LivingWriter at a glance
What LivingWriter is
LivingWriter is a cloud writing app for authors and screenwriters. You organize your manuscript with drag-and-drop chapters and scenes, work across Manuscript, Planning, and Research boards, and export to DOCX, PDF, EPUB, or Amazon KDP. It syncs across web, iOS, Android, and desktop. Its biggest investment is AI: outlines, element generation with images, rewrites, manuscript chat, analysis, screenplay conversion, and cover image generation.
It does track, but lightly: real-time word-count goals, chapter word counts, deadline monitoring, and manuscript health stats. Pricing is a limited free plan (one manuscript up to 25,000 words, three AI requests a month), then Pro at $15 per month, and Pro plus AI at $30 per month.
What Authorlytica is
Authorlytica is a dedicated writing tracker and nothing else. It is not where you draft; it is where you record what you drafted. You write in LivingWriter, Scrivener, Docs, or anywhere, then log the session in about ten seconds. It turns that into streaks, charts, rolling averages, and a projected finish date.
Because tracking is the whole product, it goes deeper on the habit: mood per session, a Writer Profile Radar across five dimensions, achievements and XP, an asynchronous social feed with leaderboards and hearts, and automatic weekly, monthly, and annual Rewinds. It uses no AI, stores counts rather than your manuscript, and has a free forever plan that does not cap your word count.
Side-by-side
| Authorlytica | LivingWriter | |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | Track your writing | Write & organize the book |
| Built-in editor | No (log-based) | Yes |
| Planning / research boards | No | Yes |
| AI suite | No, none | Yes, extensive |
| Streaks, achievements, XP | Yes | No |
| Mood & Writer Profile | Yes | No |
| Weekly / monthly / annual Rewind | Yes | No |
| Social feed & leaderboards | Yes | No |
| Goal & deadline tracking | Yes (deep) | Yes (basic) |
| Export to EPUB / KDP | No (not a publisher) | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes (3 projects, no word cap) | Yes (1 book, 25k-word cap) |
| Price | $6/mo or $59/yr | $15/mo, $30/mo with AI |
Where LivingWriter is the right call
- You want one place to write the whole book. Drafting, outlining, research boards, and export all live together. Authorlytica deliberately does none of that.
- You want AI assistance. If outlines, rewrites, and manuscript chat are part of how you work, LivingWriter built its AI features as a core product, not an afterthought.
- You need publishing export. EPUB and KDP-ready output matter for indie authors. Authorlytica is not a formatting or export tool.
- You want planning structure. The boards and templates give a clear scaffold for a complex manuscript.
Where Authorlytica is the right call
- You already have an editor you love. If you are not switching where you write, a dedicated tracker fits around it instead of replacing it.
- You want an AI-free workflow. Authorlytica generates nothing. For writers who want their progress to reflect only their own words, that is the point.
- You want the habit layer. Streaks, mood, the Writer Profile, and the Rewinds are what actually keep people writing day to day. LivingWriter's progress bars do not reach that far.
- You want more for less. Authorlytica's free plan does not cap your word count, and premium is $6 per month against LivingWriter's $15 or $30.
Can you use both?
Yes. LivingWriter is a strong place to write; its tracking is light by its own design. Draft in LivingWriter, log your sessions in Authorlytica, and you get the full writing environment plus the habit engine, without either tool pretending to be the other.
Choose LivingWriter if…
- You want one place to write the whole book
- You want an AI writing toolkit
- You need EPUB or KDP export
Choose Authorlytica if…
- You already have an editor you love
- You want an AI-free habit tracker
- You want more tracking for less ($6 vs $15+)
The honest take
LivingWriter and Authorlytica are not really rivals; they are two halves of a workflow. If you want a cloud suite to write and organize a book, with AI on tap, LivingWriter keeps your draft, your chapters, and your research boards in one tab. If you want to build and understand the writing habit behind it, AI-free and for a fraction of the price, Authorlytica is the tracker built only for that: streaks, mood, Writer Profile, and Rewinds none of the writing apps bother with. Choose by which problem you actually have, or run both.
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