u/lensorry

Is Scrivener worth it or is there better?

For so long in my life I’ve written my books in the notes app and then moved onto reedsy. Recently though, especially as I move into the later drafts of my novel, I’ve tried searching for another writing website/app since reedsy—while very useful—doesn’t really have space or capabilities to store past drafts. That means I would have to download my old drafts before clearing space. Another problem I have with reedsy is that if you don’t open your ‘book’ in (I think) three months, it would automatically be moved to the trash.

Anyways, I began searching for a new writing software, somewhere that wouldn’t feed my writings into AI.

I tried Ellipsis earlier but something that bugged me was how if you write more than 25k words in a single document, the entire thing glitches.

Also, I’ve been searching for something permanent. Something I’ve been hoping to use for years and years.

I’ve always heard of scrivener. I tried the free trial and I really liked it! My problem though, is that not only is it expensive (50-60 bucks) but also, I’m wondering whether it’s worth it to get scrivener on my iPad (which is I think 25 bucks) or a laptop.

I typically write on my iPad but I heard I would have to download Dropbox and Scrivener takes up a lot of storage and it’s not as useful since I wouldn’t be able to use split-windows. I’ve heard people even say how useful the wider screen is on the laptop.

I’m wondering whether, if I buy scrivener, to get it on my iPad or my laptop?

I was thinking I could probably transfer my writings from my iPad to the scrivener on my laptop if I buy it there. Or should I just buy scrivener on my iPad?

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u/lensorry — 8 days ago