Written byKim Montgomery
17th October 2022
Today is a milestone for us as we bring our brand-spanking new rebuild of Novlr into public beta! Anybody signing up to Novlr for the first time will be joining on the new version and, with this release, comes the launch of the free tier too!
So tell all your friends – they can now use Novlr for free!
Because we’re sure you have lots of questions, we want to answer some of the most common ones here, so you know what to expect with this release:
We’ve made hundreds of improvements, but because we can’t list them all, here are the highlights:
For the time being, yes.
The old version of Novlr will remain active for now, but we won’t be accepting new signups. To log in to the old app, either bookmark app.novlr.org in your browser, or scroll to the bottom of the homepage and click on the legacy sign-in link.
Yes, absolutely!
If you log in via the sign-in link at the top of this page, you will automatically be logged into the new app. All your writing will transfer over, as will your analytics, so you won’t have to start anything from scratch.
If you have integrations like NaNoWriMo, Dropbox, or Google Drive syncing, these will also carry over. We’ve also changed how sharing works, so you’ll need to generate new sharing links to share your work with friends, family, beta readers, and editors — but your projects will be ready to go. (Legacy links will continue to work for now, but will be discontinued in a few months).
Current Novlr subscribers will see no difference in their accounts. All active subscriptions will automatically be migrated onto Novlr Pro, and as we stated in our last update post, anyone subscribed before our prices change on December 1st will have the current Novlr price applied to their account for the lifetime of their subscription.
For all new users, you will automatically be on the free tier when you sign-up. This means you can write a single novel in Novlr, for free, forever. If you want to write multiple novels or take advantage of any of our other Pro features, you can upgrade to Novlr Pro at any time.
You will never lose access to your words, but if you choose our free tier after subscribing or having a trial to Novlr Pro, you will be asked to select the novel you want to keep writing. All other novels will be safely archived.
You will still be able to view and export all your archived novels; you just won’t be able to edit them. We want to reiterate, your words belong to you. You will never lose access to them.
This new Novlr is fully featured, but you can expect to see some improvements and updates over the next week or two.
Some notable features that are still in the final stages of development are: integrating the Tim Clare Couch to 80k Creative Writing Bootcamp; integrating the ProWritingAid proofreader; NaNoWriMo integration; additional import and export formats like .odt and .rtf; and publishing to .epub.
With such a significant update, we’re happy to answer all of your questions and hear any feedback you have. Don’t hesitate to reach out on any of our social channels, through our support chat bubble, on our new Discord, or email us at hello@novlr.org.