Character Notes AlternativesNovel Authoring Tools and other similar apps like Character Notes

Character Notes is described as 'Excellent tool for developing characters for novels and stories. There are five different areas of traits to build on: physical, personality, history, relationships, and character development' and is a Novel Authoring tool in the news & books category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Character Notes for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Android, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Character Notes alternative is Scrivener. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Quoll Writer or Fortelling. Other great apps like Character Notes are Campfire Write, Story Planner for Writers, NovaScriber and Metos.

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  1. Scrivener icon

    Scrivener

     262 likes

    Tailored for extensive writing, this tool offers flexible structure and organization, integrates project outlines, supports various formats, and allows reorganization through drag and drop, ensuring research materials are within reach for efficient work.

    123 Scrivener alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac
    • Wine
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    • Scrivener is the most popular Windows, Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to Character Notes.

    • Scrivener is the most popular commercial alternative to Character Notes.

    • Scrivener is Paid and ProprietaryCharacter Notes is Free and Proprietary
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    Quoll Writer

     38 likes

    Focus on your words not the interface. Quoll Writer is a writing application that helps you focus on your words. Clean and uncluttered. Feature rich. Features are where you would expect them to be.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Quoll Writer is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Character Notes.

    • Quoll Writer is Free and Open SourceCharacter Notes is Free and Proprietary
  4. Fortelling icon

    Fortelling

     7 likes

    Fortelling provides the tools you need to plot & write your book.

    58 Fortelling alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Fortelling is optimised for both a smal and a large screen.
     

    • Fortelling is the most popular Web-based, Android & Android Tablet alternative to Character Notes.

    • Fortelling is Freemium and ProprietaryCharacter Notes is Free and Proprietary
    • Fortelling is LightweightCharacter Notes is not according to our users
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  6. Campfire Write icon

    Campfire Write

     7 likes

    Campfire provides a one-stop-shop for novelists: organizational and writing tools (Campfire Write), a hub of writing resources (Campfire Learn), & a writing and reading platform for building an audience and sharing your work (Campfire Explore).

    71 Campfire Write alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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    • Campfire Write is the most popular SaaS alternative to Character Notes.

    • Campfire Write is Freemium and ProprietaryCharacter Notes is Free and Proprietary
  7. Story Planner for Writers icon

    Story Planner for Writers

     12 likes

    Story Planner is a focused, flexible app to outline all kind of stories. Used by writers, screenwriters, producers, directors and all kind of story tellers, Story Planner has quick and easy-to-use story organization, with sync on all your devices and export options to help you...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  11. World Scribe icon

    World Scribe

     7 likes

    World Scribe eases the creation process by letting you keep track of every important element in your fictional setting, including the ways in which they're connected.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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  12. Notion Story Wiki icon

    Notion Story Wiki

     7 likes

    A feature-packed Notion template built to help novelists, screenwriters, video game writers, and other storytellers flesh out their worlds, stories, and characters.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Notion
    • Web Browser
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  13. DocxManager icon

    DocxManager

     7 likes

    A document manager and site builder/generator for Word users. You can open Word documents in tabs, manage documents on a project basis, full-text search documents across multiple project folders, attach tags, notes, stars, and so on to the documents.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. Character Story Planner 2 icon

    Character Story Planner 2

     6 likes

    The new version of Character Story Planner, planning and building a story cannot be easier with the help with this app. It helps the writer to plan the building of character, relation, group, race, creature, etc with the new template system which let the user fill the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  15. SceneOne.app icon

    SceneOne.app

     2 likes

    A web-based writing app. It is designed by novelists to have the tools and workflows they need yet be simple to use, and runs on every device (Windows, Mac, phones, etc).

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Clean writing interface (including a focus mode) with various automatic tools working in the background.
     
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