BookWrite vs Readvely

Step through the door of an old bookshop and write. Open ScribeMe and you're standing at the door of a bookshop. Push it open, step inside, and your library is waiting on the shelf - every book you've written, standing spine-out, in whatever order you like. MAKE A BOOK, NOT A DOCUMENT Choose how a book feels before you write a word: hardcover, leather, cloth or paperback; the colour of the boards; cream, white or parchment pages; and the pen in your hand - fountain pen, ballpoint, pencil or marker, each with its own ink and weight of line. Pick a typeface with real character. Every cover gets its own grain, so no two books on your shelf look alike. Tall, square and wide picture-book shapes are all here. A DIARY THAT LOCKS Any book can be locked with Face ID or your passcode - a private diary that stays private. Night pages give you dark paper and light ink for writing after bedtime. WRITE, DRAW, ILLUSTRATE Real styling: bold, italics, centred lines, scene breaks. Draw straight onto the page with Apple Pencil or a fingertip, and add photo illustrations wherever you like. Draw your own cover, too. ORGANIZE A REAL STORY Chapters with a contents sheet. A plot board that lays your pages out at a glance. A story bible that interviews your characters and remembers your places. Story templates - three acts, hero's journey, fairy tale, mystery - that scaffold the chapters for you. Find and replace, and search across the whole shelf. TAKE IT OFF THE DEVICE Export a typeset PDF with cover, dedication, contents and illustration plates. Print a fold-at-home booklet. Make an EPUB ebook, a plain-text file, or an audiobook read aloud. Back up your whole library to a single file and carry it to another device. KEEP GOING Daily goals, streaks, milestones and writing sprints. A home-screen widget with your shelf and your streak. An evening writing prompt if you want one. Read a finished book with a real page curl, or have it read to you. YOURS, AND PRIVATE No account, no sign-up, no ads, no tracking, no subscriptions, and nothing is ever collected. Your books live on your device. Turn on iCloud sync (beta) and they sync through your own private iCloud - still nobody else's. Automatic version snapshots mean nothing you write is ever really lost. Everything in ScribeMe is included, free. It always will be. Made for iPhone and iPad.

Readvely is an offline writing app for novelists and long-form fiction authors. No account required—create works, chapters, character notes, and story assets entirely on your device. Why Readvely? Stay focused Create a work and jump straight into Chapter 1. Manual Save plus autosave. Per-chapter font size, typeface, and color. Draft / Finalized status keeps drafts separate from finished chapters. Built for serial structure Organize by work and chapter—drag to reorder, swipe to delete, live word counts. Continue Writing on Studio takes you back to your last edited chapter. Import existing drafts From Works, import .txt, .rtf, or .html (EPUB import not supported). Auto-detects chapter headings like “Chapter N,” or import as a single body and split later. Supports UTF-8, UTF-16, GB18030, and more. Export .epub for sharing—convert to .txt first if you need to import an ebook. Library for story assets Keep ideas, characters, worldbuilding, and dialogue separate from your manuscript. Paste from the clipboard and pick a type, or import text files and review in the editor before saving. Link assets to multiple works and insert them from the keyboard bar or chapter editor. Characters & notes per work Each work has Chapters · Characters · Notes: chapter list, character profiles (with portraits and a relationship map), and in-work scratch notes. Project Bible on Studio opens your current work’s Characters or Notes view. Read like a reader Built-in reader with vertical scroll, horizontal paging, and page curl. Adjustable font size, line spacing, and Day / Eye Comfort / Night themes. Reading position is remembered for polish and proofreading. Track your progress Studio shows today’s net word gain (edits and deletions count—honest stats), stage, and total words. Tap today’s count for Writing Activity: 3-, 7-, or 30-day charts plus custom ranges and daily goals. Search everything Find works, chapters, and assets in one place—tap a result to open the editor. Export & backup On a work’s detail page, tap Settings → Export to save as UTF-8 plain .txt or .epub for sharing or reading in other apps. Settings → Backup & Restore packs all works, chapters, assets, and images into a .zip for Files—restore when you switch devices. Make it yours Custom work stages (ideation, outline, draft, revision, completed), asset types, and tags. Light, Dark, or System appearance. Premium Free: 1 work. Need another slot? The first New Work tap shows an About Work Limits sheet (watch ad or continue); at the limit, Limit Reached offers a rewarded ad; or use Settings → Rewards (network required). Subscribe in Settings → Premium for unlimited works and no Rewards entry. Backup & Restore is available to all users. For you if… - You write web novels or long fiction - You need chapter-based drafting - You want lore, characters, and prose in separate places - You care about privacy and local-first data Good to know - Chapters are plain text—no rich text or Markdown rendering. - No cloud sync—use .zip backup for multiple devices. - Import, export, and backup use the system Files app and share sheet—no extra login. Open Readvely and write the story on your device. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/