Everything Threadbound does.
The core is a plot tracker: threads, a timeline, a board and a to-do list. Everything else is a module you switch on for the project that needs it, and every module is included.
The core
Four views of one plot.
Every project starts here, and for many books this is all you need. Your threads live in the sidebar; the timeline, board and to-do list show the same story in different ways.
Threads
- A colour for every storyline, marked open or resolved
- A type, description, tropes, goal, stakes and notes, as much or as little as you like
- Click a thread to show only it; add more to compare a few
- Drag to reorder, by mouse or keyboard
Timeline
- Zoom from hours to decades
- Events that span days show as bars; undated ones sit alongside
- A minimap to find your way around a long book
- Your own calendar: name the months, set their lengths, add hours if you need them
Board
- A column per thread, sorted by date
- Each event marked planned, drafted or done
- Add an event straight into the thread it belongs to
To-do
- Revision notes that don’t belong in a thread
- For one book or the whole series
- Hide what’s done, or keep it below what isn’t
Series
A whole series in one project.
Add a second book and your project becomes a series. Writing a single novel? Nothing changes.
- One set of threads, one timeline and one Codex shared by every book
- Each event, to-do and chapter belongs to its book
- Switch between books, or see the whole series at once
- Codex shows which books each character appears in
Modules
Switch modules on in Settings, one project at a time, so a module one book needs doesn’t clutter another. Turning one off hides it and keeps everything you made with it.
Every module is included in the one-time purchase, and so is every module added later.
Manuscript
Write the book beside its plan.
Parts, chapters and scenes in a binder, with an editor that stays out of the way. Link a scene to the events it covers, and the plot and the prose stay in step.
Writing
- Focus mode, with nothing on screen but the page
- Comments, and resolved comments kept for later
- Summaries for scenes, chapters and parts
- Read aloud with your device’s own voices
Drafts
- Snapshots, taken automatically or when you choose
- Revisions: rewrite a scene and keep the old version
- Split view, to read a revision or snapshot beside the one you’re editing
Reading it back
- Reader mode: your book page by page, like an e-reader
- Pick the device size, font, spacing and page colour
- Leave notes as you read, then jump back to edit
Finishing
- A Details tab for title, author, blurb and cover
- Title, copyright and dedication pages
- Export to EPUB, PDF and Markdown
The Status tab
Every plot event, thread by thread, marked as written or not yet. The quickest way to see what the book still needs.
Codex
Your cast and your world, organised.
Characters, places, peoples, objects and lore, each in its own category and nested where it belongs. Open a nation and see everything in it, or open a character and see every scene they’re in.
Characters
- Profiles from a short or a detailed template
- Relationships that read both ways: Parent on one side, Child on the other
- Filter by role, faction, home or the book they’re in
World
- Anything can sit inside anything, to any depth
- Fields of your own, including links between entries
- Eight starter sets, from fantasy and sci-fi to mystery and contemporary
Lore
- Magic, languages, religions and eras in a place of their own
- A History of your world’s eras, with the plot events inside each
Appearances
- Where each entry turns up: threads, events, scenes and mentions in your prose
- Suggestions when a scene mentions someone who isn’t linked yet, confirmed one by one
Multi-calendar
Every calendar your world keeps.
Make calendars of your own, line them up with each other, and convert any date between them, even ones that never shared a day one.
- Align by a date, or by an event both calendars know
- Named periods: seasons, festivals, eras
- Secondary dates and a period band on the Timeline
Maps
Pin your world to its maps.
Upload the maps you’ve drawn or made, and put your places on them.
- Pins coloured one by one or by Codex category, with a legend to filter them
- A pin opens its Codex entry, or a closer map
- Every Codex entry shows where it’s pinned
- Lock pins in place, and replace a map’s picture without losing them
- Choose which maps go into your EPUB and PDF
Notebooks
Everything that isn’t the story.
Research, worldbuilding and loose ideas, in notebooks and sections, with the same editor as Manuscript.
- Drag sections between notebooks
- Comments, snapshots and focus mode
- Open a notebook in a second window
- Export to PDF or Markdown
Goals
Keep count, if counting helps.
Word-count goals and a record of the days behind you, for writers who like to see progress.
- Word-count goals, including a one-click November challenge
- Today’s words, your streaks, and a heatmap or day-by-day list
- How much of the book is planned, and how much is written
- Writing sprints with a timer you can drag anywhere, and your words per minute
Personalise
Make it look like yours.
For writers who want more than light and dark.
- Soft pastel colour themes
- Extra fonts, and rounder shapes
- An emoji for each thread
- Links on threads and events: a Pinterest board, a playlist, any page
Backups and sync
Your work, safe and in step.
Your novel lives on your device. Copies go where you choose, and nothing is ever lost without a way back.
- Export everything as plain text files, and an optional reminder to do it
- Importing merges safely, keeping whichever version is newer
- Cloud Sync through your own Google Drive keeps your devices in step
- Encrypt backups with a passphrase only you know, before they leave your device
- A Recycle Bin, which also catches anything deleted on your other devices
On every device
In your browser, or installed.
Threadbound runs in any modern browser and can be installed like an app. Once it’s loaded, it works offline.
- One licence for up to five devices
- Light and dark, or switched by the time of day
- Keyboard shortcuts for popups, reordering and Reader
- Built to work with a keyboard and screen readers
- No account, no AI, no tracking
See it with a story already in it.
Threadbound opens with a sample trilogy, its manuscript, Codex, calendars and notebooks already filled in. No signup, and your 14-day trial starts the first time you open it.