Best Story Outline Apps

4.5😊(1K ratings)

FreeAdsIn-App Purchases

This app helps novelists plot and write their books by organizing story elements like characters, locations, and items. It offers tools for world-building, real-time collaboration, and writing statistics, along with weekly challenges to inspire creativity.

What We Love

🚀 Amazing tools
🚀 Interesting prompts
👍 Helpful for planning stories
👍 Detailed character and world-building
👍 Organized and easy to use
👍 Useful for writing and outlining

Room to Improve

🐛 Crashes and freezes
🐛 Unresponsive save feature
🐛 Difficulty deleting or rearranging content
🔒 Concerns about intellectual property rights
💰 Paid features for desktop version

Story Plotter - idea to plot - by Hajime Hata

[ write novel, comic, script!]

Strong Contender

4.4😊(195 ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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This app helps you craft compelling stories for novels, comics, movies, and more. It offers tools for organizing ideas, developing characters and their relationships, and structuring plot points. AI-powered brainstorming and time-series visualization assist in overcoming writer's block.

What We Love

👍 Helpful for writing and planning
🚀 Great organizational tools
💡 Detailed character profiles
🔒 Secure and password protected
👍 Clean and easy to navigate
💡 Excellent for plotting and timelines
👍 Useful prompts and templates

Room to Improve

🐛 Occasional crashes or performance issues
🔍 Confusing or unclear interface in places
🔒 Limited free features, need to pay for syncing
🐛 Bugs with Bluetooth keyboards
🐛 Data loss issues, stories deleted without warning

MyStory.today: Write a Book by Richard Nespithal

Novel Writing & Story Planner

Worth Considering

Story Planner for Writers

4.5😐(2.6K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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This app provides a comprehensive suite of tools for writing novels, short stories, and screenplays across Apple devices. It features story management, an interactive corkboard with AI summaries, character and location linking, and a rich text editor. The app also offers AI assistance for writer's block and progress tracking.

What We Love

🚀 Organized and easy to use
👍 Helpful for writing stories
💡 Separate sections for characters and places
👍 Allows for easy writing and editing
👍 Useful for both beginners and experienced writers

Room to Improve

🐛 Glitches and bugs causing loss of work
🐛 Scrolling and navigation issues
🔒 Concerns about data/account deletion
💰 Premium features locked behind paywall
🐛 Inconsistent auto-save functionality

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Outline Novels & Screenplays

$8.99

This app helps writers of all levels plot novels, screenplays, and other creative projects. It offers intuitive tools for organizing characters, scenes, and plotlines, with options to attach images and export your work in various formats. Stay in control of your narrative and bring your stories to life with flexible organization and detailed insights.

Custom project creationDetailed character developmentScene organization and linking

The Language of Storytelling!

Develop logline and titleChoose from 10 story genresComplete Blake Snyder Beat Sheet (BS2)

This app helps writers structure stories for screenplays, novels, and TV episodes using a proven methodology. It guides you through developing loglines, genres, beat sheets, and scene organization with features for emotional arcs and character development.

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This is a straightforward text editor designed for vertical writing. It offers a clean interface for composing notes and documents in a unique orientation.

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Werdsmith: Writing App

AI writing prompts to beat writer's blockDaily writing ritual and goal trackingAutomatic formatting and chapter numbering

This writing studio helps overcome writer's block with AI-powered suggestions and builds a daily writing practice through goal setting and tracking. It automatically formats your work, allowing you to focus on creativity across multiple Apple devices.

An Intuitive Story Planner

Rich text story editorCharacter and world item trackingOutline creation with templates

Plan, organize, and track your story ideas in one place. Write drafts, create character and world descriptions, and link them together. Seamlessly sync your work between mobile and web devices.

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Novelist - Write novels

Plotting with customizable story elementsScene writing with rich formattingStory organization into acts and chapters

This app provides a comprehensive suite of tools for authors to write, organize, and plot their novels. It offers features for scene creation, story structuring, goal setting, and manuscript export. The platform is designed to support the entire novel-writing process, from initial ideas to the final draft.

Dictionary.com: English Words

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Dictionary, Thesaurus, Vocab

2 million+ definitions and synonymsWord of the DayExample sentences

Access over 2 million trusted definitions and synonyms for English words. Enhance your vocabulary with daily new words, example sentences, and audio pronunciations. This app provides grammar tips and editorial content to deepen your understanding of the English language.

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Plot, Outline & Finish Stories

Lauritzen Story Arc

$2.99

$4.99 | 40% OFF

This app helps writers structure their narratives, plan plot points, and organize subplots. It offers flexible outlining tools and visual development maps to keep stories on track. Supports multiple project formats and exports to common text files.

Flexible outlining (vertical and card-based)Story Health monitoring for pacing and plot gapsVisual development map for subplots and character arcs

Plan, Write, Create with Ease

Draft, plan, and organize

Focused writing editorManuscript building from scenesCard and outline planning

This app provides a dedicated writing environment for authors and creators. It allows users to draft content, organize notes, plan chapters, and build manuscripts in a structured, purpose-built space. Visualize ideas, manage project details, and capture quick thoughts all in one place.

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Dictionary Offline - Dict Box

Dictionary for All Languages

Offline dictionary & translator50+ languages supportedSmart word suggestions

This app provides an offline dictionary and translator for over 50 languages. It offers smart word suggestions, text translation in other apps, offline pronunciation, and a picture dictionary. An optional premium upgrade unlocks advanced features and an ad-free experience.

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Nola: Story Planner & Writing

Novels, plots, characters—app

Cloud sync and backupTheme and goal settingStructured plot builder

This writing app helps authors organize their creative process, from outlining themes and building plots to drafting manuscripts and managing characters. It offers tools for worldbuilding, visualizing character relationships, and designing avatars.

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freemium

Pencil Farm: Story Planner

Character, Plot & Worlds

Character organizationEpisode planningTimeline creation

This app helps writers plan their stories by organizing characters, episodes, and timelines. It supports multiple projects and offers various templates to aid in content creation for web novels and webtoons.

StoryLoom: Novel Story Bible

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freemium

Worldbuilding & character map

Project managementCharacter profilesVisual relationship mapping

This app helps writers organize their creative projects by visualizing characters, relationships, and plot events. It offers a unique relationship map and timeline view to make complex narratives easy to understand and manage. Export your work in Markdown or JSON format.

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Novalist - Novel Writing

Clean writing editor with formatting and commentsWorld-building codex for characters, locations, and lorePlotting tools: Grid, Timeline, Calendar, Relationships

A dedicated writing environment for novelists to plan, build worlds, and write manuscripts. It offers a clean editor with advanced features, a comprehensive world-building codex, and flexible organizational tools. Your writing is stored in plain files on your device, ensuring ownership and longevity.

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Index Cards to Outline Movies

Digital corkboard for story plottingIndex cards for scenes and beatsHandwriting and typing support

A digital corkboard for writers to plot novels, screenplays, or short stories. Organize your narrative beats onto digital cards, arrange them freely, and visualize your entire story structure. Supports handwriting and typing, with export options for collaboration.

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