trove.
Pricing

Pay once for the app. Encrypt for a few quid more.

The app sits on your hard drive — a lifetime payment, every update on the v1 line included. Vault is the optional add-on for sync between devices on different networks, private writing Circles, or live co-writing. Either way, only you can read your work — even Trove cannot.

The app

Trove

Pay once. Yours forever. Your library stays on your machine — no server to depend on, no account to lose, no subscription clock running.

£ 39 lifetime £49 from 1 September 2026
14-day trial first Every feature unlocked. No card. Nothing to sign up for.
Lifetime licence Pay once. Every update on the v1 line included.
5 machines per code Switch laptops freely. Manage your machines from inside Trove.
No account required The editor never asks for one. Your writing is yours from the first keystroke.
Buy Trove — £39

14-day trial first if you want it · activate up to 5 machines

  • Editor with focus mode, typewriter scroll, configurable typography
  • Manuscript tree — parts, chapters, scenes, drag-to-reorder
  • Folio — composite continuous-scroll across selected scenes
  • Corkboard — cards, outline, and POV-lane timeline
  • Tome — global notes graph with backlinks
  • Atlas — typed Entities with Relationship Map
  • Codexes you can link from any Manuscript
  • Snapshots, drafts, and version history per Document
  • Compile to DOCX, EPUB, PDF, and Markdown
  • Templates, Sprints, Sessions, Achievements
  • Command palette and full-text search
  • 14-day refund · No subscription · No tracking
Optional add-on

Trove Vault

Sync across devices on different networks, join a private writing Circle, write together in real time. Encrypted on your device before it leaves — only you and the people you choose can read it.

£ 4 per month or £40/year
Optional add-on The app works fully without it. Vault only turns on when you ask.
Encrypted on your device Your writing is encrypted before it leaves your machine. We cannot read it.
Same library, every device Pair your iPhone, iPad, a second laptop — same Manuscripts, in step.
Cancel anytime Drop Vault and the app keeps writing. Your library stays on disk.
Subscribe — £4/mo

Optional. The app works fully without it. Cancel anytime.

  • Encrypted sync between your machines — only you can read it
  • Private writing Circles — small groups with excerpt critique built in
  • Direct messages with other writers, encrypted end-to-end
  • Live co-writing sessions with another writer (coming soon)
  • Profile and discovery on the Trove network
  • Hosted storage for your encrypted sync traffic

14-day refund on Trove · VAT calculated at checkout · educator and student discount on request.

Lifetime

What's in Trove.

Everything the app does on your hard drive. This is what £49 buys you — paid once, kept forever, working offline.

Editor with focus mode, typewriter scroll, configurable typography
Manuscript tree — parts, chapters, scenes, drag-to-reorder
Folio — composite continuous-scroll across selected scenes
Corkboard — cards, outline, and POV-lane timeline
Tome — global notes graph with backlinks
Atlas — typed Entities with Relationship Map
Codexes you can link from any Manuscript
Snapshots, drafts, and version history per Document
Compile to DOCX, EPUB, PDF, and Markdown
Templates, Sprints, Sessions, Achievements
Command palette and full-text search
14-day refund · No subscription · No tracking

Optional add-on

What Vault adds.

The shared bits. Encrypted on your device first, routed through Trove second. Only you and the people you choose can read what travels.

Encrypted sync between your machines — only you can read it
Private writing Circles — small groups with excerpt critique built in
Direct messages with other writers, encrypted end-to-end
Live co-writing sessions with another writer (coming soon)
Profile and discovery on the Trove network
Hosted storage for your encrypted sync traffic

Encrypted with the same standard behind Apple iMessage. The technical spec is public on our docs site if you want the detail.

FAQ

Pricing, in plain English.

Sync, Circles, and DMs run through a server I have to keep online. That's a real monthly bill — storage, bandwidth, abuse handling, security patches. Charging for the optional service keeps the lifetime tier honest. The app stays a one-off payment; the bit that costs me every month is the bit on a subscription.