NovelAI review
NovelAI combines a story editor and an anime image generator. Its privacy policy explains how saved stories are protected and what happens to the excerpt sent to generate the next passage.
Stories are encrypted before they are saved
NovelAI says your browser encrypts saved stories and lorebooks before storage. It processes the excerpt needed for text generation in readable form and says it does not keep that excerpt. TryNectar describes chat history that may become inaccessible after a paid tier expires. NovelAI’s documentation points to a different risk for stories stored on its servers, since resetting a lost password can make those stories unrecoverable.
Image history and story export work differently
The privacy policy says image-generation history stays on the device. It separately describes a temporary encrypted cache for uploaded images that can last up to one hour. The story FAQ describes exporting stories individually or together as an archive. That distinction matters if you move between browsers or expect both kinds of work to follow your account.
Anabel’s take
I’d use NovelAI for a longer writing project where story exports matter. I’d keep a copy of the draft and save any images I wanted to carry to another device.