan a jailbreak with Sherlock Holmes. Stories are made for you. Your texts change the plot and how characters feel about you (oops!). No two playthroughs are the same (but you can rewind). There's a Y/n story for every taste: romance, fanfiction, fluff, mystery, and more. Discover 10M+ stories created by the community. Can't find the one you want? Write and publish your own. Download Y/n for free and play your story! EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Novelium
A comprehensive writing studio for authors to draft, organize, and refine their manuscripts. It integrates world-building, character tracking, and publishing tools into a single workspace for a seamless creative process.
- Draft chapters and organize files
- Track characters, settings, and timelines
- Review story structure and manuscript
- Publish-ready formatting tools
- Focus mode writing editor
- Beta reader workflows
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Novelium is a writing studio for novelists, nonfiction authors, and serious storytellers who need more than a blank page. Draft chapters, organize files, track your world, manage timelines, review story structure, and prepare your book for readers, all from the same workspace. Novelium brings your manuscript, notes, reference material, publishing tools, and revision workflow together so you can keep momentum without bouncing between half a dozen apps. Built for long-form writing Write in a clean editor with project files, chapters, notes, comments, proofread tools, checks, and focus mode. Keep your story consistent Track characters, settings, plotlines, timelines, and world details as your manuscript grows. Novelium helps you inspect your project from multiple angles so continuity problems are easier to catch before readers do. Plan, revise, and finish Use timeline views, story reports, writing stats, manuscript checks, and beta reader workflows to move from rough draft to polished book with less chaos. Publish-ready tools Format manuscripts, prepare exports, manage publishing details, and keep your project organized through the final stretch. Useful for: Novel writing Series planning Nonfiction book projects World building Revision and editing Writing goals and progress tracking Beta reader management Book formatting and publishing prep Novelium is designed for writers who care about craft, continuity, and finishing the book. Privacy Policy and Terms can be found here: - https://app.novelium.com/terms.html - https://app.novelium.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Y/n at 4.5 against Novelium's 3.2. Y/n also leads on ratings volume (5.1K vs 15) and review sentiment (61% vs 46%). Novelium's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Y/n sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Novelium sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Y/n holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Y/n has 5.1K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Y/n's written reviews are positive against 46% of Novelium's.
Y/n ships an update every 10 days, Novelium every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Y/n | Novelium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (5.1K ratings) — better | 3.2 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.9% of reviews — better | 46.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5.1K — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #17 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emittance Inc. | BRADLEY JAY TENENHOLTZ |
Customer experience
Y/n
Novelium
Bugs and requests
Y/n
Reported bugs
2 issues- Continue button not working
- Incompatibility with older devices
Requested features
2 requests- Private and delete characters
- Email sign-up option
Novelium
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Y/n
- Y/n+ Weekly$4.997 Days
- Y/n+ Monthly$14.991 Month
Novelium
- Novelium Basic Monthly$10.991 Month
- Novelium Pro Monthly$29.991 Month
- Novelium Premier Monthly$59.991 Month
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- Novelium Pro Yearly$289.001 Year
- Nebula Theme$3.99
- Noir Theme$3.99
- Gothic Horror Theme$3.99
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- Neon District Theme$3.99
- Dark Academia Theme$3.99
- Eye of the Storm Theme$3.99
- Romantasy Theme$3.99
- The Abyss Theme$3.99
