Write with Purpose.
Built for writers. From beginner to bestseller.
The complete authoring studio for every writer at every stage. Draft, structure, revise, and publish — all in one tool designed with the craft in mind.
Your manuscript ships to wherever your readers are.
What sets Pro apart
A professional studio for the craft of writing.
Pholio Pro is the ultimate toolkit for serious writers. Every feature built on respect for the work — and for your time.
Scenes, not monoliths
Professional writers think in scenes and chapters — never one giant document. Pholio treats your manuscript as modular units you can reorder, revise, and restructure without losing your place.
Offline-first, always yours
Your manuscript lives on your device first, in the cloud second. Write on a plane, in a cabin, when WiFi fails. Your work is never locked behind a server you can't reach.
AI as collaborator, never author
Structural coaching, outline analysis, scene feedback, character consistency. The AI observes and advises — it never rewrites your manuscript without your explicit action. Your voice stays yours.
Publishing-ready output
Export formats meet the published specifications of every major self-publishing platform. No reformatting, no rework, no formatting gymnastics. Upload directly and publish.
Designed for the long haul
Version history. Manuscript snapshots. Rich metadata. Fractional-indexed chapter ordering. Writing software that respects that books take years — and you cannot afford to lose your work.
Every book type, one toolkit
Literary novel, memoir, children's picture book, workbook, non-fiction, screenplay, poetry collection. Each with genre-appropriate defaults — margins, typography, export specs. Not one-size-fits-all.
Seven book types, one toolkit
Whatever you're writing, Pholio knows the craft.
From the structural demands of a screenplay to the visual layout of a children's picture book, each book type is purpose-built from the ground up.
Literary Novel
Memoir
Children's Picture Book
Workbook
Non-Fiction
Screenplay
Poetry Collection
Writing software should get out of your way. It should respect the craft, protect your work, and give you every tool a professional needs — without forcing you to be a typesetter, a developer, or an accountant along the way.
— The Pholio Pro Philosophy
Everything you need
The studio, not just the editor.
Every detail considered. Every tool connected. A single environment for the entire journey of a book.
Rich editor
Drop caps, custom typography, inline images, page breaks, smart quotes. What you write is what you publish.
Cover design
Print covers with auto-calculated spine width. Ebook covers sized per platform. Upload your art, adjust, export.
Spec-perfect output
Trim sizes, margins, gutters, bleeds. Every export matches the target platform's specs to the millimeter.
Works everywhere
Mac, Windows, Linux, iPad, phone. Anywhere you can open a browser. Nothing to install, nothing to sync manually.
Your book is waiting. Start writing.
Join the writers who refuse to wrestle their tools. Pholio Pro gives you the complete studio — free to start, built to finish.
Start writing freeNo credit card. Free tier includes everything you need to write and publish your first book.