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A NATIVE WRITING IDE FOR MAC, IPHONE, AND IPAD

Write like every word will be checked.

Because the work should hold up.

Roono keeps the manuscript, research, evidence, revision history, and publishing path in one quiet local-first workspace. Every draft stays recoverable. Every source stays connected. You stay in control.

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One purchase · No subscription · No Roono account · iCloud sync
rūnō — Old Norse: a secret; a whisper; a letter carved to outlast its carver. runo — Finnish: a poem. ro — Norwegian: calm. Roono is built to keep all three promises.

Serious writing grows in more than one direction. A chapter becomes a book. A note becomes a source. A transcript becomes a quotation. A revision becomes the sentence that survives. Roono keeps those relationships intact without crowding the page where you write.

Roono holds one project that can hold the whole work without turning every draft into a dashboard E1.

E1PROJECT MAP · ONE STRUCTURE, THREE VIEWS

Keep parts, chapters, scenes, notes, sources, and people in one Project Map. Write a group as one continuous manuscript, or rearrange the same structure in the Navigator, Manuscript Board, or Outline. A simple essay can ignore all of it and remain a blank page.

Proof: a Navigator tree beside a continuous manuscript, with the same order shown in Board and Outline views.

A source can stay fastened to the sentence it supports E3.

E3EVIDENCE · PINS + PUBLISH GATE
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Pin a document, source, or claim to the relevant range. Pins survive edits, produce an annotated editor copy and fact-check sheet, and keep publishing locked while a claim is flagged, unsupported, or orphaned.

Every save remains a moment you can compare, branch, and restore E2.

E2TIMELINE · APPEND-ONLY HISTORYbranchedyou are here

Every save is a Moment. Branch a bolder version, compare it with the draft, merge what works, or return to an earlier sentence. Moving a chapter changes structure without rewriting its prose history.

Notes, research, and quoted audio remain beside the work without becoming the work E4.

E4SOURCES · REFERENCE + STUDIO + VAULT

"In winter the island went quiet. You could hear the cables sing." ♪03:12

workspace/ (what agents see)
├ draft.md · read-only
├ evidence/ · read-only
└ vault/ · does not exist

Keep a note, PDF, image, transcript, or earlier chapter beside the manuscript. Pull a quotation from on-device transcription and it stays linked to its exact audio time. Put sensitive material in the encrypted Vault and it is absent from agent workspaces, ordinary exports, mirrors, and Spotlight.

The same trusted project can become an editor copy, ebook, print book, web article, or archive E5.

E5COMPILE · OUTPUT WITHOUT DUPLICATE PROSE

Compile Markdown, plain text, DOCX, PDF, HTML, or accessible EPUB from one manuscript. Recipes control structure and edition inclusion; Production Profiles control appearance. Preflight catches output problems, and tracked Word edits return as a branch for review instead of overwriting the draft.

An agent may work on the project, but it may never take over the draft E6.

E6AGENTS · YOUR ACCOUNT, SCOPED CONTEXT, REVIEWABLE CHANGES

Connect a supported agent with your own account or key on Mac. Choose the project context it receives. The Vault remains absent, every run is logged, and every suggested edit arrives on an agent branch that you can accept, reject, split, or ignore.

The draft should remember how it became true. Keep the sentence, the source behind it, the version before it, and the decision that changed it. Roono is built for the work you intend to stand behind.

E1 structure ·E2 evidence ·E3 history ·E4 sources ·E5 output ·E6 agents  —  roono.app · made for writers whose words get checked

Catch it before you have to organize it.

Send an idea to Inbox, then file, link, or promote it when the project is ready. Notes, backlinks, Saved Views, Project Memory, and research assets stay explicit. Supporting material never silently becomes manuscript text or source authority.

A revision tool should show its work.

Use transparent Revision Lenses, goals, project recipes, continuity checks, sourcing diagnostics, and policy packs without an opaque score deciding whether the prose is good. Dismissals and editorial decisions remain part of the project record.

Bring the work in. Take the whole work out.

Import common manuscript and Markdown structures through a mapping preview. Export canonical files, a portable Roono archive, or an explicit Markdown mirror. External changes return as reviewable branches. The Vault remains separate and encrypted.

One purchase across your Apple devices.

$49.99
one-time purchase · no subscription
Mac: the complete writing, research, agent, revision, compile, and publishing workspace.
iPhone & iPad: included through universal purchase for writing, capture, reading, organization, sync, and the intentional companion scope.
Coming to the App Store

No Roono account required. Your projects are local-first and sync through your private iCloud account. Agent execution is Mac-only.

Questions

Is Roono an AI writing app?

No. Roono has no built-in writing model and does not require an agent. On Mac, you can connect a supported agent using your own account or key. It receives only the context you approve, cannot see the Vault, and returns edits as proposals for review.

Can an agent edit my manuscript?

Not directly. Agent changes land on a separate proposal branch. You decide what to accept, reject, or split before anything reaches the active draft.

What happens to my old drafts?

Every save creates an immutable Moment. You can browse, compare, branch, merge, and restore without physically deleting the history.

Does Roono need an account or subscription?

No Roono account and no subscription. Roono is a $49.99 universal purchase through the App Store. iCloud provides private-device sync when enabled.

Can I publish a book as well as an article?

Yes. Compile Recipes and Production Profiles can produce editor, ebook, print, large-print, web, fact-check, and archive editions from one project. Available outputs include Markdown, plain text, DOCX, PDF, HTML, and EPUB.

Is Roono available on Windows or the web?

No. Roono is native to Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Asupported agent◆ demo · sandboxed · vault not mounted
› waiting. every marketing claim above is a pin — click one, or run the check.
fact-check this page ⏎— in the app, you'd just type. ⌘J.