HelpEvery feature, one page each.

The little i next to a feature in Falcontext brings you to its page here. Unless its page says otherwise, a feature works everywhere Falcontext does: the browser extension, Perch (the web app) and the desktop app for Mac and Windows.

Getting started

• Getting startedFree

  Add Falcontext, open your draft and set your first goal: three steps, and no sign-up.

• TroubleshootingFree

  Falcontext isn’t counting, Google keeps asking, the desktop app can’t see your document: what to do.

• Pro and your license keyPro

  Where your license key is, how to switch it on on all your devices, and how to cancel. No history is ever deleted.

Writing every day

• Goals and progressFree

  Set a daily word count goal and a total goal for your book. Falcontext tracks both as you write, with a finish date. Free, beside your draft.

• StreaksFree

  A day counts once Falcontext sees you add words. Miss one day and your streak survives; miss two in a row and it resets. Free writing streaks, beside your draft.

• SprintsFree

  Set a countdown, then write: Falcontext counts the words you add to your draft before time runs out. Free, in Google Docs, Scrivener, Word and more.

• RemindersFree

  Pick up to three times a day: if you haven’t hit today’s writing goal by then, Falcontext reminds you, with how many words are left. Free.

• Personal recordsFree

  Falcontext keeps your best writing day, best editing day, longest streak and best sprint ever. Free, beside your draft in Google Docs, Scrivener and more.

• AchievementsPartly Pro

  Falcontext has 59 writing badges. The 41 for your writing are free on any plan; 18 Pro badges are for shaping, checking and finishing a book.

• Trend graphPro

  The trend graph shows your total word count for the last 7 days, with the words you added each day. In Falcontext Pro, beside your draft.

• Focus ModePro

  Focus Mode fullscreens your document and tucks the dashboard away, with a small progress badge in the corner. In Google Docs, Scrivener, Word and more.

• Slips as you writeFree

  While you draft, Falcontext checks only what you wrote today for slips: doubled words, pasted-twice paragraphs, unfinished sentences, spacing. Free and private.

Shaping the book

• Bird’s EyeFree

  Bird’s Eye finds every chapter and scene in your manuscript, with word counts, reading time and who appears where. In Google Docs, Atticus, Scrivener and more.

• Chapters and scenesFree

  Falcontext finds chapters from headings, title lines and “Chapter 3”, and scenes from dividers like ***. What it looks for, and what to do if it misses one.

• Averages and outliersFree

  See every chapter’s length against your target, and with Pro, against your own average, with dialogue, adverbs and passive voice per chapter.

• CharactersFree

  Falcontext finds your characters’ names and shows which chapters and scenes they’re in, and who’s been gone too long. One character free, more with Pro.

• PlacesPro

  Falcontext finds the places your book names, which chapters each is in, and where each chapter is set. Part of Pro.

• GlossaryPro

  Your world’s own words, with a meaning suggested from where your book explains them. Part of Pro.

• Your planPro

  Plan your scenes before you write them, then see where the book keeps to the plan and where it doesn’t. Part of Pro.

• Story structuresPartly Pro

  Pick Three acts, Save the Cat, the Hero’s Journey or the Story Circle on the Edit tab and see where its beats fall in your book. Mark the scene that is each beat with Pro.

• Writing daysFree

  A calendar of the scenes you wrote on each day, and what was added, cut or moved since. Free.

• Field GuidePro

  Everything Falcontext has worked out about your book in one document, made on your device. Part of Pro.

• Notes to selfFree

  Every [[note]] and TK in your draft, and your document’s open comments, in one list by chapter. Free.

• ManuscriptsPro

  Group your chapter files into one manuscript: one word count goal, one streak and one finish date for the whole book. Part of Falcontext Pro.

• Editing passesFree

  Falcontext’s Edit tab splits editing into five passes, from structure to proofing, and lets you tick each scene as a pass is done. See how much of your book is edited.

Checking your prose

• Prose checksPartly Pro

  Checks written for fiction, each with a traffic light, in five editing passes, and a page for each of them.

• SynonymsFree

  Falcontext’s Synonym Checker looks words up in a thesaurus built into the app, so nothing is sent anywhere. One lookup a day free, unlimited with Pro.

Your settings and data

• SyncFree

  Falcontext keeps your goals, streaks and history in step across your devices, through Chrome’s own sync or your own Google Drive. Your text is never synced.

• Your dataFree

  Download your writing history as a spreadsheet, or back up every goal, streak and record to a file you can restore. Free, and your text is never in it.

• Customize layoutPro

  Customize layout in Falcontext: move the cards on the Write and Edit tabs up or down, and hide the ones you don’t use. Part of Falcontext Pro.

• SharingFree

  Share your writing progress: Falcontext turns today’s words, a record or a badge into an image for Bluesky, X, Instagram and more, made on your device.