NovelAI vs Type.ai

NovelAI

• Fiction writers who want an AI that continues their own prose
• Interactive fiction and text adventures with persistent lore
• People who want story writing and anime-style image generation in one subscription

Type.ai

• Novelists and screenwriters drafting with AI assistance
• Writers revising an existing manuscript imported from Word
• People who want chat and the draft in one window

NovelAI

• There is no free plan: the Paper trial's generations are granted once and do not refill.
• Subscriptions renew every 30 days, and the subscription docs list no annual option.
• There are no native apps; it runs in a browser or as an installable progressive web app.
• Forgetting the account email or password means losing access to stories stored on the server, because of the local encryption.

Type.ai

• The Free plan's credits do not replenish; after they run out, AI features stop until a paid plan is bought.
• Paid plans' monthly credits reset on the renewal date and do not roll over, and every AI feature draws on them.
• There is no native iOS or Android app, only a mobile web version that can be added to the home screen.
• A document is limited to 150,000 words, and the editor offers a single font with no size options.

NovelAI

Story editor

Write in the editor and send to have the AI continue the text. Every generation and edit is kept in a branching history, and a retry produces a new output.

Lorebook

Entries for characters, locations and factions are inserted into the AI's context when their activation keys appear in the story. Lorebooks can be imported and exported.

Text Adventure mode

Actions typed with a > symbol tell the AI what a character does, and it writes the narrative response. Pre-made scenarios are available to start from.

Text to speech

Streamed voices read inputs and AI outputs aloud for subscribers. A local option uses the browser's own speech synthesis instead.

Image generation

NovelAI Diffusion models produce anime-style images from prompts and tags, with inpainting, a canvas and Director Tools for edits. Images are paid for in Anlas.

Encrypted story storage

Stories saved to NovelAI's servers are encrypted in the browser first. Text sent for a generation is transmitted unencrypted over HTTPS and, per the FAQ, not stored or logged.

Type.ai

Type Chat beside the draft

A chat assistant in the right pane reads the draft and can research, give feedback, brainstorm ideas or rewrite passages without copying text between tools.

Inline commands and Brushes

Pressing / opens a command palette that writes at the cursor. Highlighted text can be rewritten with a preset Brush or a custom prompt, then accepted or rejected inline.

Notes on the story

Notes hold details about characters, settings and scenes. They can be edited by hand or through chat, and are taken into account in writing help.

Custom Styles

A Style is a set of writing rules, generated from an uploaded sample of earlier work or built from scratch, that can be applied to new drafts.

Import, export and narration

Imports DOCX files, PDFs, images or a URL, and exports PDF, DOCX, HTML or Markdown, a view-only link, or an AI-narrated audio track.

Offline mode and version history

Writing and editing continue without a connection and sync across devices once back online. AI features do not work offline.

NovelAI

• Tablet$10

  per month (renews every 30 days)

  Unlimited text and text-to-speech generation, plus 1,000 Anlas a month to spend on image generation.

• Scroll$15

  per month (renews every 30 days)

  Everything in Tablet with a larger context size, so the AI takes more of the story into account.

• Opus$25

  per month (renews every 30 days)

  Largest context (28,672 tokens), the Xialong model, 10,000 Anlas a month and Anlas-free standard images within a usage limit.

Type.ai

• Free$0

  Every feature with a limited, one-time grant of credits that never expire. Once they are spent, AI features pause but drafts stay accessible.

• Basic$8

  per month, billed annually ($96); $12 billed monthly

  500,000 credits a month, pitched at shorter content and stories, with premium AI models and priority email support.

• Pro$16

  per month, billed annually ($192); $24 billed monthly

  1,500,000 credits a month, three times the Basic allowance, pitched at longer works such as a novel or screenplay.

• Max$64

  per month, billed annually ($768); $96 billed monthly

  6,000,000 credits a month, twelve times the Basic allowance, pitched at writers producing several books a year.

NovelAI

No public discounts listed.

Type.ai

• Annual discount

  Save 33% with annual billing

  Paying annually cuts Basic from $12 to $8 a month, Pro from $24 to $16 and Max from $96 to $64. The pricing page labels this a 33% saving.