bibisco
Offers novel writers an organized workspace to structure chapters, develop characters, manage locations, arrange scenes, track timelines, add notes, conduct narrative analysis, and export manuscripts, with mobile support and cloud synchronization features.
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- Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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- Android Tablet
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Inkbound-app added bibisco as alternative to Inkbound-writeI really enjoy Bibisco because it offers me an easy way to organize and build my projects, giving me all the tools that make offloading just enough information possible for working worry-free on my stories. My main bugbear however, is when I end up reinstalling this application on another distro (as I am a distro hopper by nature). There needs to be a way to turn off all the tutorials right out the gate, as it is a pain in my arse to go through the same tutorials that I went through time and...
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Developed by
Andrea Feccomandi Licensing
Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Freemium product.Pricing
One time purchase that costs $69, and / or subscription that costs $3 per month + free version with limited functionality.Written in
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Comments and Reviews
It is open source, but just as feature rich and as powerful than many commercial alternatives.
The level of hand holding in this app is so annoying. Worst writing app experience I've ever had.
That said I am the type of writer who could write in Notepad++ and be 90% happy with the experience.
So perhaps if you are the type needs extra assistance starting and organizing your work it would be great, but compared to Scrivener I found bibisco to simply be too naggy and ridged.
Of course, I may recommend it to my 9yo niece who's just getting started in writing since alln the nagging and hand holding could actually be helpful to her.
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I really enjoy Bibisco because it offers me an easy way to organize and build my projects, giving me all the tools that make offloading just enough information possible for working worry-free on my stories. My main bugbear however, is when I end up reinstalling this application on another distro (as I am a distro hopper by nature). There needs to be a way to turn off all the tutorials right out the gate, as it is a pain in my arse to go through the same tutorials that I went through time and time again.
I would also like the option to set dark mode right out the gate before even setting up the default folder locations. Light mode is like a flash bang for my aging eyes and it irritates me this level of accessibility isn't available right at the point of opening the app!
Honestly, I have very little in the way of issues with Bibisco otherwise, as it is an application made competently! It's nice to have such few gripes to address with software.
It is the best novel writing software. It has all the feature I need, including simple keyboard shortcuts. I tested all other novel writing software. If you do not want its tracking features, simply do not use them.
Very useful to write novel. There is lot of features to add but the software is better to use than Scrivener.
I think Bibisco could be a great piece of software for aspiring writers but making "search" a premium feature is just absurd! Many of the other premium features add functionality but not being able to search the content you created seems only intended to annoy the hell ouf of users so that they buy the premium version!
Pretty useful, does just what it says.