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😊(193 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

The Language of Storytelling!

4.5😐(2.5K 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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Page One Story Structure

Create stories on the go

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 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

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Browse novels by genreFollow favorite novelsOffline reading support

This app provides access to a vast collection of web novels and light novels, including original works and fanfiction. Users can customize their reading experience with adjustable backgrounds and fonts, and enjoy offline reading. It also offers a subscription service for exclusive new titles.

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Rich text story editorCharacter and world item trackingOutline creation with templates

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AI-powered writing suggestionsDaily writing practice builderAutomatic formatting

This app transforms your devices into a writing studio, helping you overcome writer's block with AI-powered suggestions and build a consistent writing practice. It automatically handles formatting, allowing you to focus on your creative process.

The workspace for novelists

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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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Unlimited Books

Vast library of novels and audiobooksOffline reading and listeningDaily updated chapters

Access a vast library of over 500,000 free novels and audiobooks across numerous genres. Download content for offline reading and enjoy daily updates with new chapters. Customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts and themes.

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Your novel, anytime, anywhere

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.

Plot, Outline & Finish Stories

$4.99

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

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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.

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Cloud sync & backupTheme & goal settingPlot builder

This writing app helps authors organize their creative process, from initial themes and plot development to character building and worldbuilding notes. It offers cloud synchronization, a draft editor, and tools to visualize character relationships and design avatars.

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BYOK Studio

by BYOK LLC

Focused writing editorManuscript building from scenesCard and outline planning

This app provides a dedicated writing environment for organizing and developing creative projects. It offers tools for drafting, planning, mapping ideas visually, and managing project-specific reference material.

Plan your story. Write better.

Novel Writing - Writer Studio

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