GrinTale vs NovelPad
GrinTale
grintale.it
NovelPad
novelpad.coSide by side
| Figure | GrinTale | NovelPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €6.58/mo | $12.50/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 8 |
| Spec score · Book Writing Software | 7.9 (#19) | 8.5 (#10) |
| Purpose | GrinTale is an online writing environment for organizing books and long texts, including chapters, characters, research and notes. | NovelPad is an all-in-one novel-writing application for professional and aspiring novelists. |
| Writing tools | Features include fullscreen focus mode, autosave, word count goals, snapshots and document versions. | Features include writing goals, adaptive schedules, sprints, focus modes, and locale-aware smart quotes in more than 20 locales. |
Plans
NovelPad
- Pro Cloud Monthly$15 a month
- Pro Cloud Annual$150 a year
- Desktop Only$89 a month
- Lifetime$349 a month
- Pro Cloud — monthly$15 a month
- Desktop$89, paid once
- Pro Cloud — annual$150 a year
- Lifetime$349, paid once
In their own words
NovelPad
NovelPad is a novel-writing application for professional and aspiring novelists, available on desktop and the web. Writers can arrange scenes as cards across boards for chapters, subplots, characters, timelines, and outlines. Its Codex tracks characters, locations, and items across scenes, with profiles, aliases, co-mention rankings, and chapter presence. Writing aids include goals, adaptive schedules, sprints, focus modes, and smart quotes that account for more than 20 locales. For revision, NovelPad offers scene revisions, snapshots, structural and text diffs, and recovery of deleted scenes. The desktop app works offline; cloud sync can reconcile changes across devices when connected. NovelPad imports DOCX and exports chapters, subplots, or outlines to DOCX. Beta readers can join by email with viewer, commenter, or editor roles and use threaded comments. ProWritingAid is named as an integration. The 14-day trial requires no card. Pro Cloud costs $15 a month or $150 a year. The Desktop license costs $89.00 USD once and has no sync or sharing.