Everwrite Go vs Novalist

Everwrite Go is the iPhone companion to Everwrite, the calm, private writing studio for novelists on Mac. Take your manuscript with you, and keep your book entirely yours. Your scenes sync privately over iCloud, so the chapter you wrote at your desk is in your pocket on the train. Capture pages on the move, then pick up on the Mac. WRITE ANYWHERE - A focused editor for your scenes, right on iPhone - Two-way iCloud sync keeps your Mac and iPhone in step - Your words are saved as you write - A new scene or chapter is one tap away, with the add button right under your thumb on iPhone YOUR STORY BIBLE, ON HAND - Browse the characters, places and objects Everwrite tracked on your Mac - Check a fact, an alias or an appearance without breaking your flow - Reference your whole world, wherever you are PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Your book syncs over your own iCloud, only to your devices - No account, no cloud processing, no tracking - Nothing leaves Apple's private sync Everwrite Go pairs with Everwrite for Mac, where you plan in a binder, write in a distraction-free editor, track your world with an on-device Story Bible, and export to DOCX, EPUB and PDF. Have an idea or hit a snag? Send feedback from Settings. It goes straight to the Everwrite team. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no nag.

Novalist is a writing environment built for novelists — a single, focused workspace where you plan your story, build your world, and write the manuscript, instead of bending a general-purpose word processor to the task. WRITE A clean editor with real formatting, paragraph styles, inline comments, and footnotes. Focus Mode hides everything but the page; the split editor lets you work on two scenes at once. Every scene auto-saves with its own snapshot history, so you can compare versions and revert a single scene without disturbing the rest of the book. Smart quotes, em-dashes, and dialogue punctuation are handled as you type, with presets for ten languages, alongside grammar and spelling checks and live word count, reading time, and readability. BUILD YOUR WORLD A full Codex keeps your characters, locations, items, and lore in one place — with images, relationships, custom fields, and long-form notes. Define your own entity types, such as factions, spells, vehicles, or races, each with its own fields. Character details can change per act, chapter, or scene, so someone can age, move, or transform across the story without losing their earlier state. PLAN AND SEE THE SHAPE Plot Grid: toggle which scenes belong to each plotline in a spreadsheet view. Timeline: acts, chapters, scenes, and events in chronological order. In-world Calendar: place scenes on the dates they happen in your story. Relationships: a living map of who knows whom, with automatic inverse roles. ORGANIZE WITHOUT LOCK-IN Work in multi-book projects with a shared World Bible for a series. Chapters carry status, acts, and colors; Smart Lists save the scene queries you return to. And your project is simply plain files on disk — add, rename, move, or delete scenes in Finder and Novalist keeps up. Your writing stays in a format you can read forever. MAKE IT YOURS A themeable interface, keyboard-driven navigation with a command palette, and an extension system for adding new tools. Novalist keeps your manuscript on your Mac, in files you own. Write the book.