Overview

The Sudowrite mobile app is an AI-powered writing assistant available for both iOS and Android devices. It serves as a companion app to the full web app at sudowrite.com, allowing you to take your work on the go, maintain momentum, and capture fresh ideas wherever you are.

What is Sudowrite?

Sudowrite is an AI writing partner designed to help authors achieve their writing goals. It functions as a junior writing assistant, editor, and creative companion. It can help you get unstuck and stay inspired, keep you organized and help you maintain momentum, and speed up your process (so you can focus on the parts of it you love).

Getting Started

Installation & Login

1. Download the App

   • Available on the iOS App Store

   • Available on the Google Play Store for Android

2. First-Time Login

   • Open the app after installation

   • Enter the email address associated with your existing Sudowrite account, or create a new account

   • You’ll receive a magic link via email

   • Tap that magic link and you’ll be logged into the app

3. Account Access

   • Mobile app access is included with your Sudowrite subscription—credits are shared between devices as long as you’re logged into the same account

   • If you’re creating a new Sudowrite account for use with the app, you’ll receive a limited number of free trial credits

   • All Projects and Documents sync automatically between the web and mobile apps

Important Note on Syncing

Projects and documents are stored in the same cloud on web and mobile and will sync automatically. If you create a new project on the web and don't see it immediately on mobile, wait 1-2 minutes for automatic sync.

Project Organization

Home Screen Layout

When you open the app, you'll see:

• Projects: Items with a book/binding icon

• Standard Folders: Labeled folder icons

• Series Folders: Folders with series designation above their title

Navigation

• Tap to open a project or folder

• Swipe from left to navigate out of a project or folder

• Long hold on a project to see options (move to folder, rename, duplicate, delete)

Creating New Items

Tap the + button in the upper right corner of the screen:

• New Project: Create a fresh project

• New Folder: Create a folder in your project list to organize your projects

• New Dictation: Start a new Smart Dictation

Series Support

Sudowrite support special Series Folders on the web app that allow you to create a canonical timeline of projects and share certain Story Bible elements between projects. Series functionality is limited on the Mobile app.

• Series folders will appear with a Series designation

• You can write in Series projects

• You can access the Series bible of shared Character and Worldbuilding elements

• You cannot create new Series folders on mobile

• You cannot change the canonical timeline or sequence of books for an existing Series

• Full series management currently requires the web app

Deleting Items

Important: While you can delete both projects and documents, the mobile app does not have a trash can for projects presently.

• Deleted documents go to the trash inside of a project and may be recovered from there

• Deleted projects go to a trash that is unavailable on mobile

• To recover deleted projects, log in to the web app

• Access the project trash in your Settings Gear in the upper right

Document Features

Opening & Editing Documents

1. Tap a project to see its document list

2. Tap any document to open it

3. Place cursor and begin typing or use AI tools

Formatting Toolbar

When your keyboard is visible, rich formatting options, such as Bold, Italic, Strikethrough, Font Size are available in a scrollable bar just above it. Meanwhile, AI functions such as Smart Dictate, Write and Rewrite will appear along the top of the screen (just to the left of the magnifying glass in the right corner).

To dismiss toolbar: Tap the Check mark in the upper left to hide keyboard and reclaim screen space.

Story Bible

Accessing Story Bible

From your app’s project screen or within any project, tap the Story Bible icon (the small book-shaped icon) in the nav bar along the bottom of the app. If you select this from the project screen, you’ll be asked which project you would like to see the Story Bible for.

What You Can Do

Read & Edit:

• View all sections of Story Bible

• Edit any Story Bible information

• Access and edit Characters, including full character cards

• View and edit Worldbuilding elements

• Add new custom Traits to Characters and Worldbuilding elements

What You Cannot Do:

The Story Bible on mobile does not have generative elements, such as Character generation or “Fill this in” completion. That means you can’t:

• Generate new characters

• Generate Synopsis from Braindump

• Generate Worldbuilding elements

Workaround: Use the Chat feature to ask an agent to generate Story Bible content for you!

Creating Story Bible Elements Manually

1. Open Story Bible

2. Navigate to the relevant section (Characters, Outline, etc.)

3. Tap the + button in the upper right to add new entries

4. Fill in details manually