Musael

Musael

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About

Musael is a browser-based writing and story-planning workspace for novelists and fiction writers. It combines a manuscript editor for books, acts, chapters and scenes with planning boards, plotlines, timelines, and character and place records. Writers can organize scenes, keep notes and versions, work offline with changes synced across devices, and import or export manuscript formats. Collaboration tools include co-writing, beta-reader links and public story pages. Ink and Press add optional AI-assisted scene, grammar, style and continuity checks, research and outline suggestions; these tools provide feedback rather than drafting chapters. A public MCP connection allows supported AI clients to access project information and propose edits for a writer to review. Musael is designed for writers who want manuscripts, planning materials and fictional-world references together through revision and sharing.

About

SmartEdit Writer, free software for novel and short story writers. A free software to plan your novel, prepare and maintain research material, write your novel scene by scene, and edit chapter by chapter in a modern Windows application that has a similar look and feel to Microsoft Word. Store images & links to websites, all in a handy research section that sits right next to you as you write. Create character profiles, outlines & notes as you work. No more 100,000 word Microsoft documents. Write your novel one scene or chapter at a time. Drag and drop scenes inside your document until it’s just the way you want it. Identify word and phrase over-use, monitor adverbs, crutch words & clichés, and improve sentence structure & punctuation, all using SmartEdit’s editor toolbar. SmartEdit Writer allows you to group your work-in-progress and any research you’ve built up about it into a single project. Add folders, scenes, and notes to your document tree.

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Novelists, fiction authors and worldbuilders

Audience

Novel and short story writers interested in a free solution to write their novel scene by scene and edit chapter by chapter

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

€18.98/month
Quill: €18.98/month, or €191.76 billed yearly (€15.98/month equivalent). Ink: €28.98/month, or €287.76 billed yearly (€23.98/month equivalent). Press: €58.98/month, or €587.76 billed yearly (€48.98/month equivalent). Prices include VAT. Enterprise plans for teams of six or more start at €11 per person/month plus shared AI credits; VAT excluded.
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

$77 one-time payment
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Reviews/Ratings

Overall 3.0 / 5
ease 4.5 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 3.5 / 5
support 1.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • It doesn't need the internet, and it's free. The editing tools are the main attraction, IMO. If you are trying to avoid AI tools, it has a bunch of great monitoring tools that are not AI, similar to ProWritingAid or Hemingway. Shows a list of your word and phrase repetitions, all adverbs you used, redundancies, misused words, homonyms, "new" and "knew", "less than" and "fewer than" shows a list of your cliches, dialogue tags, proper nouns, acronyms, risque words and phrases, all words and phrases used to begin sentences. Shows extra-long sentences. Shows all the punctuations you used, etc, etc
  • At first I was quite pleased with it design, workflow, easy to get to know it. I got into developing and creating a story pretty easily.

Cons

  • I wish it exported to HTML. It's rarely updated (but it's still easy to find).
  • 8 days later, suddenly all text from every single scene, and I mean all = 100%, had vanished. Characters were still there, but what to do, when all the flesh has left? No copy or saved files could be opened or reopened and if only the emptied project was there. Hours went on and that was it. I could not retrieve a single word. I should have copied every line to whatever text program and save it elsewhere.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Supported

Company Information

Lucernel
United States
musael.com

Company Information

SmartEdit
Ireland
www.smart-edit.com/Writer/

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Categories

Writing Supported

Categories

Word Processors Supported
Writing Supported

Integrations

ChatGPT Supported
Claude Supported
Claude Code Supported
Claude Duet Supported
Claude for Legal Supported
Cursor Supported
Microsoft 365 Not Supported
Microsoft Word Not Supported
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Supported
OpenAI Codex Supported
SmartEdit Pro Not Supported
Visual Studio Code Supported

Integrations

ChatGPT Not Supported
Claude Not Supported
Claude Code Not Supported
Claude Duet Not Supported
Claude for Legal Not Supported
Cursor Not Supported
Microsoft 365 Supported
Microsoft Word Supported
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Not Supported
OpenAI Codex Not Supported
SmartEdit Pro Supported
Visual Studio Code Not Supported
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