Penwright · for Android
Write the whole book.
A full manuscript app for Android. Chapters, scenes and a lore Codex, compiled to a submission-ready manuscript, and saved as plain files in a folder you choose.
Pre-register on Google Play Get it on Google PlayOut 27 October. Pre-registered phones install it on launch day. Free for 3 projects.
Free for 3 projects. Pro from $1.99/month.
No Android handy? Get one email on launch day.
Nearly there. Check your inbox to confirm.
- No account
- No ads
- No AI
- Works offline
- Your files
What's inside
Everything a manuscript needs
Built for long work: a book, a series, or a folder of stories you keep coming back to.
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Eight project types
Novel, novella, novelette, short stories, flash fiction, poetry, zine and essays. Each one changes the structure, not just the label.
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Plain files you own
Every scene is a
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Bring your book in
Import a manuscript, outline or story bible from Word, EPUB, RTF, HTML or text. It's split into chapters and scenes, and you check the split before anything is saved.
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A Codex that builds itself
Type
[[and a name, and a card for that character or place is made and linked. Every scene they appear in links back. -
Timelines and calendars
See every scene on a timeline in story order. With Pro, date them on calendars with your own eras, months and holidays.
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Compile to submit PRO
Export
.docx,.epub,.rtfor.pdffor self-publishing or Shunn-format submissions. Plain.mdand.txtare free. -
Post to AO3
Every chapter as AO3-ready HTML with a Copy button, plus your title, tags, summary and notes. Warns you before a chapter is too long or empty. Free.
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Made for E-Ink
Switches on by itself on Boox, Bigme, PocketBook and other E-Ink devices: no animations, solid contrast, volume-key page turns.
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Keep the habit
Word goals, streaks, focus mode, typewriter scrolling, read-aloud, snapshots, and a quiet daily reminder if you want one.
A look inside
Screenshots
Pricing
Free to write. Pro when you need more room.
Free
The whole editor, the Codex, import and AO3 posting, for up to 3 projects.
Pro
No limits, every calendar, linked series, and .docx / .epub / .rtf / .pdf export.
Why it exists
A note from the developer
I've been writing short fiction for 8+ years, mostly literary, speculative, fantasy and sci-fi, and some of it has found homes in magazines, presses and reviews overseas. Right now it's a romantasy novella that keeps refusing to stay a novella.
None of the Android writing apps suited that work. The best-known desktop novel app has no Android version, and I never liked its layout much anyway. The rest wanted an account, pushed cloud sync, put AI assistants into the spellchecker, or kept trimming the free tier. So I built the one I wanted to write in.
Out 27 October.
Start your book.
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