Account, sync & billing

What the account is for

The desktop app is free and needs no account: download it, open or create Worlds, write, and export without signing in. An account is only for sync and collaboration. Create one, sign in, and subscribe a Workspace when you want your work across computers, editing in the browser, or co-writers. The web app’s account area manages the subscription and seats.

In Settings → Account, set Your name for author information rather than relying on your email as the manuscript author. Review a book’s own author information and exported title page if you write under a pen name.

Profile, password, and machines

• In your account in the web app, open Account and security to change the author name, or use Change beside Password. Enter the current password and confirm the new one. Changing the password signs out other browsers and machines; preserve their local-only or unsent work first.
• If you have forgotten your password, use the sign-in page’s password-reset flow and the emailed link. Never forward a reset or sign-in link to another person.
• The account email is displayed rather than editable. Contact support if you need to change it.
• Signed-in machines lists devices that have signed in. Forget only removes the listing: the device can reappear when it signs in again.
• Download the desktop app for another machine from the download page; no sign-in is needed. Use the installer that matches its platform. An extra personal computer is not an extra collaborator seat.

What stays free

The desktop app is free, with every writing, planning, and export feature. There is no trial, no purchase, and nothing that expires. Signing in or out never changes what the desktop app can do with your local Worlds.

Reading, search, and export are never gated, on desktop or in the browser. Ending a sync subscription does not lock your writing behind a payment.

Workspace sync and browser editing

Sync is $5/month per Workspace, including the owner. Each additional collaborator seat is $2/month. Seats are for other people, not for the owner’s additional computers.

Buy capacity before inviting collaborators. Invitations reserve existing capacity; removing a member does not automatically reduce paid seat capacity. Adjust seats and cancellation in subscription management.

Browser editing comes through membership in a subscribed Workspace; invited collaborators do not each need their own subscription. Each browser editor still needs the appropriate content permission. The checkout shows the actual amount before you pay.

When your account no longer has a qualifying sync subscription through any Workspace, browser editing becomes read-only. Scheduling cancellation is not necessarily an immediate end to access; check subscription management for the end date. Desktop writing and reading/export of locally available work remain intact.

Before signing out

In the web app, export local-only Worlds and resolve or export unsent changes before signing out. Sign-out clears account-local browser storage. Signing back in cannot recover local-only writing erased from that storage.

Do not share sign-in links or authentication tokens with support or other team members. Each collaborator should use their own account and Workspace invitation.