Scribeist
Writing app with separate workspaces for novels, blogs, essays and notes, plus optional AI that reads your project.
Scribeist is a writing app that provides separate workspaces for novels, blogs, essays and notes. Scribeist tracks characters and timelines for fiction, adds SEO and direct publishing for blog posts, and offers optional AI that answers questions about your own drafts. Scribeist has a free tier, and paid Hobby and Pro plans add AI usage.
Best for Novelists and bloggers who want planning, continuity tracking and publishing in one editor, with AI as an optional helper.
- Platforms
- Web
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- Yes
- Made by
- Scribeist
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What is Scribeist?
Scribeist is a writing application that gives each kind of project its own workspace: novels, blogs, essays and general notes. In the novel workspace a feature called Mythos ties characters, locations and lore to the manuscript, while planning sheets and timelines help with outlines, arcs and pacing. The blog workspace adds SEO formatting, readability checks, a board that crawls a connected site for internal links and topic clusters, and publishing to services such as WordPress, Ghost and HubSpot. AI is optional: it can answer questions about your own drafts with source references, critique text and imitate a supplied writing sample. Users may plug in their own provider, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral or a local model through Ollama or LM Studio. Plans are Free, Hobby and Pro, and every account starts with seven days of Pro.
Key Features
Mythos
Connects characters, places and lore to the text of a novel so details appear when you hover over a name.
Planning and timelines
Offers outlines, plot boards and chapter cards, and charts character arcs and chapter lengths.
Project-aware AI chat
Answers questions about earlier chapters, notes and research and points to the document it drew on.
Blog SEO tools
Handles headers, meta descriptions and link structure, and crawls a site to map internal links and SEO issues.
Publishing and export
Sends posts to Ghost, WordPress, HubSpot, Dev.to, Hashnode or Beehiiv and exports PDF, DOCX, EPUB, Markdown or TXT.
Your own model
Works with keys from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, Mistral or OpenRouter, or with local models via Ollama and LM Studio.
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Use Cases
- Keeping a novel consistent
- An author checks where two characters first met and what each one knows by a given chapter.
- Weekly blogging
- A blogger drafts, optimises and pushes an article to WordPress from one editor.
- Auditing a content site
- A marketer crawls the site to find weak internal linking and gaps between topic clusters.
- Mapping ideas visually
- A writer lays scenes, themes and research on a canvas before drafting.
- Matching a house style
- A team supplies a writing sample so AI suggestions follow the same rhythm and vocabulary.
Things to know
- AI sits behind paid plans
- The FAQ says the Free plan covers the core editor and basic export, while AI tools, canvas and version history belong to paid tiers.
- Credits depend on a subscription
- Monthly credits expire if you cancel; bought bundles are preserved until a paid plan is active again.
- Private index
- The app indexes your workspaces so the AI can cite your documents, and says the index stays within your account.
- Site limits by plan
- The pricing page ties the number of connected sites and indexed pages to the plan level.
FAQs
What is Scribeist?
Scribeist is a writing app with dedicated workspaces for novels, blogs, essays and notes. It combines an editor, planning tools and optional AI assistance.
Is Scribeist free?
Scribeist has a free tier that keeps the core editor and export. Each new account also gets a 7-day trial of Pro features.
What plans does Scribeist offer?
Scribeist lists Free, Hobby and Pro plans, billed monthly or yearly. See the official pricing page for current rates.
Does Scribeist train AI models on my writing?
No. Scribeist states that it has opted out of training by contract with each third-party model provider it uses.
Which file formats does Scribeist export?
Scribeist exports PDF, DOCX, EPUB, Markdown and TXT. It can also publish directly to platforms such as Ghost and WordPress.
Can I use my own AI model with Scribeist?
Yes. Scribeist lets you connect a provider such as OpenAI, Anthropic or Google, or run open-source models locally with Ollama or LM Studio.
How do Scribeist credits work?
Scribeist credits are tied to an active paid plan. Monthly credits are spent first and lapse on cancellation, while purchased bundles are kept and return when a plan is reactivated.
Who it's for
- Novelists
- Bloggers
- Essay writers
- Note-takers
- Content marketers
Used in these workflows
- AI tools for writing a book, from the first idea to launch weekStage 2: Outline and structure
- Writing a blog for search: AI tools from keyword research to rank trackingStage 3: Writing the draft
- Writing a blog for search: AI tools from keyword research to rank trackingStage 6: On-page SEO
Each guide lists the stages of one job and the tools that help at each stage. All guides
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