A calm, professional tool for authors
Authors choose between depth and simplicity: some apps are powerful but complex, others are beautiful but can't take a book from idea to edition. Norwid brings both together in one native app for the Apple ecosystem.
Who it's for
Serious fiction authors and independent publishers — especially those working on long, layered books and series.
Ten principles
- 01
Text comes first
Keeping the manuscript safe matters more than any feature.
- 02
Simplicity is managed complexity
Power unfolds gradually instead of disappearing.
- 03
One book, many views
A single source of data and four modes of work.
- 04
Works without the internet
Core workflows are fully local.
- 05
Transparent sync
Conflicts are understandable and reversible.
- 06
No lock-in
Full export and backups.
- 07
AI is optional
Transparent, and never the foundation of the product.
- 08
Preview matches the file
A preflight check runs before publishing.
- 09
Accessibility and typography from day one
Keyboard, VoiceOver, contrast, localisation.
- 10
Different roles for each device
Mac, iPad and iPhone share one book and one data model.
Norwid does not write for you
Authors feel strongly about generative AI, and for many, hidden or imposed generation undermines trust. So the core product and the book format do not depend on AI, and there is no prose-generation suite in version 1.
- Your manuscript is never sent to an external AI service without an explicit action from you and a clear explanation of what goes where.
- Opting out of AI does not make any core workflow worse.
- A possible assistant is limited to navigation and help: it can tell you where a feature is and how to use it, but it never changes the book or writes text.