Is there an official NovelAI mobile app? Browser, PWA and look-alike listings

What NovelAI’s FAQ says about a phone app

NovelAI’s documentation includes the question “Will there be a NovelAI phone application?” Its answer is that you can already access NovelAI through your mobile web browser, and it explains how to install the site as a Progressive Web App: “Install” from the website in Firefox, or “Add to home screen” in Chrome, noting that other mobile browsers may have a similar option.

So the precise answer is that NovelAI on a phone is the web app, optionally installed to your home screen, rather than a native download from an app store.

Sources: NovelAI Documentation: FAQ

Is the “NovelAI” app on the App Store official?

On the check date, an App Store listing named “NovelAI | AI Story Generator” existed, with a seller name that is not NovelAI’s, its own weekly, monthly and yearly subscriptions and a feature list (emails, poetry, scripts) that differs from NovelAI’s service. NovelAI’s documentation does not link to it. Treat it as a separate product: a novelai.net subscription does not carry over to it, and it cannot open your novelai.net stories.

The same pattern appears with other well-known writing tools, so the seller check below is worth a minute whenever a search result matches a brand name exactly.

1. Compare the listing’s seller name with the operator named on the official website.
2. Look for a link to the listing from the official site or documentation.
3. If you started a trial by mistake, cancel it from your App Store or Google Play subscriptions; deleting the app does not cancel it.

Sources: NovelAI Documentation: FAQ · App Store listing: NovelAI | AI Story Generator (third-party seller)

How to put NovelAI on your iPhone or Android home screen

These steps follow the PWA instructions in NovelAI’s FAQ; exact menu wording varies by browser version.

• Sign in on the installed web app with your novelai.net account.
• Keep the browser’s site data, because clearing it can sign you out.

Sources: NovelAI Documentation: FAQ

Other ways to write stories with AI on a phone

NovelAI’s strength is open-ended story generation in its own editor. If you want a native app instead of a browser layout, these are documented options; each suits a different working style.

Sources: NovelAI Documentation: FAQ · Sudowrite documentation: Is there a mobile app? · Novelcrafter Help: How can I use Novelcrafter as a web app? · AIBookCraft product facts

If you want a native app: AIBookCraft on iPhone and Android

AIBookCraft is an AI-assisted book-writing product from SecondEarth AI, Inc. On the App Store it is listed as “AI Book Writer Story Maker” and on Google Play as “AI Book Writer Story Generator”; both are the AIBookCraft app. The mobile apps support developing an idea, outlining, drafting chapters, creating a cover, public sharing and PDF or DOCX export, with access depending on the plan and action.

The same account opens your books on the web, where a free account supports manual chapter writing and editing and Pro adds AI chapter drafting. It is a different tool with a different workflow, not a mobile version of any other product, and we make no claim that its prose is better. Compare on a short sample of your own.

Sources: AIBookCraft product facts · AIBookCraft web plans · AIBookCraft on the App Store (AI Book Writer Story Maker) · AIBookCraft on Google Play (AI Book Writer Story Generator)

Frequently asked questions

Is there a NovelAI app on Google Play? NovelAI’s FAQ describes browser and PWA access rather than a store app. If you find a listing with the name, check who publishes it.

Does the NovelAI PWA work offline? The FAQ does not describe offline use; generation runs on NovelAI’s servers, so plan on being online.

Will my NovelAI stories appear in the App Store app called NovelAI? No. That listing is a separate product with its own account.

Which is better on a phone, NovelAI or a native writing app? It depends on whether you want free-form story generation or a chapter-by-chapter book workflow. Try both on the same short scene.

Sources: NovelAI Documentation: FAQ · App Store listing: NovelAI | AI Story Generator (third-party seller)