Verkilo
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Verkilo, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Verkilo's own pricing page, checked 22 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Standard license | $128, paid once | Perpetual license · macOS, Windows, and Linux · All personal desktop devices · No subscription · one time |
| Founders & Friends license | $98, paid once | First 200 licenses · household license · Mac, Windows, and Linux · One-time purchase; free updates through version 1.x |
The facts
Each one read from Verkilo's own pages, with the date it was checked.
The company
- Company history
- Ben Wilson says he started Verkilo as an internal project in 2022 and made it available to others as version 1.0.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Maker
- Ben Wilson says he is an independent author who built Verkilo and has published seven novels through Merovex Press.checked 11 Oct 2026
What it does
- Export formats
- extensivechecked 22 Sep 2026
- Import and export
- Verkilo opens Scrivener 3 projects and exports to EPUB, PDF, DOCX, HTML, and Markdown.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License and updates
- The license is perpetual and covers devices used by the buyer and household members; updates for the purchased version are included, while future major versions may be offered separately.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Manuscript reports
- The app provides 23 on-device reports covering repetition, rhythm, clarity, structure, and consistency.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Offline and storage
- Manuscripts and series data are stored locally, and after one-time license activation the app runs offline without further license checks.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Offline mode
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Optional AI integrations
- The optional line editor can send selected sections to Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google when the user configures their own API key; the user pays the provider.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Verkilo is an offline-first desktop novel-writing app designed to help authors manage continuity across a series.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Publishing tools
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Real-time collaboration
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Series Bible
- The Series Bible tracks characters, locations, items, and plot threads across books.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Series projects
- A single project can hold multiple books that share characters and continuity.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker says questions and bugs are answered directly by Ben, the author who builds the app.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Version history
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Planning
- Authors can plan with a corkboard view or a sortable outliner.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Trial limit
- The full app is available free for 30 days without a card or account, then it locks until a license key is entered; projects remain on the user's computer.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile apps
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Platforms
- The download page lists macOS, Windows, and Linux builds; macOS requires version 12 Monterey or later, Windows requires 10 or later 64-bit, and Linux requires a 64-bit distribution with glibc 2.31 or later.checked 11 Oct 2026
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