Own it the way you own your books.

The desktop app, permanently: every writing feature, every future version, with nothing more to pay for the app itself, ever. It also includes your first two years of Cloud, the optional service that powers sync, the web app, and sharing with beta readers. After those two years, Cloud is $9/mo or $79/year if you want to keep it. If you don’t, the desktop app keeps working and your writing stays yours; you only lose sync, the web app, and sharing until you turn it back on.

Desktop is the full app, today, for $89, including every writing feature, yours outright. When a major new version ships, upgrading is $39, and only if you want it. But it’s desktop only, by design: no sync, no cloud backups, no collaboration, and no way to bolt them on. Lifetime adds every future update forever, two years of Cloud, the option to keep Cloud after that, priority support, and the founding-user badge. If you plan to be writing novels in five years, Lifetime is the better deal; if you just want a serious offline writing tool now, the paperback is plenty.

No. NovelPad is local-first. The desktop app is fully featured and fully offline without any subscription. Cloud adds sync across devices, the web app, and sharing with beta readers. Many authors turn it on only for the months they’re collecting feedback.

Your novels stay safe and readable. Pick a plan whenever you’re ready to keep writing. Nothing is ever deleted, and you can export to .docx at any time.

For the app, yes: one payment of $349 covers NovelPad and every update, forever, with no renewals. The one thing that can ever cost more is Cloud, because sync and sharing run on servers we keep running for you. Two years of it are included (a $300 value); after that it’s optional at $9/mo or $79/year, exclusive to Lifetime owners, and skipping it never takes the app or your writing away.

Lifetime to lifetime: Dabble’s is $699 with their cloud service included. NovelPad Lifetime is $349 with two years of Cloud included; after that you pay $79/year only for the years you actually want sync, so the total tracks your use instead of being paid up front. Scrivener is $59.99, but bills per platform and again for major versions, with no sync service of its own. NovelPad Desktop is $89 once, across macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Your upgrade to NovelPad Pro is free. Sign in and your library comes with you.

Anytime. Annual Pro Cloud subscribers earn loyalty credit at the end of their first year toward a Lifetime purchase. Ask support and we’ll sort the math in your favor.